The Gingerbread Tryst by Nichelle Gregory

PAGAN & PEN REVIEW

Title:  The Gingerbread Tryst

Author:  Nichelle Gregory 

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Publisher:  Noble Romance Publishing

Genre: Fantasy/Erotica

Length: 22 pgs 

Other:  M/F * M/F/M * Ménage  

Pagan & Pagan Elements: No/Yes

Reviewed by: Brandi

About The Book: Meet Marisa, a restless homemaker who spends her time baking, masturbating and dabbling in magic. Happily married, Marisa only wishes her husband Don could keep up with her insatiable need for sex. She craves orgasms daily and her sex drive has become a sore spot in an otherwise happy marriage.

Determined to find a solution to ramp up Don’s libido, she turns to magic. After trying magical amulets and oils, Marisa discovers a book that contains wish spells. Throwing caution to the wind, she decides to experiment with an incantation that could make her naughty gingerbread man cookie a real flesh and blood man.
 
Taken by surprise . . . literally, Marisa indulges in a delicious sexual rendezvous that ends up going further than she could have ever imagined. This delightfully sexy tale offers up hot thrills sure to please any sweet tooth!

The Review: Nichelle Gregory has created a fairy tale-like story in The Gingerbread Tryst.  It seemed like a cute idea from the blurb, and perhaps could have been a decent title.

Unfortunately, the author failed to follow the first rule of fiction writing: show, don’t tell. The book is a short read but is difficult to get through, as the reader is simply being told about who the main character is and what she likes to do, instead of using imagery or dialogue to tell the story. As a result, the story reads very amateurish: “and then, and then, and then…” If the author had taken the time to provide a few details and dialogue in the first few pages, it would have made this book much more interesting.

The idea of the main character casting a spell to have sex with a cookie is admittedly disturbing and too silly to take seriously. I laughed out loud when said cookie came to life as  a handsome well built man, and began to chase Marisa around the kitchen saying “Run, run, run as fast as you can; I’m going to catch you . . . I’m your gingerbread man!”

The addition of Marisa’s husband to the sex play is confusing, as one minute he is calling her a whore and the next guiding the gingerbread man in a threesome with his wife. The story just seemed to go all over the place.

On the bright side, Nichelle Gregory definitely knows how to write an erotic scene. If we forget about the cinnamon flavored semen and other food-licious descriptions, the sex in this book is well written and very hot. I would be interested to read other titles by Ms. Gregory, as she seems to have a knack for creating a sensual mood.

Pagan Elements: yes – spell casting

Cover (Rated 1-10): 7-The cover is nicely done and includes all elements of the story.

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