UNCONVENTIONAL (The Manhattanites #4) by Avery Aster-Review and Book Tour
UNCONVENTIONAL
The Manhattanites #4
by Avery Aster
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance
Release Date: January 26, 2016
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 26, 2016
They are the best of friends and the greatest of lovers. Two men and one woman, searching for fortune and fame, bound together by an eroticism their money and power can’t buy them. Luigi, the romantic alpha hunk. Rocco, the exotic bisexual. Jemma, the insatiable beauty who possesses them both.
From their first rendezvous in Milan, the three set out on a wicked course, jet-setting from the kinky underground sex clubs of Berlin, to the lavish palaces of Moscow, to New York’s high society in pursuit of pleasure. They have only each other to care for. That is…until a baby comes along and changes their destiny. But which of them is the father? And will they continue their poly relationship or give in to convention?
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REVIEW: UNCONVENTIONAL is the fourth installment and novella in Avery Aster’s contemporary, adult THE MANHATTANITES erotic, romance series focusing on a group of rich and powerful friends from Manhattan and Europe. This is Jemma, Luigi, and Rocco’s storyline-an ‘unconventional’ polyamorous/polygamous relationship. All three characters were introduced in the previous story lines, and have had secondary and supporting roles throughout. I strongly recommend reading the series in order for cohesion and backstory.
NOTE: UNCONVENTIONAL contains M/M , M/F/M and M/M/F graphic sexual situations.
Told from three first person points of view (Jemma, Luigi and Rocco) as well as ‘asides’ from some of the series’ other characters, UNCONVENTIONAL focuses on the re-building of the relationship between Jemma, Luigi and Rocco. Thirty seven year old Jemma is a former model, and current fashion designer for Prince Massimo Tittoni‘s Girasoli Garments, and Jemma Couture. Jemma’s latest line flopped on the runways of Europe, and with it her career has taken an abrupt turn in the other direction. Two years after Jemma’s battle with breast cancer, our heroine continues to find herself unsure of her future, and has lost her creative and sexual mojo. When Luigi and Rocco give Jemma one final chance at a future together, our heroine is surprised to realize that looking forward and living for the present is better than living in the past wondering about the what-ifs and whys.
The relationship between our threesome is highly sexualized but in the interim, following Jemma’s battle with cancer, Jemma has lost some of her confidence, and sexual identity along with the loss of her breasts. Jemma is afraid to commit to an uncertain future, but with it comes the potential loss of the two men that she loves. An unexpected pregnancy finds Jemma making her relationship with Luigi and Rocco something more permanent. The $ex scenes are graphic and erotic.
Because all three characters have been previously introduced throughout the series, the character building is limited, and there is some ‘missing information’ that is important for the reader to understand each character’s mindset and how they came into the relationship. Avery Aster includes a character breakdown at the beginning of the novella to introduce and reacquaint the reader with all his characters but it does not explain how the trio came to be, therefore I recommend reading the series in order.
The author reveals some of the relationship dynamics, and how the potential loss of Jemma finds Luigi and Rocco struggling to help the woman they love. But saying that, the conflict resolution, the revelation of the pregnancy, and the promise of a future together is wrapped up too quickly, too neatly. The ending is rather abrupt and thusly the novella reads more like an unfinished manuscript with more to come; Jemma’s change in attitude is nothing short of a miracle-I was hoping for more to this particular aspect of the story. UNCONVENTIONAL is an intimate look at three people; the life they have chosen; and the ‘unconventional’ love of one woman with two men.
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Reviewed by Sandy
WARNING: Excerpt is intended for mature readers only.
Funny, right?
Especially considering outside of the bedroom Luigi was normally quiet, almost conservative in how he spoke. But in bed, he came alive.
Total freaky-deaky.
As I walked over to them, Rocco’s expressive, lust-filled eyes gazed up at me. Ravenous. Lips wide, going down, slowly tugging at the shaft as he came up, followed by a lick on the tip. He kept sucking our lover’s dick as I approached.
Luigi’s left arm was slung over Rocco’s head while his right hand massaged the back of his neck.
He always liked it when we put a concerted effort on his dick.
What man didn’t?
Those two could go at it for hours, milking each other. As if watching two unicorns playing in the wild, it was the most amazing thing to witness.
“Come here,” Luigi instructed.
I stepped closer. With a wicked grin, his face came into focus.
Already on his knees, Rocco squatted beside me and stroked my leg. His very touch sent a prickle of excitement up my thigh.
“Take off her panties, bello.”
Before Rocco could pull them down, I looped my thumb and pointer finger under the thin elastic waistband. Arching my back, I held on to his shoulder to balance myself and started to remove the flesh-toned fabric.
“No.” He snapped his fingers. “Rocco will undress you.”
“And what are you going to do?” I asked playfully.
“I’ll watch.”
Grinning back at him, I put my hands behind my back as Rocco’s palm continued to caress my legs.
“Sorprendente. So amazing.” Slowly, Rocco pulled the panties to my ankles. He lifted one of my legs up over his shoulder then carefully, utterly focused and with intention, he butterfly-kissed the inner part of my thigh then licked at my pussy.
“Bello—”
“Let me do as I please,” he grunted between my legs, dragging his wet tongue over my hot flesh.
His kisses tickled me.
His licks excited me.
New York Times bestselling author Avery Aster pens The Manhattanites, a contemporary erotic romance series of full-length, stand-alone novels, and the naughty new adult prequel companion series The Undergrad Years.
As a resident of New York City and a graduate from New York University, Avery gives readers an inside look at the city’s glitzy nightlife, socialite sexcapades and tall tales of the über-rich and ultra-famous.
The Manhattanites is for fans who miss TV shows like Sex & The City or watch Girls (HBO), Revenge (ABC), and The Bold & the Beautiful (CBS). Avery’s characters are over the top. They have cray-cray fun, speak their minds and always get what they want.
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Terrific review, Sandy. Not sure if this is my type of book to read though.
Wow, sounds like an interesting series. Thanks Sandy and congrats to Avery on the new release.
Wonderful review Sandy. Congrats to Avery on the new release.
Thanks for the great review. I don’t think I have read anything by Avery.
Something different, thanks Sandy.