I received an advance copy of this book via Netgalley.  As with all books that I read, I went to Goodreads to mark that I was "currently reading" the book.  However, the cover of "Sugar" by Monique X, is basically exactly the same as "Sugar Daddy" by Sawyer Bennett.  So, that's super confusing.  Are these by the same person?  Or did one copy the cover art of the other??

Anyway, this book (told as a memoir) is about a single mom raising two kids after her divorce from her deadbeat husband.  In order to make ends-meat, the main character "Monique" joins a sugar daddy dating site called "Seeking Arrangements".  Basically, a "Sugar Babe" is a woman who receives money from older, wealthy (sometimes married) "Sugar Daddies".  In general, from what I understand, a Sugar Babe is like a kept mistress who gets a monthly allowance, and in return,  accompanies the guys on fancy dinners, trips abroad, and of course, engages in very ellicit sexual activities.

As the author says: "what all men really want: a lady on their arm and a hooker in their bed."

I haven't really read many erotica books, except for maybe 50 Shades of Grey 1-3, and like 50 Shades of Grey, this Sugar story is more interesting than the writing is good.  But, as Stephen King says, a book is about the story, and not the writing technique -- and this story is fast paced, entertaining, adventurous, and full of very sexually graphic scenes.  The men Monique met were fun and exotic and took her around the globe on world-wind adventurous filled with fine dining, high priced wine / cocktails, and mindblowing sex.

If you have ever fantasized about what it could be like to live dangerously or on the edge, this book will defenitely intrigue you.

I really enjoyed Sugar. Monique held my interest with her experiences and made it as if she were sitting next to you telling her story and adventures. As a single Mom I cheered her on with taking her freedom back from her horrible marriage.
Her adventures as a Sugar Babe were erotic, yet at times heart warming .

A steamy smoking hot romance book that will leave you breathless and wanting more from this author. Great characters are heartwarming. Love this book.

I would probably give this 2.5 stars, considering that I thought the topic was interesting.

Basic Plot: Monique separates from her trifling husband and becomes a single parent of two young girls. Needing extra money and wanting a little adventure, she signs up to be a Sugar Babe. Sugar Babes, supposedly, have more of a relationship with the men who are paying for them, rather than just sex. The book chronicles Monique's experience as a mom and Sugar Babe.

t was okay. I honestly thought it would be an interesting read to see what it is like for a seemingly middle class mom, who you would see dropping off kids at school and reading bedtime stories, live a double life as a Sugar Babe. One of the reasons we read is for escapism, right? So, the overall plot was interesting, but the execution just wasn't quite there. Before I get into what is going to sound like a negative review, I do want to say that some of Monique's adventures are interesting and some of her experiences are entertaining. Take my review as a know what you are getting into and it may help you enjoy the book.

Probably like most women, I am neither an uber feminist, nor an uber traditionalist. While I prefer to have a man do my bug killing (eeeww, spiders), I have a job and I am more than capable of hiring an exterminator, ha ha :-). Monique was written as being totally dependent on a man. It wasn't because of her decision to be a Sugar Babe, but her seemingly total reliance on men to "help" her with money. Also, her sexual preferences seemed to be centered around her liking men to be in a position of dominance. This would have been better as a look into this world by someone leading a double life and who enjoyed some of the fun of it without being so darn needy.

The typos in this book were everywhere and got to be a little annoying. I am more than willing to overlook some editing issues, but there were a lot. At one point the text should have read "human being" but instead it said "human bean"...sigh.

Now about the sex. It is explicit, but I would not call it erotica or porn, because there is an actual story and the sexual situations come off more formulaic (I think this is a good thing). What keeps this readable are the descriptions of some of Monique's travels and her adventures. This helps take some of the focus of the sexual situations...BUT this is definitely an 18 or older book/mature audiences.

No spoilers, but she did not really have any bad experiences while basically meeting up with and having sex with strangers over the course of 2yrs...really?? Not one real creep? It made this come off as unbelievable and more so glorified the lifestyle.

I devoured this book! Sugar is filled with a peek into the Sugar Baby/Daddy World that you cannot look away. I was craving an Erotica book and Sugar filled the spot. The book began with the main character getting ready for her date then the book went back to the past for how she emerged as a Sugar Baby then it never went back to The Current/Future.

The book is not really a romantic Happily Ever Romance, but it is filled with some book porn scenes...

All in all the book engaged me despite some of the writing as I was curious about this Sugar World that's not exactly an escort but at times it felt like it...

It took me a while to acclimatise to the fact that the book is written in broken English. Dreadfully poor, broken English - yet we’re led to believe that the narrator is an Oxford-graduate from Kent!
I tried. I really did. I got as far as the first sex scene (at 17%), where a cock is described as “Majestic Greatness”, and then, dear reader, I capitulated that life is too short to suffer through a horrifically badly written book. Perhaps one for lovers of Fifty Shades, not for me. The one star rating is for having the balls to publish it.

THought this would be a fun read, but it was not. The main character was so back and forth and in denial. She was a prostitute but thought of herself as a sugar baby. Um. No.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Sadly this was not my cuppa tea. When the story began I was excited where this was going but unfortunately the h sure was acting and being an escort but instead calling herself a sugar baby???? Yeah, not buying it.

I was excited to read this book because I think the whole world of sugaring is interesting, and was expecting a romance. This book was more of a pseudo-memoir about being a sugar baby while also juggling motherhood. To be honest, it just wasn't my thing. I definitely had an issue with the narrator having affairs with married men, which is not my idea of a great erotic romance novel, but that's a personal preference. The writing definitely needs work. It feels scatterbrained and tends to repeat the same thing over and over, which makes reading it really tedious.

I DO think the author is onto something with her erotic scenes. These were very well-written.

Again, some of the content was just not for me, and maybe that made me overly critical of the book as a whole. I recognize that. If you are fine with infidelity, give it a shot! You might like it. :)

I received a copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A very interesting book, loved and really enjoyed the reading. Strongly recommend the book if you are into page turning books.

Rating: 3.0/5.0

This memoir is about a single mother who has a secret life of being Sugar Babe looking for Sugar Daddies who will pay her for her services!! We all know what other words this is called! Monique after her divorce gets into this business of dating older men, wealthy ones so she can milk them!

The book has lots of explicit sexual scenes, so if you are not comfortable with that you should look somewhere else. In this memoir we get to know how Monique started, the men she met, the countries and towns she visited all to play that part from her secret life.

I thought the book was interesting in the first few chapters but somehow in the middle, I feel it just went into circles where Monique was repeating the same thing again and again. I don't want to say it got boring because it did not, but again I was not feeling the whole thing anymore. It felt there was no purpose. The ending of the book could have been a little bit longer though. It would have been more interesting if we got a more clear picture of Monique after her Sugar Babe's business. I feel we did not see that part of her enough.

The cover of this book is gorgeous and fits the title. The book is somehow entertaining and for its entertaining value, I am going to rate it 3.0 stars out of 5.0. I grabbed this book from the Read Now section in NetGalley and this is my honest and unbiased review.

I gave this book a 5 out of 5 star review. It was an enjoyable and I would recommend. to others. Generously provided to me through NetGalley

There's nothing quite like reading an entire book, and still wondering when the story will start by the time you reach the end. It may be titled “Sugar,” but not an iota of sweetness has been left in my memories.

The book’s first chapter walks readers through Monique's ritual to prepare for her sugar dates—which are dates she has with older men, keeping them company (sexually or not) in exchange for money. But as we're told about 300 times throughout the story, it's not like being an escort. The narrator breaks the fourth wall a couple times here, but that can be excused, if it had been an isolated incident (spoiler: it’s not).

After the second chapter delved into her terrible childhood and former marriage, I figured the book would jump back to the present. So I read chapter three... then four... and eventually got to chapter 30, aka the final chapter. As I flipped the final page, disappointment assailed me. The scene that had us in the moment in chapter one never returned.

Instead, the book rambled about one man after another that she dated in her Sugar Life. That was the purpose of the plot, but it was told in the most boring way possible as the author employed the long lost art of "tell, don't show." I found my eyes glazing and skimming over mass chunks of flat dialogue and boring travel scenes. The many male characters all morphed into a single Generic Horny Middle-Aged Rich Man.

When I grabbed an advanced reading copy of this book from Netgalley, it was mostly because of the awesome looking cover (which I give 1 star to by itself) and blurb, but also because I figured the categories on the site (it was listed as Erotica, Romance) don't lie. This "erotica" book had sex scenes that would have made my teenage imagination proud. They were sometimes weird, but mostly as boring and flat as the dialogue.

After I finished the book, I flipped back to the cover, and then jumped to the “front matter” section, which appears before the table of contents, and is automatically skipped when you load an eBook. That's how I discovered that “Sugar” was a memoir, unlike what the book blurb would like you to believe.

Well, then. It's cliche to pity people in romance books, so I won't do that here, either.

Actual Rating: 1.5 stars

A unique and honest perspective I didn’t see coming. If you like memoirs then you’ll love this one. But it isn’t for the faint of heart.

I received this book as an advanced readers copy,I loved this book so much. I could not help but to be hooked and there is a new plot in every chapter which made it such an enjoyable read.

Sugar was a very very steamy read. I definitely sat reading on the couch with the tips of my ears a bright red - especially if there were other people in the room. It was exciting right until the end.

Monique leads a quite the double life: on the one hand she's a loving mom, who wants to create a "hyggelig" home for her two daughters. On the other hand she's a Sugar Babe who discovers a whole new side to sex during her days as a SB. This isn't a day/night thing, because she also meets her Sugar Daddies during the day, when the kids are at school. Nevertheless, Monique never forgets to take care of her kids. Because of this, I read this book with a big respect for Monique. She merely does what she feels like she has to do to survive and it's getting hard to stop. Eventually it becomes more of a lifestyle and Monique notices that she ends up only thinking about money to get by.

Although I was never bored while reading Sugar, it still was a little repetitive at times. She decides to meet a Sugar Daddy (a new or previous one), meets him and eventually goes home to her girls. It was only in hindsight that I noticed this though! In this repetitive, yet super exciting, life, the reader can still notice that Monique goes through a huge personality change while still being Monique. Where she was a obedient woman at the start of the story, she knows what she wants at the end and isn't afraid to ask for it. 

All in all, I really liked reading Sugar. Maybe especially since it's a memoir, so it's all based on true events! It was fun to read about Monique's travels to lots of different countries and about the different personalities she meets. I have to note, though, that eventually Monique ends up as an escort rather than a Sugar Babe. In the end it's all about money and sex, but fortunately, that didn't make the story less enjoyable!

I was really confused by the book, the premise and blurb states that its a erotica romance about a recently divorced mum who dabbles into the sugar daddy world. Halfway through due to the writing style I then start to think is this actually someone's memoirs? The main character is the only view point throughout and after a while the writing for me became very repetitive.

This book just wasn't for me. Thank you for the ARC. .

Really enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed this book. It was actually quite addictive, fun, that little bit different.

Memoir, my favourite genre. Mostly medical, travel, and moving abroad memoirs. This is not my usual type, but I enjoyed finding out more about a different world I didn't know about. And a normal, everyday person who ended up in it. She'd had some hard times; relationship issues, divorce, money problems, mounting debts, and she had two young daughters to support.

So began the author's secret life, and a way to make some much needed money. She was encouraged to go for it by her friend Amanda, a school friend, who had been an escort, had gone to Paris, modelling, had done well for herself.

This was honest and revealing. I soon got into the book and had to keep reading. It was very easy to read, the words just started tumbling out and I was gripped. I like how this book wasn't just sex all the time-not straight to it-about 17% before an appearance. I couldn't stop reading it. It was curiously entertaining.

There is quite a bit of travel in this book: To Barcelona, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Greece, Japan. Travelling, and experiencing the cuisine. I really enjoyed this. But there were quite a few mistakes which interrupted my reading flow, otherwise, it's a very good book.

It won't appeal to everyone but I enjoyed it. There are explicit scenes, but not too many, not all the time-and there's certainly far more to the book including travels. Certainly, nothing in it offended me or made me want to stop reading -quite the contrary-I was intrigued how things would continue and it was a fun and addictive read.

After her divorce, Monique decides to inject some fun into the drudgery of life as a single mother, by dating a wealthy older gentleman, which is known as ‘sugar daddy’ dating. It all starts out as a bit of fun, but when discovers a thousand pounds in her wallet, it changes everything. Soon she is living a life of luxury, travelling here, there and everywhere, all while having a stable income to support her children. Now she realises the truth: she needs to find a way out.

I really enjoy how this book started - with a bit of a glimpse into the life Monique is living, before jumping back to before it all began and unpacking how it is that she got into the 'Sugar Babe' business. However, it was after that that I honestly started to get a little bored. While it starts strong (and saucy), it all becomes a bit the same after the first sugar daddy. While I was hoping to be caught up in the romance and the life of luxury, I just got a bit bored....

Sugar by Monique X, is a splendid read. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book at first, but after reading several chapters I couldn't put it down. Every story leaves you wanting more. Following the life of Monique as she dives in the Sugar Daddy world. She is a single mother lookignnafte two girls. Her only job is being a sugar babe. She does what she can to provide for her girls and has fun doing it along the way. This was a fast read, that makes me want a second Sugar book. I wished the were more detailed stories and accounts in this book, but for what its worth you are given just the right amount of detial and mystery to leave you wanting more.

I want to thank Net Galley for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.