July 30, 2002

Book Review - In Too Deep

Customer Review

erotic and interesting first novel

I bought this book because I couldn't resist the cover. It's supposed to be a mystery, but it's really the story of a love triangle with all the complicated emotions this situation can lead to. One thing I really liked about it was that the main character, Erin, was quite different from the usual. She is a young recently 'straight' woman coming out and sometimes she seems too stupid to be real, other times she is just like anyone of her age trying to figure out who she is and being in lust with two beautiful women at the same time.

In Too Deep is a hot, unusual book for a first novel and the author's style is quite original. I'm not a big reader of mysteries, but even I could see that the mystery plot was just a device in this book. It's not really plausible and doesn't have the convincing detail you get in books by serious mystery authors. So if you buy it only as a mystery, you might be disappointed. But if you buy it as an erotic, page-turner romance by a new author who has plenty of talent, I think you'll be happy. I was impressed with it.