A review by briarsreviews
Craving Flight by Tamsen Parker
5.0
Tziporrah and Elan are another hit pair by Tamsen Parker!
To say this story is unique is an understatement! It's rare for me to read a book involving some heavy erotica mixed with religion, but yet again Tamsen blows readers's expectations out of the water.
You can tell this is one of Tamsen's earlier novels - it's written beautifully, but it's not as awesome as her newer ones. Her skill has grown so much, that if you haven't read some of her newer readers, please pick it up after this book! This novel was fantastic, but her skill is continually growing.
To pick apart this book, it's an emotional roller coaster full of romance, self doubt and change. In so few pages, Tamsen is able to weave some fantastic story telling to introduce us to a woman who seems so down on herself. She finds her religion, gets married and tries to live the life she wants to - yet it's just not that perfect. I felt so strongly for this woman, and at times I hated Elan with a passion. He slowly grows on you, but I still felt frustrated with some of his behaviour. I would love to see Tzipporah grow more, but in under 200 pages Tamsen did a fantastic job of growing her character.
BDSM is a big part of this novel (and it seems to have more sex scenes in it than most erotica books I've read, percentage wise anyways). The romance isn't as big of a focus as the BDSM and strange relationship the main couple have. That being said, I liked that it was so different and wasn't just focused on some heavy romance. While I was frustrated with some of the situations, that just showed up skilled Tamsen is as a writer. She made me feel so passionately for Tzipporah which many other writers struggle to do.
Overall, I liked this book! It's unique and made me think. Also, everytime Elan said "little bird" it killed me a little on the inside because it seems so cute!
Five out of five stars.
To say this story is unique is an understatement! It's rare for me to read a book involving some heavy erotica mixed with religion, but yet again Tamsen blows readers's expectations out of the water.
You can tell this is one of Tamsen's earlier novels - it's written beautifully, but it's not as awesome as her newer ones. Her skill has grown so much, that if you haven't read some of her newer readers, please pick it up after this book! This novel was fantastic, but her skill is continually growing.
To pick apart this book, it's an emotional roller coaster full of romance, self doubt and change. In so few pages, Tamsen is able to weave some fantastic story telling to introduce us to a woman who seems so down on herself. She finds her religion, gets married and tries to live the life she wants to - yet it's just not that perfect. I felt so strongly for this woman, and at times I hated Elan with a passion. He slowly grows on you, but I still felt frustrated with some of his behaviour. I would love to see Tzipporah grow more, but in under 200 pages Tamsen did a fantastic job of growing her character.
BDSM is a big part of this novel (and it seems to have more sex scenes in it than most erotica books I've read, percentage wise anyways). The romance isn't as big of a focus as the BDSM and strange relationship the main couple have. That being said, I liked that it was so different and wasn't just focused on some heavy romance. While I was frustrated with some of the situations, that just showed up skilled Tamsen is as a writer. She made me feel so passionately for Tzipporah which many other writers struggle to do.
Overall, I liked this book! It's unique and made me think. Also, everytime Elan said "little bird" it killed me a little on the inside because it seems so cute!
Five out of five stars.