Pink Villa is about a girl named Eliza that has taken a job as a nanny when really she anything but that. She was there to please the men that lived or visited Pink Villa. She went in as a naive young lady, but came out a lot smarter.

It was very difficult for me to read this book because it didn't flow well. It was also written in the 2nd person point of view and it was very confusing for me. It had really steamy scenes, but that is all it had.

Pink Villa, Olivia O’Neill

Escape to Tuscany for an electrifying summer of hedonism, seduction and desire at a perfect pink Tuscan villa.

Lots to work with here, erotica is not my usual genre, although I have read 50 Shades.

This book begins well, with a gentle build up of sexual tension however once it starts, it starts, sex scene after sex scene. I always prefer when sex scenes are written by women. I think they handle it better in regards to language however Elizas constant desperation did eventually get tiring.

I felt like this was ramping up to some kind of dark twisted thrill and though the ending left an opening for a darker second book, even some kind of revenge plot, i didn’t get the edgy thrill i was waiting for.

This book was advertised as being good for fans of “My Dark Vanessa” considering the storyline and issues tackled of My Dark Vanessa involving non consensual sex between an Teacher and a Student it feels VERY inappropriate to compare the two, they are very different books.

Overall this is definitely a steamy summer read. Easy to slip into by the pool.

Need a little spice in life, then look awsy. This is ALL the spice! Hot and steamy scenes with a bit of thriller vibe. Kept me on the edge of my seat through the whole book.

I wish I could say I was giving this book any sort of positive feedback, but unfortunately, I cannot. I am very disappointed in how this story ended up playing out. The writing—specifically the tone of that writing—is incredibly juvenile for the genre; I felt uncomfortable reading something that didn’t have the level of maturity I was expecting while reading the international version of Fifty Shades. This was a DNF (did not finish) for me and I feel bad having to say that.

Eek. I was excited to read a sexy thriller but this was poorly written and the main character was completely unlikeable. She had no spine and let men walk all over her. Sure, there were some steamy scenes but there was no reason for any of it. Erotica can be story-driven and still be sexy - this was a lot of sex that wasn't sexy. It was actually kind of sad.

This read could use some work. It doesn’t have the greatest flow and the story fell flat for me. Lots of steamy scenes but there is no real depth to Eliza.

The story starts off with Eliza getting hired to nanny for a wealthy family during the summer in Italy. It's told in second person which is a little off putting but I was able to push past that. As I go along I feel the writing style is a little off, phrases have been repeated numerous times, and Eliza has no real depth to her. She's very bland and honestly...quite whiny.
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I felt like the author tried to fit as many sex scenes in this book as possible, even maybe too many. And not good scenes either. When I say a man got off, start to finish, in a single page, ON MY PHONE....it needs more depth and plot please!
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I felt this book could have some potential if the character development was worked on and it wasn't purely based on sex. But unfortunately, I just didn't much care for this one.
⭐⭐

Great book with lots of twists and turns. Good style of writing and kept me wanting to read more. Enjoyed the characters and the story flowed well

This book was definitely not what I was expecting.
The biggest problem for me was how it was written in second person, it just seemed so strange and would have made more sense in first or third person.
The main character is addicted to sex, but has no problem with being treated disrespectfully by all of the male characters, multiple times a day. It was very repetitive and so predictable.
There was no real plot, new nanny goes to Italy, does exactly what they all expect her to do, then is upset that they used her. Not a book I would read again or recommend to others.
Thank you to NetGalley and The Publisher for allowing me to read and review this book.

This is one of the worst books I've ever read. The plot is shoddy and I hated the author's use of second person point of view.

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read this book in return for an honest review.

I went into this expecting a sexy and slightly thrilling book but I was so, so wrong. First of all, this main character has a name (Eliza) but it is in the second person which makes little sense unless you are in fact, called Eliza. I, personally, cannot get invested in a character who is supposedly me (with the perspective it is written in) but also has a name- it felt so confusing and detached which made it hard for me to get into it.

I really tried to push past the perspective issue but I found the book dull and that the character was incredibly obsessed with sex to the point it seemed a little unhealthy. I didn't finish this book but I did read enough to give a review.


Pros:
The cover

Cons:
2nd person (You)
A little too much sex (like to the point it wasn't needed)
Bland main character

Rating
1⭐

Would I read it again:
No.

Would I recommend it
No.

A really fun and interesting read. I had an enjoyable time reading this and it held my attention the entire way through that I finished it within the day!

Disappointed. No real plot or story, Nothing really likeable about any of the characters. Weak Female, Nothing sexy about the men. C EC I expected a book about summer escapism.
I just wanted this book to be so much more. what it was. The writing style is all over the place and it doesn’t flow or work.. I am not sure the author knows which voice / perspective the book is written from.

This book is poorly written with a week, pushover main character and men who are utterly disrespectful and condescending.

Eliza is the horniest person ever. Didn't realize this was erotica - thought I was more like...coming of age fiction. I was very wrong. Parts of this felt like it was written by a 14 year old boy. "bring your breasts" ? What?????

Anyway - thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity.

This was such a disapointment and i feel that the book was missold to me as i thought it would be a mystery or thriller instead the book was just some girls being horny for most of the pages. The blurb made it seem like it would be more fluid with the sex but she was hungry for dick and only dick every single page even though there where other women in this but the main character was horrible and made them seem like they weren't sexually there anymore because they were middle aged

I just could not get into this book....I didn't like the main character at all. Slow moving, boring story.
Thank You NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I received an ARC of this book thanks to NetGalley and publisher Nowness Books in exchange for an honest review.

Okay, so firstly I missed that this was erotica. I do not read erotica so that was my bad. However, this review will be taking that fact into consideration. I also do think this book's blurb is misleading, as it implies there is some sort of dark/thrillery secret and it compares this book to several thrillers. This is not a fair comparison.

So Pink Villa is the story of a sex-addicted woman called Eliza who is hired as a nanny for a rich family. She then bangs a lot of people. That is the entire plot, by which I mean this book is just sex scene after sex scene. Okay, erotica is like this. But there are story elements hinted at early on which never come to fruition and, more importantly, these cast some really unfortunate implications over everything.

Eliza is the horniest character there has ever been. She doesn't care who she sleeps with and she is never satisfied. It is also strongly hinted at that Eliza was, if not outright assaulted, then creeped on by her stepdad. These squicky implications are compounded by the obvious daddy issues explored with one of her lover. I know some people are into that but this part of the book is not played up enough for it to be appealing on its own, nor is it downplayed enough for you to comfortably ignore it. I HATE the idea that she is horny because she was creeped on and, while I feel that's unintentional, it lurked in the background throughout the story.

Some of the writing is decidely not sexy as well. Twice the main character is told to 'come over here and bring your breasts' as if she could possibly leave them behind. The sex scenes are so relentless that they just blur into one. Also this is told in second person, which I'm not sure if that's common for erotica but might put some people off.

Ultimately, this book fell flat on so many levels. I think the sex scenes have potential to be great and they are great at points, but the characters are so flat and it all gets very repetitive after a while. This is definitely not a book for me and if you're hoping for a darker erotica, it's not the book for you either. There is one attempt at a 'twist' of sorts but it falls so flat that if this book wasn't compared to thrillers, I wouldn't have even realised that's what it was.

Overall Rating: 2/5 stars

Pink villa just wasn't for me. I was expecting a little more thriller a little less raunch. I am really not a fan of second-person narration so that had me off from the start. I expected something different from this novel so that's on me. I am just not the target audience for this kind of book.

Pink Villa is a raunchy and sexy thriller, which is a very easy read. Great way to pass a couple of hours.