Book Review – P*rn Star by Laurelin Paige and Sierra Simone

Porn Star by Laurelin Paige and Sierra Simone

Adult Contemporary Standalone.

As soon as I saw the title and authors on this book, I thought “I NEEEEEED THIS BOOK!” After reading the blurb, I thought so even more:

I thought this would be a romcom from the cover, the blurb, and even the guy’s name. It wasn’t, in fact it was pretty angsty. Logan O’Toole is a porn star…you know, THE porn star. The one all the girls love. He absolutely LOVES his job, and he loves making women feel good.

“I’m in love with my job.   I’m in love with being Logan O’Toole, with being a porn star, and I plan on doing it until my pubes turn gray, no matter what happens.”

Logan is so successful that he has his own production company. He is a really good guy at heart, not the regular sleaze you find in the industry. He just happened to fall into the job, then fall in love with it. He just got out of a three year relationship with a fellow porn star who broke his heart and took the dog 🙁  Then he bumps into Devi Dare at an industry party. Devi, the girl he has secretly been fantasizing about for the three years since he did a threesome seen with her and his ex.

Devi is a young student with tons of student debt. Growing up in a hippy family, nudity and free love are not really a big deal to her. She first started porn to help pay for school, but quickly realized hetero porn wasn’t for her when she began crushing on Logan after her first scene. So for three years she has been doing girl on girl so she wouldn’t lose her heart. But at night, alone, she secretly watches the old scene she did with Logan.

When they bump into each other, the sparks fly. Logan wants to find a way to be close to her, so he proposes a reality type show about a couple from the first date on. And he wants them to star together. This is when lines begin to blur.

What is for the show? What is real? Devi is very young, and although she does porn for a living, very naive. Logan, though a good deal older than Devi, comes off as just as immature. In fact, sometimes I just wanted to hit him upside the head. As they fall for each other, he is able to compartmentalize the facets of his world. He can make a costar come three times, then go home to Devi. But Devi isn’t quite as worldly. So how will it work for them?

Logan was gone for Devi. Crazy about her.

“I’m fucking miserable with the need to touch you and taste you.   I’m obsessed with it.   I’m obsessed with you.”   I meet her eyes.  “You have to tell me if that makes you uncomfortable.   Because the way I think about you, the way I crave you, it’s not just like two performers. It’s not just like two friends.”

He’s crazy for her, but he’s still a porn star who loves what he does.

Porn Star is a very detailed look at the workings of the porn industry, and a lot of it is not pretty. In fact there is a bit of a political point made in the book that shows the seedy underbelly of the industry. It’s very current, and even addresses the allegations of a certain porn star accused of rape. But Logan just seems too nice, too sweet, and nowhere’s near jaded enough to be a guy in the business for 10 years.

“I want to do the filthiest things to her and then I want to take her to meet my parents.   Is this normal?   Is this how normal relationships work?”

I enjoyed the book a lot, but something kept me from absolutely loving it. I think that maybe Logan just wasn’t alpha enough for me, and both he and Devi were a bit too immature and naive.

Likes:

• Very well written.
• It seemed well researched.
• There was no doubt to the reader how much Logan wanted Devi.
• Very hot sex.
• They took their time building a real relationship.

Dislikes:

• They were both pretty immature.
• Maybe a little too much behind-the-scenes of the porn industry.
• Logan wasn’t quite alpha enough for me.
• Logan was still able to perform with other women without a second thought.

The Down & Dirty:

Porn Star was an enjoyable, well-written book. It just wasn’t exactly what I was expecting. I went in expecting a romcom from the cover and blurb, and it was more of an angst-filled political statement. There was a lot about the adult film industry, and the hero was a bit too able to separate his professional life from his personal life. I never quite fell in love with the characters, but they were both very likable. They just both seemed too innocent and immature for the industry they were in.

Rating: 3.75 stars, 5 heat

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