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3.0 out of 5 stars Slightly disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2017
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I am usually a big fan of Anne Rice but I have found that when it comes to erotica there is no middle ground with her. I found the Sleeping Beauty trilogy to be an intense, draw dropping, sometime rage inducing, read; however Exit to Eden seems to be on the opposite spectrum. The book starts out setting high hopes for a steam filled read, with a main character who may actually know what they are doing and then...nothing. It went from a bondage based book to what can be described as just a romance of two very high strung confused people, very quickly. Frankly, if I wanted to read a drama based filler of two overly dramatic people, I would just log onto Facebook.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Best of Rice's SM Fantasies
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2017
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One of the themes that runs thru Anne Rice's work is surely sadomasochism. The Beauty trilogy-plus-one is the purest example. But Exit to Eden gives us more real people wrestling with their fantasy roles and seeking a deeper bond within their natures. This book, and even the much panned movie, deserve more attention than they have had.
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Shannon L. Gardner
2.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE Anne Rice’s books and I loved 1/2 of this book.
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2021
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I LOVE Anne Rice’s books and I loved 1/2 of this book. But when the situation on the island changed it became just another romance novel. I don’t care for romance novels.
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Wildroses
5.0 out of 5 stars "You don’t have to be graphic. We know how to be graphic. We’re geniuses at it.”
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2017
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This is a romance book. Not a girlie romance where boy meets girl, loses girl, finds girl. More this book is girl loses herself, boy finds himself, girl meets boy and runs...away with boy. If you liked the Sleeping Beauty series, The Marketplace, and Devil in the Details, you will like this book. It is sophisticated and sweet and an intriguing read.
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thinksarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased, as usual
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2020
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So far, so good. But I expected that. I loved the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy and also recently found out there is a fourth book which I recently ordered. I had never heard of this book but I'm really glad I ordered it.
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That_Lady
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2021
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It's not porn. It's like a peek into a world I don't want to be in, but wanted to know more about. interesting, entertaining, and provocative.
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kittyjinny
5.0 out of 5 stars Erotic novel at its best
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2013
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Finally got around to reading this exciting novel by Anne Rampling aka: Anne Rice. I am a fan of erotic literature. The book is well worth the trouble to find it. It was published in 1985, well before I become a fan of this genre.

It is a love story, and I loved it. Anne Rice is a great author. I tried the story of O but found it very difficult to follow. I never finished it
East to Eden came up during my quest for erotic novels.

All I can say, it is well written, easy to follow and exciting and stimulating. Try it..you will not regret it.
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The Wandering Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars ~ Erotic Fantasy ~
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2013
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This is a lovely erotic fantasy. There are glimpses of BDSM but it is not "hardcore".

Do not compare this book to the movie of the same name ~ The movie version is camped up & changed to make the story light & funny ~ The actual story in this book is not light and not funny, it is more of a complicated romance, between two people who don't realize how much they need each other.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and hopefully, you will too ~ and if you do, you may seriously want to pick up the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Exit to Eden
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2021
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'Welcome to the club: it's there to satisfy your deepest desires - if you can afford to indulge them. Mysterious, elegant, sparkling in the Caribbean sun, pulsating in the velvet nights: the lights never go out, the champagne never stops flowing and the rich and beautiful play tantalizing games of dominance and submission in a thousand satin-lined bedrooms. This is Eden, where the lash of desire meets the silken bonds of love.
Lisa is the Perfectionist, the mastermind, mistress of the exquisite subtleties of the bound and the free.
Elliott is the Client, burned-out, reckless to explore the uncharted waters of the forbidden.
In their explosive meeting, as the thin line between pain and pleasure, lust and love begins to blur, they discover the most dangerous secret of all - that Eden is the state of the heart and the mind where the age-old power of innocence and love can still be recaptured.'
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WOW_C
4.0 out of 5 stars A light-hearted introduction to the world of S&M...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2002
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A devoted Anne Rice fan, I read this book because both the title and synopsis intrigued me. Very different to the 'Lives of the Mayfair Witches' or the 'Vampire Chronicles', it will take you down an engaging path to the road of Sado-Masochism and touches upon the deep-rooted desires of sexual slavery that may exist within us.
Exit to Eden also brings to the fore a very non-fictional fact... that both men and women have a vulnerable side - regardless of how well they conceal it!
The book is written in 'simple' English, which makes for a nice, easy read and an ideal travel companion - on the train to work, or away on the beach!
For the women (and men!) among us who have ever read a Mills & Boons book, you will notice a few mild similarities between this book and the well-known romance novels (i.e. short 'n' sweet with a basal storyline). But Mills & Boons would have been hard pushed to sculpt and bring to life the erotic elements of the tale as Anne Rice has!
When all is said and done, Exit to Eden is an entertaining, fantastical and highly erotic romance novel. Recommended for those of you who are adventurous, young at heart and enjoy being educated and entertained.
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A.B.M.B.I
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2017
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Arrived really fast but worse quality than said in description
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2013
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Anne Rice should have put her name to this years ago and she should definitely write more erotica! A thoroughly good read
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Cookie
2.0 out of 5 stars Die große Liebe zwischen 2 masochistischen Übermenschen
Reviewed in Germany on January 30, 2015
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Ich bin mir nicht sicher, was ich da gerade gelesen habe...
Eine unfassbar schöne, gebildete und erfolgreiche Domina und Geschäftsfrau verliebt sich auf den ersten Blick unsterblich in ihr männliches Pendant und ist von da an noch emotional instabiler als vorher. Das restliche Buch reden sie hauptsächlich miteinander und es wird ziemlich viel geweint.
Es beginnt wie ein erotischer Roman, aber dafür kommt der Sex im restlichen Buch zu kurz. Auch Handlung gibt es nicht viel, dafür seitenlange Beschreibungen, hauptsächlich von der Schönheit der Protagonisten. Und anstatt einer Romanze bekommen wir kapitelweise pseudo-intelektuelle Dialoge. Schnarch.
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