Apparently, our Umbrella fam has a shared love of smutty books and pretty drinks. And we are here for it!

How spicy are these books, you ask? Feral, crawling up the wall with anticipation spicy. Eroticism.

The first book we’ll discuss is The Story of O, by Pauline Reage

The classic French erotic bestseller that preceded Fifty Shades of Grey. A beautiful young French woman, known only as 'O', is taken by her lover Ren to a splendid mansion near Paris. Here, she is initiated into an elite secret society, where she must learn to serve the sexual fantasies of Ren and his fellow members. But she must also explore the nature of her own darkest desires - and confront just how far she is willing to go for love.

Below is a collection of notes about the book:

-Story of O is a tale of female submission involving a beautiful Parisian fashion photographer named O, who is taught to be constantly available for sexual intercourse, offering herself to any male who belongs to the same secret society as her lover.

-Through O's sexual exploits, the narrative explores themes related to gender norms and binaries, the role of clothing in identity, and humiliation as it relates to the social self.

-In the early twenty-first century, many readers see The Story of O as a manifesto of a woman's right to erotic expression and self-determination, with O's sexual awakening, however tragic its outcome, seen as a kind of transcendence.

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