Blurb from Amazon.com
A hilarious parody of an erotic bestseller and a romantic classic—those
wanting a little naughtiness in their lives should prepare themselves for Mr.
Darcy's Blue Broom-Cupboard of Seriously Kinky Sh*t
Lizzy Steele had been brought up to be a proper lady with perfect manners,
skilled in conversation, and well respected in the community. But when Mr.
Elliot Bingley comes to court Lizzy's sister, she is given the opportunity to
learn a somewhat different skill set upon her introduction to his friend, a Mr.
Christian Darcy. It only takes one chance meeting with this tall, dark stranger
for Lizzy to be lured into Darcy's secret world of lascivious practices and
lusty urges. Drawn like a moth to his flame, Lizzy is the mistress of her own
undoing, for Darcy has made no protestations of love; indeed, his intentions
were made plain from the outset. But even the most innocent and well brought-up
of young ladies have urges, and as Lizzy learns that a riding crop isn't just
used for going for a canter on her pony, a whole new world is revealed to
her—shaded black and leather-clad.
Let me just preface this review with this tidbit, honestly this book couldn't have come to me at a better time. I have been bogged down with reviewing very heavy PNR and HR books that have little to no humor in them and sometimes take themselves way too seriously. When I was given the chance to review this ARC, I jumped at it or should I say...... on it.....muahhhahahahah. I knew this would definitely be a fun read (I mean just read the blurb and try to do it without smiling, LOL). Also let me tell you, when I can get hubby to read to me in bed, a definite miracle has occurred and it wasn't just a few pages either. He definitely enjoyed reading the book and I laughed my butt off the whole night.
If you're not familiar with Pride and Prejudice or Fifty Shades of Grey, you probably won't appreciate this book as much as others who are will. It definitely blends the two worlds and doesn't apologize for not being accurate to the dateline at all. As an example, there's a character who's telling his supposedly sad past about an incident with Darcy and a teddy bear when Lizzy interrupts the dialog and says "Forgive me, Mr Whackem, for interrupting your account, but I believe teddies have yet to be invented" (his reply) "It is a deliberate anachronism Miss Bennet" said he, "Probably due to laziness on the part of the author. May we just gloss over it?". The author definitely loves poking fun at not only the very bad writing in Fifty Shades but also pokes fun at the pompousness of the classic historical romance as well. One thing that did keep going through my head though while reading FSOMD was "this would make a great Wayans movie". Basically it boils down to this, it's a parody on two opposite ends of the romance spectrum. It blends Fifty Shades, which is deemed "Mommy Porn", so come on, you know it's going to be heavy into the sex, BDSM and talking tons about naught bits, LOL. And it blends Pride and Prejudice which is a heavy historical romance which is all innocent pompous hearts and flowers. Like I said, it doesn't apologize for the smashing of the two genres and more likely rolls around in it like a pig in sh*t. If you want to read something that's raunchy and fun, I definitely suggest giving this book a try. I think you'll really enjoy it but again, take it for what it is, which is a total parody meant to make you laugh with the outrageousness of it.
4 out of 5 books
Where is my copy??? You cannot comment on "Mommy Porn" without thinking about your own Mommy needing to read a parody of one of her all time favorite Jane Austen novels. Come on!!!
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