The Voyeur by Kay Jaybee

I am not to sure how to review The Voyeur, but here goes...  

Here’s the blurb to get your head in the right space…


A contemporary erotic novel with mixed themes including m/f, f/f, BDSM, menage, sex in public and voyeurism.

Wealthy businessman and committed voyeur, Mark Parker, has a list of 13 fantasies he is intent on turning into reality. Travelling between his London flat, his plush Oxfordshire mansion, and Discreet, his favourite BDSM club; Mark is helped to realise his imaginatively dark erotic desires by two loyal members of his staff –his personal assistant, Anya Grant, and his housekeeper, Clara Hooper.

Upon the backs of his willing slaves, Mark has written out his fantasy list in thick red pen. Only Fantasy 12 awaits the tick of completion against their flesh before Mark’s ultimate fantasy – Fantasy 13 – can take place.

But have the girls performed well enough to succeed in the final challenge? And what hold does Bridge’s gentleman’s club, Anya’s previous employer and a place she was delighted to escape from, have over Mark?

In order to find out, the girls are going to have to face some of the fantasies they thought they had left behind them all over again.

So the blurb pretty much covers the story to a tee.  There is not much more that can be added to fill the background, except to say that much of the story revolves around Anya and Clara, and their relationship with each other, as well as Mark.

This tale is definitely an erotic one.  For me, the writing is ok – not literary brilliance, but certainly contained the ability to tell a story.  On the most part, the story takes you on the journey with Mark and his voyeuristic need.  I was torn between deciding if I was reading an erotic story with depth that allows you to attach yourself to the characters, or an erotic story that contained highly sexual scenes.  

I think the author touched on both sides, without making a clear delineation for one or the other, and this made the story a touch disappointing.

I will confess, my preference is not for same sex coupling in stories, but when done well, it makes no difference.  I am not sure I felt the extent of the emotional connection between Anya and Clara, and therefore this part of the story didn't really work for me.  

I also like to observe human behaviour, so The Voyeur definitely gave me the opportunity to do some of that.  Some of the fantasies as they played out, certainly were confronting and it was a challenge for me to read the story as it was and not sit in judgement of a fetish or sexual preference, because it wasn't my preference. However the writing of these scenes achieved it means, and many of them were.....phoarrrr!    

There were elements of the writing though that left me a little… hmm… eh!  There were references that just left me cold, and I thought they were an odd choice by the author.  Not enough to ruin the story, but enough to distract me from it!

The Voyeur certainly peaks with Fantasy 13, and it is a ride that you can’t help but go along with.  I didn’t not like the Voyeur, but it is probably not one that I would recommend to my friends if they wanted to get their heart pumping!  Definitely an acquired taste!

It gets 2 1/2 hearts from me!

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