“To all the women out there who have been told you’re not good enough. Fuck what they tell you! “
Yes, these are the wonderful, yes, wonderful words of dedication from the author to her readers and we think that dedications like this should be standard. This is POWERFUL!
For those who follow our reviews, thank you very much, you probably know that we love when authors go full berserk, and you might be imagining our smiles when we were reviewing this book. You’d totally right if you did, because we are excited to be reviewing this, hahahhaahhahah, and we are super excited for another reason… “The Nymphetamine Girls” is THE FIRST Erotica book being reviewed on our blog! OHHHHH YEAH, and we, apparently couldn’t have picked a better book to start with because the author, Vanessa Morris, goes FULL BLAST naughty on the first scene.
Yes, two sentences in and there are fingers caressing thighs and panties, nipples on the loose on public, sweet talk between two girl friends, Natalia and Lisette, that seem to want to fuck each other as much as they want to be fucked, so… Well, yeah! This is erotica, so… bring it on!
I love how the girls tease each other in public, in the view of everyone, testing each other, and their targets with blatant promiscuity, and how they get a kick out of it for doing it, they are truly slutty rich and spoiled girls that care not to know or respect boundaries just for the pleasure kick that defiance and carnal gratification it provides. *smiles*
Then we have a sense of the motivations of the girls: “Fame”, they want to be famous and powerful through their brand, while using their skills on social media. Why? For fun. I mean, they already have the money and the luxurious lifestyle, the drugs, the alcohol and the constant nudies, so they just want the fun and the excitement of being “watched” and approved by strangers.
There is the issue of the broken marriage of Lisette’s parents, the abusive rich father and the mom that drunk herself to death, which explains some of the behaviours of our main character as the book goes deeper and explanations clearer. It makes a sombre, stark contrast to the livid, vivid and shiny atmosphere that seems present, fuelled by sex and drugs. There are the “rules of the South” and the “Christians” of sugar-coating the facts of heavy events by putting a politically correct wording to it that our main character goes against in a very blunt way. LOVE IT!
I find it empowering how Vanessa Morris motivates, in an instance, women to walk around naked. Not on a hippie kind of way but on a self-admiring and confident, sensual way of enjoying one’s own body. It’s nice really. There is however, a thin line that I would like to question, that Vanessa made a light mention about, that is the proposal of sexual liberation, under the circumstances mentioned on the book when recalling one of the main character’s memories of childhood with her best-friend. The question is simply this: Is sexual liberation the freedom to make sex with whoever one chooses, or the act of being irresponsible and unaccountable sexually with one’s own body by using drugs and getting drunk and having sex with whomever is there? It is a thin line.
A small progression of feelings and realizations, of growing insecurities and the feelings of exposure and consequence start to dawn on our main character, Lisette, little by little as real life with its not-so-bright possibilities start to hit her, and slowly make themselves solid in the back of her mind crawling to the front, causing conflict and dread, because choices have to be made and to every choice, an unavoidable consequence.
It’s nice that Vanessa made the exposure of the insecurities, fears and traumas of the main characters, especially Lisette, and crafted a profile for her that is understandable, and then put a good guy that cared and understood her, or so it seems …
There is also the very nice description, illustration and example of a toxic and extremely co-dependent relationship that is perceived as love and care, but it’s anything but, and then the shift off to another “safe” relationship, an anchor to hold oneself to, that is also not as healthy, driving the message home that we need to be one with ourselves before we can be with others, or at least trust ourselves enough and love ourselves enough to not give ourselves completely and recklessly to other people that seem to have our best interests in mind, which rarely happens, if ever.
So, is the book all fun and games? Oh, no. There’s luring danger in there as well. Their secret-not-so-secret admirer is watching them, and, by the lingering implications of the narrative, is determined to possess Lisette all for himself. A stalker? Most probably, yes, and things only get more dangerous as these girls will not accept any form of rejection, specially sexual. The possessiveness games driven by selfish wants present dangers to all parties involved none of the opposite side wants to relent or accept defeat. The rush decisions driven by emotions and lack of consideration for possible dangers as if things would always go well and they were untouchable is something that is very much like the type of spoiled brat that Lisette is.
The narrative is open, shameless and fully sexual without any pretences, or show of fears, which makes this book even more exciting as the author combines all that sexual energy with the detailed descriptions, and we get the hards and wet ons that we have bargained for when we opened the first page of the book. *Grins*
Not only that, but many times it’s feisty when it comes to the hypocrisies of people of faith in ways we find delightful and refreshing, due to the truthful, factual and unapologetic nature of the speech and the charge it carries with it. There are some much needed comments and reflections in this beauty of a book.
Vanessa Morris uses a mirror-sequencing narration style, or in other words, she uses different points of views of first-person perspective narration alternatively to get to tell the story and increase the dynamics, the interaction and better explain the views of the characters in play, which makes this book even more entertaining, because it gives the impression that it’s shifting!
This book is a true beauty, as the author, Vanessa Morris, focuses not only to tell a GREAT story with an unpredictable plot all the way, but above all, she has a VERY strong message to pass to it’s readers, not only about sex overall, but about self-worth, love, toxic relationships, co-dependent relationships, drugs, self-image, true friendship, social status and life choices and their drive!
This is a book that you want to read, re-read, buy for other people and you know, have it on your bedroom… just in case you run out of ideas *winks*, and oh, don’t do drugs, remember that this book is fiction, your life isn’t.
Pros:
- Excellent narration and description of scenery, body positions, reactions and sex modes
- Erotic, yes, I know, but I have to tell you that this will make you horny
- GREAT character development
- Solid characters and roles
- GREAT illustration of psyches and how trauma can shape one person
- Great illustration of how political correctness is annoying and how hypocritical it is
- GREAT messages to teens, young adults and adults that can save lives and change people’s futures
- Great, clear as water distinctions and examples of what’s love and what isn’t
- GREAT character interactions
- Love that women were put as potential abusers and cheaters as well, and not only the usual “the male is wrong” thing
Cons:
- Although I get it, I totally do, it feels a bit off, to the regular reader, and it’s kind of a barrier to connect, due to the fact that everyone in the novel is filthy rich, and Lisette, has it REAL EASY in life, like, she has 75M on her account after a tantrum, and lives a life that just is. I’m sure that readers don’t have that, so…
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