Exit to Eden

A friend of mine told me to read this book,so I thought why not. I just fell in love with it. I liked it so much I reed it twice. I also recommend her Sleeping beauty series. If you like this book you will love the series to.

I think Anne Rice started out writing one book and it just happened to turn into something else. I personally found this to be an interesting book and have loved it since it was published. Here's how I see it: Lisa is someone who has always been a little lost and out of touch with others. She is even more out of touch with herself. She seems to have no close friends, has uneasy relationships with her family and is basically an unhappy person. However, she finds something - BDSM - that excites her powerfully and makes her feel like she belongs at last. "Exotic" (described as such by Ms. Rice) seems like a revelation to her, and she immerses herself in it by creating a fantasy world that is highly successful for a lot of people. But utlimately it doesn't fulfill the need she has to love and be loved and to truly belong. In fact, there is always the part of her that remains ashamed of what she does and who she is, despite the fact that she knows very well that there is no real reason for it. Then she meets Elliot, who has similar issues apart from the shame, and they fall in love and run away together. Mostly, it's about belonging, and not wanting to feel like an outsider or an outlaw.

This book is a wonderful muli-layered novel... the depth of the characters is amazing. By the time you are finished, you know every desire and thought of Lisa and Elliot. This is a classic love story at the heart... however, it doesn't come with the romance novel sappy-ness or morality that curse many love stories out there today. Every page makes sense and advances the story... there are no "filler" sex scenes just for the sake of sex. It's erotic, not cheesy. I love this book more every time I read it.

Anne Rices' lush descriptive prose is what makes this book a personal favorite. Erotic in some of the best ways, the storyline never lacks for an interesting moment. I might warn the faint of heart that this book is not your run-of-the mill erotica, nor is it wholly reminiscent of the movie. The narrator point of view changes throughout the book, which I found a refreshing change from most books of this genre. If this book doesn't stimulate you, then you may wish to check your pulse.

As with her other books, Anne Rice writes Exit to Eden with passion and superior knowledge of human feelings and emotions. With this book, she has created a stage for sexual creativity, lust, exploration and human emotion. Her portrayal of Lisa and Elliot, and their raw desire for eachother, is purely erotic. Each chapter keeps you wondering what might happen next and what is going through the mind of each character. The book makes me wonder what fire Rice has in her to make her write such a book.