Three days in New York City by Robin Slick is a fun, quick romp into the land of chick lit and erotica. The story gyrates around Elizabeth, a 40-year old unhappily married mother of two. She decides to journey from her home in Philadelphia to meet her British cyberlover for the first — and last — time in New York City for three days of sexual role-playing.
We're introduced to Elizabeth while she is on the train traveling to New York City. She is wearing a "tight black button-up blouse. No bra. Short skirt. Thigh high stockings. Heels. No underpants" as requested by Richard, her cyberlover. The two had been slowly developing an online relationship for the past few months. Don't worry; Richard is a coworker located at her company's office in England. So she isn't really worried about getting murdered.
Despite being bold enough to meet her online lover, Elizabeth is nervous about whether or not she will have the nerve to go through with it, for all the cybertalk she was dishing out over the Internet. By the end of the book, she evolves from the insecure wife and mother of two almost grown kids into the sex goddess she pretended to be over the safety and anonymity of the Internet.
Richard, the Englishman, is an extremely interesting character. He is both a fantastic lover and a prissy man. As Elizabeth shops with Richard she watches as he models coats and cufflinks as if he was a girl shopping for a prom dress. Slick proves that it is possible to have a male lead lead who is both masculine, slightly feminine, and most importantly straight. The Englishman has an imagination that will make you want to break up with your boyfriend and search for a man with an imagination as good as this guy — or give your boyfriend a copy of the book for ideas.
Article comments
1 - Ellen Meister
"The story gyrates around Elizabeth, a 40-year old unhappily married mother of two."
Ha! Good line.
You know what I loved about this book besides the voice and the sex? Every page had some surprise that cracked me up. Robin Slick is a seriously funny writer.
I say go ahead and send a copy to your boyfriend. I bet he'll appreciate it ...
2 - Carole McDonnell
ooh, sounds good! I like funny chick-lit. Great review. -C
3 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net , which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States, and to Boston.com. Nice work!