Helpful Score: 3
A very quick read, simplistic writing, no plot to speak of, sappy romance, and un-inspiring erotica makes for a disappointing read.
Helpful Score: 1
Grade C
Pleasure Control is book one of Cathryn Fox's Pleasure Game series. Laura Manning is a scientist working on discovering a potion to inhibit a man's libido. For a long time she has had a crush on her lab partner Jay Cutler. With a deadline for the potion hanging over them, Jay suggests Laura try the potion on him and then seduce him to see if it works. Against her better judgment Laura goes along with the plan.
Pleasure Control was an okay read for me. This book kind of gets the kiss of death I guess since there is not a lot that sets it apart from other books, nor is there anything that really stands out in my mind about it. It was neither good nor bad but somewhere in between. The characters, the plot and the execution were all just mediocre. What else can I say?
The good things Pleasure Control has going for it are that is it short and sweet. There is not a lot of conflict. It's a relatively fast read at only 228 pages. Unfortunately, I can't really recommend it, unless there is not much else to read, or you want something short.
Pleasure Control is book one of Cathryn Fox's Pleasure Game series. Laura Manning is a scientist working on discovering a potion to inhibit a man's libido. For a long time she has had a crush on her lab partner Jay Cutler. With a deadline for the potion hanging over them, Jay suggests Laura try the potion on him and then seduce him to see if it works. Against her better judgment Laura goes along with the plan.
Pleasure Control was an okay read for me. This book kind of gets the kiss of death I guess since there is not a lot that sets it apart from other books, nor is there anything that really stands out in my mind about it. It was neither good nor bad but somewhere in between. The characters, the plot and the execution were all just mediocre. What else can I say?
The good things Pleasure Control has going for it are that is it short and sweet. There is not a lot of conflict. It's a relatively fast read at only 228 pages. Unfortunately, I can't really recommend it, unless there is not much else to read, or you want something short.
Helpful Score: 1
Oh, yuk. Simplistic writing, no character development, no plot - just sex scene after sex scene held together by a very thin thread. Bad writing makes for bad reading. Do yourself a favor & skip this one & the next, "Pleasure Prolonged"; both are just awful.
sex,sex, sex! fast book!
Cynthia L. (ceeceelandau) reviewed Pleasure Control (Pleasure Games, Bk 1) on + 282 more book reviews
This is the first book I've read by Cathryn Fox and I have to say... I like her style of writing. Her books are short, but her ability to make you feel like your there is amazing. Every sentence puts you in the shoes of of the main character. I felt my anticipation level increase with every page. I loved the characters and the development of the characters. How can you not fall in love with a curvy, long dark haired woman who feels like a geek and a man worth drooling over whose in love with that geek.
If your like me and you find yourself with a few hours here and their, but not much time for long lengthy books that take forever to read.... pick up this book. You wont regret it.
If your like me and you find yourself with a few hours here and their, but not much time for long lengthy books that take forever to read.... pick up this book. You wont regret it.
Jessica (Sweetpea172006) - , reviewed Pleasure Control (Pleasure Games, Bk 1) on + 178 more book reviews
Product Description
A dedicated scientist, Laura Manning has an I.Q. that's off the charts. But beneath her pristine white lab coat is a curvaceous body that craves satisfaction. She finds it hard keeping her mind on the experiment and off what's under the lab coat of her bad boy research partner, Jay Cutler, whom she's working with to develop a libido suppressant, an "antidote" for a society gone sex-mad, pumped up and over-stimulated by the miracle of Viagra.
With time running out, Jay offers to act as a human guinea pig, injecting himself with the libido suppressant. Laura's role requires lingerie, soft music and candlelight. Her job is to entice him, to determine if the suppressant tamps down his desires. Rather than cooling the flames of lust engulfing them, their "antidote" only heats them up . . . and there's only one scandalous way to deal with it!
Suddenly long days of laboratory work are giving way to sizzling nights of sensual experimentationand a different kind of "chemistry" that leaves Jay and Laura breathless and gasping for more! Their professional careers may depend upon a successful climaxand there are dangerous competitors determined to steal their research. And maybe their pleasure games have gotten a bit out of control.
But who in her right mind would want to pull the plug on her man's libido when the loving is this deliciously hot?
A dedicated scientist, Laura Manning has an I.Q. that's off the charts. But beneath her pristine white lab coat is a curvaceous body that craves satisfaction. She finds it hard keeping her mind on the experiment and off what's under the lab coat of her bad boy research partner, Jay Cutler, whom she's working with to develop a libido suppressant, an "antidote" for a society gone sex-mad, pumped up and over-stimulated by the miracle of Viagra.
With time running out, Jay offers to act as a human guinea pig, injecting himself with the libido suppressant. Laura's role requires lingerie, soft music and candlelight. Her job is to entice him, to determine if the suppressant tamps down his desires. Rather than cooling the flames of lust engulfing them, their "antidote" only heats them up . . . and there's only one scandalous way to deal with it!
Suddenly long days of laboratory work are giving way to sizzling nights of sensual experimentationand a different kind of "chemistry" that leaves Jay and Laura breathless and gasping for more! Their professional careers may depend upon a successful climaxand there are dangerous competitors determined to steal their research. And maybe their pleasure games have gotten a bit out of control.
But who in her right mind would want to pull the plug on her man's libido when the loving is this deliciously hot?
This was my first book by this author. It was a very quick read. I enjoyed the plot and look forward to reading more by her
