This RITA® Reader Challenge 2016 review was written by Celia. This story was nominated for the RITA® in the Erotic Romance category.

Here is Celia's review:

I’ve grown tired of the BDSM, sex clubs, and alpha males that so dominate erotica today. But Three Little Mistakes has all of those things and you know what? I loved it. I just loved this book. Why you ask? What changed my mind when I was so dead set against the three things that were the primary basis for the plot? Well, I’ll tell you why – because it was so well written. This book is really really well written. Kudos to Nikki Sloane on that.

Let’s start with the characters. They start out pretty typical for BDSM erotica – alpha male with dark desires, submissive heroine good girl who’s looking to be bad. But that’s only the surface. These characters have depth. They have complex relationships with their parents and siblings. Noemi’s in college and she actually goes to class. And their attraction to each other? Wowsa.

The sex club is actually a brothel and it is the common tie between the books in the series. This is book three about the club owner (pimp). In it the club serves as a background to build Joseph’s character. It gives him a reason for needing to stay away from Noemi and it’s a good reason at that (not going to say more, it’s the best reveal in the book!).

The plot was great too. Nikki Sloane keeps the sex interesting, varied, and inventive. She has her characters play out their various fantasies, both by posting clips on their private Tumblr page and by then trying those positions out IRL. Not only that but the characters actually put on clothes sometimes and go about in the world. They go to work, they go to school, they visit family and friends, and they generally act like normal human beings who happen to bang all the time. But in case all that clothed interaction with the rest of the humanity is making you yawn, don’t worry. There’s tons of dirty texts, emails, Tumblr posts, Youtube clips, and masturbation fantasies to keep the erotic tone going between sexcapades.

My one and only issue was that it was too exhibitionist for my taste. I respect that this is a personal preference and both characters were into the public/semi-public sex, but I couldn’t help cringing during these exhibitionist scenes, anxious about someone walking in and catching them at any moment. In case you haven’t gathered, this book is kinky. It goes pretty far and handles some intense kink. But it handles it well. Joseph and Noemi are attuned to each other’s responses and reactions. When someone says stop it stops and there’s no shame or judgement. They get into this relationship knowing they’re going to explore boundaries and limits, both wanting to push themselves to try new things. Throughout the book you know that they’re in it together and when they aren’t, when they’re arguing or not in tune with each other, there’s no sex.

I’d absolutely recommend this book to a friend and I’m definitely going to read the rest of the books in the series. Nikki Sloane has taken the popular tropes in erotica and made them interesting, inventive, and well written. This isn’t just a bunch of sex with handcuffs, spanking, and floggers. It’s all that with a plot, good characterization, and a relationship you’re really rooting for.