Fairyville

To me, good erotica includes feelings, deep feelings. I don't like to read about a bunch of people just going at it, which this book could have been, given the number of characters in it, and the combinations they employ. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of sex in this book, but there is emotion too, even love, and that is required for me to enjoy a book. I felt what the characters did, it rang true for me, and wow, was it hot. If you don't like m/m, you will not like this book. But if you do, it's well-written. I'll be checking out more of Emma Holly's stuff, that's for sure. There were even some gems of ideas in it for me, sort of philosophical ideas about self-worth and faith that I will be mulling over. So glad I bought this book, it's a keeper.

In Fairyville, Arizona resident Zoe Clare communicates with the dead and with the living fairy population. Zoe also has the hots for her landlord Magnus Monroe, who every eligible female in town except her can claim they tasted his magic. Alexander Goodbody of Goodbody & McCallum investigators leaves Scottsdale to come home to Fairyville on a case. Alex left town after high school breaking the heart of Zoe when he did. He never forgot her and wonders if she forgave him for the scandal he caused and left behind for her to suffer. Zoe has moved on as she wants Magnus, but decides to have fun with Alex, wondering how her unrequited beloved will react. Emma Holly is incredible as she combines erotica (male-female, male-male and ménage a trois, etc.), fantasy, and romance into a whimsical contemporary tale that grips the audience from the onset and never slows down until the final coda as Bryan McCallum looks back in awe and forward in greater trepidation. The two prime subplots tie together nicely through the cast especially Zoe, the link between everyone and everything. Readers will want to travel to the renowned "fairy-spotting capital of the world", Fairyville, Arizona where heated eccentricity is the norm. Harriet Klausner