Adventurous Couple's Guide to Sex Toys

Feeling adventurous? Best-selling author and sex educator Violet Blue wrote this witty, well-informed consumer guide for couples who want to shop for and play with toys together rather than guess their way through it. She walks readers through the maze of what's on the market — the materials, the care and cleaning, and how to see straight through exaggerated marketing claims — then moves on to the part most guides skip: actually bringing toys into a relationship. There are ideas for creative use, scripts for asking your boyfriend about the blindfold in the bedside drawer, and tips for surprising your wife with a saucy gift without getting your face slapped (unless that was the point). Practical, sex-positive, and full of safety advice, it also refuses to stop at the basics, with chapters on enacting a threesome fantasy, setting up the sexiest lighting for a webcam show, and other truly spectacular ambitions. A friendly, judgment-free starting point for partners exploring toys together.