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A review by ashliesydel
Fade In: College of Adult Film Studies by D.W. Marshall
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Word of advice, throw out all preconceived notions of this book before picking it up. Based on the blurb, I assumed this was going to be a free for all smut fest. Our FMC auditions for and gets into a college designed to teach their adult students on how to best perform in bed and behind the camera.
The blurb mentions her ex being at said school of porn and her bully resurfacing in her life. Dirty perverted me was like YAAASSSS BIOTCH this is going to be chapters of her her getting turned out and showing that man what he missed out on. I stupidly ASSumed that she and her bully were totally going to hook up because well Bully Romances are a thing and I've read one too many and my mind is now tarnished. (cue faux shame)
Anyhoo... let's talk about how amazing this book is and how it exceeded all my emotional expectations.
STORYLINE, SOCIAL ISSUES, PERSONAL GROWTH, this book brought it all.
Sera's is in her senior year at university. She has a fractured relationship with her family, her childhood bully is the worst kind of human being that put her through something that left her traumatized and still healing years later, and the only man she's ever trusted has abandoned her.
Analytical readers will have a field day picking her apart. Sera has embraced sexual freedom. She likes sex, she likes the way it makes her feel, and she's good at it. She wants to pursue adult film studies as an actress because she believes with her entire being it's part of her journey.
The author created an amazing school that destigmatizes the image of sex workers. This fictional facility she's created in this age of Only Fans and Porn Hub where more and more individuals and couples explore sex work is impressive. She addresses safe sex, consent, the importance of emotional and mental health, as well as the negative and narrow-minded public perception.
I was all in my feels. I was not prepared for the insight within the pages and reflective response I had to reading this. I fell in love with not only our main girl Sera but all the students and teachers.
I felt empathy, respect, and protectiveness. I look forward to reading the rest of this series.
** Don't worry. There was plenty of Spice withing this storyline. It's a porn school after all. LOL**
The blurb mentions her ex being at said school of porn and her bully resurfacing in her life. Dirty perverted me was like YAAASSSS BIOTCH this is going to be chapters of her her getting turned out and showing that man what he missed out on. I stupidly ASSumed that she and her bully were totally going to hook up because well Bully Romances are a thing and I've read one too many and my mind is now tarnished. (cue faux shame)
Anyhoo... let's talk about how amazing this book is and how it exceeded all my emotional expectations.
STORYLINE, SOCIAL ISSUES, PERSONAL GROWTH, this book brought it all.
Sera's is in her senior year at university. She has a fractured relationship with her family, her childhood bully is the worst kind of human being that put her through something that left her traumatized and still healing years later, and the only man she's ever trusted has abandoned her.
Analytical readers will have a field day picking her apart. Sera has embraced sexual freedom. She likes sex, she likes the way it makes her feel, and she's good at it. She wants to pursue adult film studies as an actress because she believes with her entire being it's part of her journey.
The author created an amazing school that destigmatizes the image of sex workers. This fictional facility she's created in this age of Only Fans and Porn Hub where more and more individuals and couples explore sex work is impressive. She addresses safe sex, consent, the importance of emotional and mental health, as well as the negative and narrow-minded public perception.
I was all in my feels. I was not prepared for the insight within the pages and reflective response I had to reading this. I fell in love with not only our main girl Sera but all the students and teachers.
I felt empathy, respect, and protectiveness. I look forward to reading the rest of this series.
** Don't worry. There was plenty of Spice withing this storyline. It's a porn school after all. LOL**