It's Book Club Time!!!

Today we’re talking about “The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker” by Leanna Renee Hieber.

I couldn’t put this book down. I read it in two days. I would have read it in one day if my boyfriend would have allowed me to ignore him. But no, he actually wanted me to talk about my day and eat and do other shit...how rude. Anyway, the “Tale” includes mythological references, ghosts, a Harry-Potteresque boarding school, Victorian England, Jack the Ripper, and, most importantly, sexual tension. Even better, the tension is between the brooding, dark hotness that is Professor Alexi Rychman and his strange, kind albino student, Percy Parker. I love teacher-student sexualness; it’s perverted and it’s hot. I won’t ruin the book by actually discussing plot, but I will discuss where all the good parts are located. Let me qualify that “good parts”, in my not so humble opinion, are the sexual parts.

• On Percy’s first day at the boarding school, Athens Academy, she is warned by the headmistress that any fraternization with the opposite sex is grounds for immediate dismissal. I took this as some sexy foreshadowing. Is fraternizing in Percy’s future? I most certainly hope so!

• Although Percy is smart, she has problems with math, which means some private tutoring sessions with the mysterious Professor Rychman is in order. Could this lead to some clandestine teacher-student hotness?

• Professor Rychman teaches Percy to waltz during one of their tutoring sessions. This is soooooooooo fucking sexy! There’s nothing better than a hot man who can dance.

• MAKE-OUT SCENE ALERT!!! Just go ahead and skip to page 196. Bookshelves and “devouring” are involved.

• Professor Rychman “accidentally” walks in on Percy getting ready for a bath. She is of course naked....

Although there is never actually full on “doing it” in this book, there’s a follow-up due out at the end of April: “The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker.” I’m convinced that the sequel will include penetration. And it will be all the better for having to wait. I give “The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker” 3 out of 4 Libby nods.