This was a great collection of stories about different kinds of sex workers, including escorts, surrogate partners, pro-dommes and sexological body workers. Most of the stories centre the workers and the way they bring compassion and healing to their work and some also cover the roles sex workers play in the field of human sexual development.

Sex work is valid work and sex workers deserve dignity, rights and safety. Reading these stories is one way to better understand and validate that work, empower these workers and reduce stigma.

The collection includes a variety of stories: some were lighthearted, fun and steamy. Some were weird and uncomfortable. Some were upsetting and uncomfortable. Some were just titillating and not that deep. One story toward the end was unfortunately very woo woo and eye-roll inducing. The most memorable for me were the surrogate stories - I found the description of that work and the care the sex workers provided to people to be very important and moving.

This was a well-written collection that shed a lot of light on one of society's dark corners. I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt like it really opened my eyes and mind to the reality and good of sex work.

This book was great and so important. It discussed sex work in various forms, and had a lot of different representation. It described how far we have to go before sex work is destigmatized and respected and safe in its many forms.
It also differed from many other books in how it described sex work as compassionate and healing, and I highly recommend this.

Thank you for the e-ARC.

I ADORED THIS!
Such an important book that highlights the depth, importance and urgency of sex work and body work in many people's lives and how far we still have to go to make such work a safe and destigmatised and valued profession. I ended up finishing this collection of essays regarding sex/body/intimacy work as healing, as therapy and as potentially essential in all our lives. Highly recommend and I am so pleased a book like this exists. I hope many more follow it.