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Echo is an aspiring actress and sometimes nude model at her local art centre. In truth, her acting career has stalled after a promising start. It seems she doesn’t show enough teeth when she smiles (only eight versus her lookalike rival’s dozen). She lives in a house on the coast outside Los Angeles Leggi tutto

Comparisons between Permission and The Pisces are both understandable and reductive; understandable because sex-centric literary fiction set in Los Angeles is a pretty obvious comp, and reductive because sex and LA are pretty much where the similarities end. Where The Pisces excels, in my opinion, i Leggi tutto

In her debut novel, Saskia Vogel explores human longing: "The hard part is most people don't know how to ask for what they want. They don't think they're allowed" , says Orly, the dominatrix our protagonist Echo befriends after her father's passing - and just like her mythological counterpart, Echo f Leggi tutto

Permission is about Echo, a 25 year old aspiring actress reeling from the loss of her father. In his absence, her household has collapsed, leaving her alone with her grief as her mother develops depressive symptoms. When a mysterious, enigmatic dominatrix - Ori - moves in next door, Echo allows hers Leggi tutto

i really REALLY wanted to like this book. it's about the BDSM community in LA like come on that's already such an interesting topic!! but the characters were pretty empty and didn't act like people and i couldn't connect with a single one. beautiful writing on a line level but that can only get u so Leggi tutto

This is a tough one to review. I’ve not read any book dealing with BDSM before and this one was an eye opener on the topic. If you are not yet an adult, do not read this book/review. . #theguywiththebookreview presents Permission by Saskia Vogel. . What starts as a book primarily focused on our protagon Leggi tutto

Mi aspettavo tutt’altra tipologia di libro. Volevo più introspezione, volevo entrare molto di più nella psicologia dei personaggi, invece questa è “solo” una storia e molto probabilmente l’autrice voleva solo raccontarla, ma io volevo altro. È scritto molto bene, ma purtroppo non mi ha presa per nien Leggi tutto