The Claiming of Kitten

Isabella Snow is one hawt writer of erotic romance. Wait, let me rephrase. Make that kidnap-and-ravish-me-senseless erotic romance. The woman is a dirty minded mare, and I love her for it! I bought the book because of the cover. Ok, slap me, but it worked out in the end, right? She got my smackers and I got one of the hottest books I have read in a long time. This book is so hot, you see other authors drooling about it.

That's how you know when a book is hot!!

The heroine is Alexandra Scott. Gorgeous, long red hair you'd probably hate her for; a tight little body you'd probably hate her for; and perfect tits you'd definitely hate her for. On top of that, she's clever, witty, and fiery. All the things I'm not, but wish I were. This is key to being my kind of heroine, so as you might have already guessed, Alexandra made my cool list pretty quickly.

The story starts out with Her Hottness leaving work. She's recently moved to Prague (that's in the heart of Europe, in case you failed geography) and is still getting her bearings on the city. During a tram delay, she's forced to find another way home. On her way down some steps, she stumbles.

And that little misstep changes everything!!

Enter Lucius Sinclair. Tall. Black hair. Blue eyes. Big hands, strong arms, nice cock. Need I continue? Thought not! But I'll toss you a little icing: he's also filthy rich. Yeah, baby. Santa needs to bring me one of those.

Now, don't go thinking Lucius is a madman just because he abducts our Alexandra. What? That's not a spoiler. This is advertised as a capture fantasy, for cripes sake! If you can't add those numbers together, you should get a math tutor...

Like I was saying. Don't go thinking Lucius is a madman. Sure, he's a little, um, different. But hey, you'd have to be, to have the balls to kidnap someone. So cut the man some slack. Besides, your panties will be so wet you won't care how she ends up with him, so long as she stays.

Lots of sex? There is. And it's GOOD sex. And it lasts. It's not just a few paragraphs. There is foreplay galore. Actually, I think it's Ms. Snow's forte. Writing foreplay, I mean. By the time they get to the deed, you'll be in dire need of a cigarette. Even if you don't smoke!

Now, don't go thinking it's JUST sex. There's a good deal of drama too. It is a story, after all. A well-written one that even has a surprise twist at the end. I say surprise, because, I did not see it coming. And I see everything coming!

The secondary characters are very lifelike, too. They aren't just taking up space, like so many of them seem to do. They are living, breathing individuals, just like the hero and heroine. Lots of depth in this one, folks. The best example being the internal struggle Alexandra battles with throughout the story. Should she be enjoying this? Her mind says no, but her body doesn't really seem to care.

I've read many a capture fantasy in my day. Lots of them come off like rape. Yuck. And spare me the 'she really wanted it, so it's ok'. Rape is never ok, and don't insult my intelligence by suggesting it, just because you can't write a good capture fantasy.

Isabella Snow's The Claiming of Kitten is the first capture fantasy I've read that actually warmed my blood AND my heart. And that is really saying something. I read it from start to finish in one sitting. That is also really saying something.

For those wary of the BDSM label, I would say ignore your inner prude and go for it. Read this story. There isn't any pain in this book as far as I could tell. Emotional angst, on occasion, but we all get off on that from time to time, don't we? I know I do.

What's more, Isabella has also released Kitten's Reward, the short follow-up to The Claiming of Kitten. So when you're done reading the original, you can run out and see what happened next. Pretty cool, IMHO. It's not every day you get to see how the HEE turned out.

Bambi Says: Five Stars!