Pictures of You by Julia Talbot

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I was surprised how much I enjoyed this book and it was a vote made out of faith reading it since I usually like Julia Talbot’s style. When I read the blurb of this story I double checked the website classification of the book since I thought I was starting to read a ménages a trois with a woman; not that I don’t like at all, but I prefer to know beforehand what to expect.

Nope, the blurb was hinting to a ménages but the website didn’t list the book into the ménages category they have. And indeed when I started the story, I would have been probably pretty upset if Leann, the woman in the blurb, put herself in the middle of Ryan and Shreve. Not that the two men don’t like to play and bring someone in their bedroom here and there, but it’s always clear that the third party is a willing “toy”, not really someone who will ruin the balance the two men have. Leann was clear not someone you can easily dismiss, she is a powerful woman with self-esteem issues, and I liked her. And since I liked her, I didn’t want her in the middle of Ryan and Shreve, I think she would have not obtained what she deserved.

So no, this is not a ménages among Ryan, Shreve and Leann, but more the story of how a nice friendship can start; strange is, and I think it’s not like that for everyone, for Ryan and Shreve there are different level of friendship, and with your true friends you can’t fool around. Ryan and Shreve can have a little exhibitionist core, but all in all they like to play in the safety and privacy of their bedroom, and what they do in the bedroom, remains in the bedroom. This is probably more Shreve’s attitude, but Ryan loves him, and being in love means also understanding what your partner wants.

Basically you have both world in this story, a man to man relationship between Ryan and Shreve, basically monogamous, but willing to play the field sometime, and a ménages a trois between Leann and two other men, and I will let you discover who they are, enough to say that they are probably a better match for Leann than Ryan and Shreve.

There is obviously a lot of sex, and it’s also detailed, but in a way you see it through Leann’s eyes, and she is an artist, so it has an aesthetic beauty, like some old tableau, or maybe an artistic erotic movie.

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Comments

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

I was surprised to like it so much, but Julia managed to make me like a menages, even if it's not my usually cup of tea.