Title: Sex God
Author: Matthew Armstrong
Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Erotica
Publisher: Be Your Potential Books
Release Date: Mar 28 2015
Edition/Formats: eBook & Print
Rating: 4 1/2 Stars
Told in the first
person and told from the man’s perspective.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book for review from RBTL
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Blurb/Synopsis:
Alex Sterling and his wife Angela are a young couple with
two children Tristan and Holly living on the Costa del Sol in Spain. They seem
to be the perfect couple with two bright young children, and despite their
escalating money worries, they are living an incredible lifestyle on the sunny
Mediterranean coast.
But beneath the surface, Alex is unfulfilled in his life and
marriage and decides to risk it all by making an indecent proposal to Angela in
a last ditch attempt to revive their flat-lining lives. He proposes an
open-relationship, which much to his surprise opens a repressed Pandora ’s Box
for Angela, a side of her that he has never known — setting them off on an
erotic adventure that would make anyone’s head spin and juices flow. It seems
to have been a good decision with amongst other intense erotic encounters, it
introduces them to BDSM, the swingers’ scene and even finds them on a Russian billionaire’s
yacht in a Jacuzzi with the billionaire’s blonde bombshell daughter. Their eyes
are opened to the many dimensions of erotic experience two lovers can have, but
these experiences are not without their risks.
A turn of unfavourable events manifest, from his kids being
expelled from school for a failure to keep up with school fees, to the arrest
of the swingers party hosts for secret filming and blackmail. All of this sends
Angela into meltdown, blaming and resenting Alex for directing their lives to
this point of no return. Alex’s worst fears are then realised as Angela
abruptly ups and leaves with the children, moving to Portugal to live with an
ex soccer star, old flame from her past — A man of means and a man of power,
who Alex feels he is no match for. Alex’s world falls apart around him and a
mental breakdown ensues catapulting him on a spiritual pilgrimage as he
scrambles to regain his sanity. On this pilgrimage he encounters Lalita an
exotic tantra goddess, who he immediately becomes infatuated with and who
introduces him to yet another dimension of unity through tantra. She disappears
from his life as quick as she entered it and Alex is almost driven crazy once
more attempting to find her along the pilgrim’s way.
His pilgrimage offers him much more than he bargained for as
he is forced to overcome intense and excruciating physical pain, ego
transcendence and a near death experience where instead of running to sure
safety, he faces down some wild mountain dogs that have viciously attacked a Japanese
pilgrim; and in the process saves her life and becomes revered by her group. He
then makes another difficult decision as to whether to return home or remain a
pilgrim in the special land, a place and an identity that he has become very
much at home with.
Upon arriving home, Alex is overcome and uplifted by two startling
and monumental events. First a business partnership from a chance meeting
earlier on the billionaire’s yacht, that proposes to put an end to all his
money worries for a lifetime. Secondly the surprise return of Angela and the children.
Alex is irrevocably changed and transformed from the culmination of the entire
adventure, as is Angela, who finally reveals to him the skeletons that were in
her closet that had contributed too many of their previous underlying
relationship troubles — the truth clearing the way for their future together.
But their adventure is far from over. On the contrary it has only just begun.
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My Thoughts:
Alex Sterling sounds like he’s experiencing a mid-life crisis but
what he thinks he wants seems to be backfiring on him. His wife, Angela, wants to reinvent
herself. Sounds like what some couples
actually go through – which makes the story seem more real. But do their decisions affect their
relationship?
The language here can be graphic in case you blush easily. There are also BDSM scenes so you have been
warned. But remember this story seems to
be written from the man’s perspective with a male author so your expectations
need to be different – and I’m not saying that’s a bad thing either. I think this author has the reader asking
themselves some questions about their own relationship with their partner. Will you be asking yourself those questions?
This author certainly made things interesting because I never
would have expected how he set about developing his two main characters. So you have to realize that if you’ve never
read a piece of work written by a male author, you can’t expect it to read the
same as a female author – again, not a bad thing. He’s opened my mind to men being able to
write a book about romance, and erotica, and show it from a different
perspective. He also showed me that I
might have passed up other authors just because of their gender – which I will
stop making that mistake.
For me, the ending seems open ended. Will it continue in another book? Does the author leave it up to the reader to
decide? You may want to follow this
author in order to see if another book follows this one. You may want to read this story with your
partner so that you can discuss what you as a couple would do if you were in
Alex and Angela’s shoes.
Excerpt:
I want us to communicate our thoughts, feelings and desires
without thinking that there is anything wrong with them, because there is not!
I want us to break free from what society tells us is normal and acceptable. I
accept every desire that you have, so I want you to feel comfortable sharing
them with me.” I can hear the words coming out of my mouth but I am not sure
where they are coming from. Is it desperation or inspiration? I really can’t
tell!
“I just hope that you mean that,” Angela says while dropping
her head and looking up at me at the same time.
“Yes, of course I mean it darling, you know me and I don’t
say things flippantly.”
“Okay, here goes. The guy who I have been messaging is named
Marco Carvalho. I met him when I was in university. He is from Portugal and at
the time was a professional footballer. He was in London for a week and the
university was hosting the team and they were playing a few friendly matches. I
met him in the student union bar and he swept me off my feet.
“I had never met anyone like him before. He was confident,
very forward and I couldn't resist him. I just melted in his presence. I had
only a few boyfriends before him and never had sex on the first date, but
within 20 minutes of us meeting, he had me in his bed and it was the most
exciting and passionate experience of my life.”
Angela is completely lit up and engaged, talking about her
memory. Wow, the thought of this guy just sets her on fire. What is it that is
so great about him? I wonder. I dated Angela for three weeks before we had sex
and even then she was tense and nervous. I re- member her saying that it had
been almost three years since she was last with someone and this is who she was
talking about.
“What did he say that got you into bed within 20 minutes of
meeting him?”
“He kissed me and then told me that he had never tasted
anything so delicious. Then he said that he wanted to taste all of me and I
nearly collapsed at his feet. But it wasn't so much what he said, it was
everything – how he looked at me, his voice, how he said my name and the light
touch of his hand. Every time he touched me, electricity danced around my body.
It was ladies drink for free night and the bar was full of scantily clad
19-year-old girls, probably outnumbering the guys 3 to 1. He was a professional
footballer and could have had anyone he wanted, but he chose me and that made
me feel special.”
“You told me that you have never had an orgasm, so could
sweet-talking, electricity guy not do it for you?” I say, trying to be
lighthearted, but hearing a hint of sarcasm creep into my tone.
“We had sex five nights in a row, multiple times and we
couldn’t get enough of each other, but even though it was passionate, exciting
and very intense at times, I could never completely let go.”
“What happened then?” I say, leaning forward.
Author Information:
Matthew Armstrong comes from Irish descent, attending the
same grammar school as Oscar Wild — but only for a short while, as he was
expelled for speaking his mind and not conforming.
Through two decades of living and travelling in 6
continents, he has gained much life experience and studied many cultures and
ways of life along the way.
Originally an Author of non-fiction, covering topics from
health, philosophy, relationships, spirituality & human potential, Matthew
now finds his inspiration in writing fiction.
His first novel 'Sex God' is a ground breaking work that
brings a breath of fresh air to the erotica genre and sets a new standard for
other authors in this genre to follow.
Matthew lives on the east coast of Spain with his family,
and generally spends his days teaching martial arts, writing in cafes and
playing on the beach with his son.
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