The Blonde Geisha

By: Jina Bacarr

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

The early summer of 1892 brought a heavy rainy season that year in Japan. Plum Rain the Japanese called it, because it comes when the fruit bulges with ripeness and promise. Like a young girl reaching womanhood.

A girl like me.

In the ancient Japanese tradition of beauty and grace, sex and erotic fantasies are hidden secrets that only a select few may learn, and which are forbidden to foreigners. But when a threat to her father's life puts her own in jeopardy, young Kathlene Mallory is sent to live in safety at the Tea House of the Look-Back Tree, where she is allowed to glimpse inside the sensual world of the geisha.

During the years of her training in the art of pleasuring men, Kathlene's desires are awakened by the promise of unending physical delights, and she eagerly prepares for the final ritual that will fulfill her dream of becoming a geisha: the selling of her virginity. The man willing to pay for such an honor, Baron Tonda, is not the man for whom Kathlene carries a secret longing, but he is the man who will bring ruin to the teahouse, and danger to Kathlene, if he is disappointed.

©2006 Jina Bacarr (P)2007 Audible, Inc.
All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. This edition is published by arrangement with Harlequin Books S.A. All characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

okay

this book was okay at best. you're waiting for anything to happen and it does, at the last minute... not so great for a romance.

GET TO THE POINT!!

This story takes way too long, with a few edits which were really needed this book should have been done in 6 or 7 hours. Bacarr tried hard to develop these characters but it just fell short. It's predictable but if you can get over the slow moving story line then you might enjoy this book.

Before this book was even half way through you could pretty much figure out the ending. I just couldn't deal with the continuous reminders that that main character is a virgin who wants desperately to be deflowered. The ending could be figured out as soon as the "hero" (and i use that term loosely) was introduced. This book went over the top with a gratuitous amounts of masturbation scenes and descriptions of what arousal feels and smells like. By the last 7 chapters I was listing to it at 3x speed, just because I wanted to finish it since i had paid for it and I didn't want to feel as if I wasted a credit (which I do!!!!).

Not steamy

I was hoping this would be another steamy novel like Cain's Reckoning. Nope. I was disappointed. Not many sex scenes although the girl talks about it all the time, barely anything happens. If you're looking for steamy, this isn't it.

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

I probably would have appreciated more historical accuracy, less erotic thoughts. Maybe, since it was supposed to be an erotic novel, actual action.

Any additional comments?

Personally, I didn't read the reviews or synopsis well enough to understand it was an erotic novel before I used my credit. I was surprised because I was expecting something different.

This novel was recommended because I like historic fiction, romance and different cultures. I disliked the over use of "honorable penis". It was cheesy and a little annoying. I have other thoughts about this book but instead of being rude and bashing it, I would like people to know that it's a good idea to read the reviews before. Especially if you were like me and just wanted to hear a novel about Japanese culture, not eroticism. It's not that I dislike this genre, I prefer to read rather than listen to these books. I blushed when listening to it in public.

But if you are into these kinds of books, have fun. Hopefully you will enjoy it more than I did.

The Blond Geisha by Jina Bacarr

The Blond Geisha by Jina Bacarr, won first place in the Mainstream Fiction category in the 2006 RIO Award of Excellence, one of the most prestigious mainstream honors ever awarded to a work of erotic fiction. And I understand why.

The Blond Geisha is a wonderfully lush, sensually erotic story of life, love and sisterhood. It tells the story of Kathlene Mallory, a young American girl living in Japan at the end of the nineteenth century.

When her father's life is threatened, thereby putting Kathleen's life in jeopardy as well, she is hidden among the Geisha of the Teahouse of the Look-Back Tree. There she is allowed a rare glimpse inside the sensual world of the geisha.

While sex and imagery do play an important role in this book, it is more than that. It shows that these women were true artistes and entertainers and were often forced to choose between their art or falling in love.

I found this story to be deeper than it may seem at first glance, and I definitely enjoyed it. I'll be picking up Ms. Bacarr's next tale, Naughty In Paris, when it's released in July of '07.

What a disappointment

This book is a major disappointment. The author goes way overboard with her erotic descriptions and senarios, to the point of boredom. It's rare that I don't finish a book but I couldn't force myself to finish this one.

NOT my cup of tea

I was certainly in for a surprise when I started listening to this "whatever"... I didn't realize that this is supposedly an erotic piece. I am 66 years old, and I am NOT a prude, by any means. I am a fan of the Japanese culture, which is what led me to this selection. This thing is just a joke. I don't know what audience this is geared to - men? Young boys? Certainly not women. But since I now own the thing, I tried to listen to it. It actually had me laughing out loud when I was not raising my eyebrows in disbelief at its outright stupidity. Have I completely left the planet? Unbelievable that someone wrote this, but then to have some editor say "OK! This should be published. Stop the presses!" The flimsy premise is so ridiculous -- in the 1890s a man leaves his 15-year-old daughter in a brothel (for her protection) while he flees the country to save his own life.

The only thing worse about this (I hesitate to call it a book) is the narrator. Her flat voice and droning tone eventually made me give up on the book altogether. I can only surmise that it was just as boring for her to read it as it was for me to listen to it. If I actually owned the physical bound version, I would take it out and burn it.

I want my credit back, awful book.

the only redeeming quality of this book was the narrator. this book has been the biggest waste of credits I've ever spent, not only was the main character annoyingly Mary-Sue, but the whole book was a bastardization of the Japanese and Geisha culture, turning the culture into some woman's wet fantasy and fetish. Fiction or not, I would not recommend anyone waste their time on this book. I am severely disappointed.

omg bad

if you removed the words "honorable penis" it would probably cut the book length in half. I hate to tell you this but one does not fantasize about sex when engaged in sword play. this book was pure twaddle

Just not my cup of tea

When I listened to a sample of this book, and read the blurb, it sounded interesting. However, the book dragged for me and just did not hold up. But, some might like it. It depends on what you enjoy, and how much action you want in a book.