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Sloth
| Title | Sloth |
| Writer | |
| Date | 2023-10-26 20:50:03 |
| Type | |
| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
Dear A. – I am writing to express my gratitude for your gift. There are no sufficient words, but please accept my sincerest thank you. Yours,R. She writes me back. I didn’t expect that. She tells me she’s a lover of chicken pizza and video games, a hot sorority girl with the nickname Sloth. She wants to know something about me in return. She says I owe her. This is how she saves my life. She doesn’t even know it. We’ve never even seen each other. But I need a reason. Just one reason to continue. She becomes mine.The anonymity is good. She doesn’t need to know me, but I need her kindness. We both live our lives: a letter here, a post card there. For three years, I escape my demons. And then one day I’m pulled back in. I’ve resigned myself to what I know is coming. Until the girl I’m spanking gives her safe word: Sloth. And then the lie I’m living starts to unravel. --Sloth is an erotic romance. It’s a dark mystery, so if you’re sad, read another book. This one is real, and hard. Not that kind of hard. (That kind of hard, too). Consider yourself warned. P.S. The book ends on a beach. That’s all I’m saying. As for an HEA, you’ll have to read and see. P.S.S. Sloth is long—about 500 pages. It was supposed to be short and quick. Instead it’s a behemoth that consumed its author for six months. As such, the price is going from $2.99 to $4.99 shortly after release.--I whirl around, because I need to go now. Need to run.He grabs my arms, snatching me around to face him, holding me in front of him. Holding me still as he tries to tell me things I never want to hear."Stop it! Shut up! Shut up, Kellan! Fuck you!" He pulls me closer, and I slap his face.The sound echoes through the foyer. His smooth, tanned check stains brilliant crimson.He doesn't move a muscle. Doesn't even blink as I look at him for what I know will be the last time.I'm sorry. His lips move silently. I don't care. I can't. His secrets ruined my life. He ruined my life!If I live to be hundred, my heart will never be the same.Note: Sloth is the first in my new Sinful Secrets series. Each intense, erotic story is inspired by a sin, and centered around a life-altering secret. Each "sin" stands on its own, so they don't have to be read in order. After Sloth, I'm writing Envy. Between these two, I'm releasing a stand alone: a more traditional romance called The Boy Next Door.
Review
Ella James has blown me away with her novel, Sloth. Most of this novel is cloaked in mystery that all starts off with a few lies. So even trying to give any brief recap of the story of Kellan and Cleo is just outright impossible. So let me just touch on my feelings.The heat. Holy smokes. I was a goner. Ella not only packed so much story into this book, she left you wanting more. I was surprised that steam wasn’t rising from my kindle. Both Kellan and Cleo were instantly likable characters. I just could not resist the two of them. But what I loved the most about this book was the emotions. I had an idea of what the overall secret was going to be. There was this heaviness that just lingered there through the pages, but it was more than just one secret. I loved that she gave us that. Enough insight to have expectations, time to prepare yourself, but not quite giving you everything. Leaving just enough so that when she was ready to show you everything, you felt it deep into your soul. I was waiting for my tears to fall during most of this. I had a feeling that I was going to be ruined. But page after page I was okay. And then, then I just wasn’t OK. Nothing was OK. For just a moment it felt like nothing was ever going to be OK again. I lost it. All of it. Whatever in the hell I had... POOF! It was gone. I bawled. Not little sobs, but huge, ugly ones that came with sounds and little whimpers and hiccups. I should have been embarrassed by the look my husband gave me when he realized that the look of utter devastation on my face was caused by a book. But I could barely breath so how could I even explain to someone on the outside what THIS felt like. I was anticipating the release of this book for what felt like forever. I expected a short read in the style that of the erotic fairy tales that had previously been released. That was not what I got. Sloth was exceptional. A mix of smoldering moments and moments that took a hold of your emotions, leaving you reeling. In addition to the wonderfulness that was this story, there was the acknowledgements and the note from the author that just brought this story full circle. A fantastic job was done by Ella James on this story and I am looking forward to the future releases in this story.
