“Stylish and amusing.” - —Entertainment Weekly
“Brave.” - —New York Times Book Review
“Plucky.” - —The New York Observer
“Wonderfully smart and sexy and witty and moving.” - —Publishers Weekly starred review
“A small masterpiece of erotic writing.” - —Leon Wieseltier
“Revealing and witty.” - —Time Out New York
“Arousing, fascinating, and beautifully written, Toni Bentley’s The Surrender is a unique testimonial to one woman’s passion and intellect. Think Story of O with a high IQ and a sense of humor. . . . Bentley is shameless, brazen, and hot.” - —Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight and I, Fatty
“What Bentley has achieved in these pages is something rare and unexpected. Hers is an erotic journey neither prurient nor grandiose, resulting in a work of high literary ambition rendered unforgettable by its unflinching candor.” - —David M. Friedman, author of A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis