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Summary: Not Bad
Review: A waterproof erotica book, sequel to Aqua Erotica, with the shared theme of "water". So, in every story, water in its different forms are used as a catalyst for the stories. This wasn't a bad erotica anthology as far as anthologies go. It was hit and miss as with any anthology, but for the most part, I did enjoy the stories. Some of them left me feeling cold, but there were quite a few that made up for some of the lackadaisical stories in the anthology. I think my favorite story in the whole collection was "Sakura". I did much care for the heroine who I found whiny and very childish, but I did enjoy the tone used in the story by the author. I'll definitely keep this one around. It was entertaining at the most basic of levels, and it was much better than some other themed erotica books I have read.
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Summary: Dull
Review: A waterproof erotica book, sequel to Aqua Erotica, with the shared theme of "water". So, in every story, water in its different forms are used as a catalyst for the stories. This wasn't a bad erotica anthology as far as anthologies go. It was hit and miss as with any anthology, but for the most part, I did enjoy the stories. Some of them left me feeling cold, but there were quite a few that made up for some of the lackadaisical stories in the anthology. I think my favorite story in the whole collection was "Sakura". I did much care for the heroine who I found whiny and very childish, but I did enjoy the tone used in the story by the author. I'll definitely keep this one around. It was entertaining at the most basic of levels, and it was much better than some other themed erotica books I have read.
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Summary: Why a sequel to such a stupid book?
Review: I bought the first one -- hated it. Scanned this one in the book store, in the event that it was better. To my amazement, it was just as awful as the first one. I really have to wonder how this editor finds her material. Even writers I have read and enjoyed in other books produce the worst drivel for this one. What gives?
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Summary: Dull
Review: Really not very good stories - not particularly sexy, nor good romance, nor good lit. Avoid this one (and the other watery one), there's so many better erotic books.
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Summary: Simple pleasure. To each her own
Review: Though I thoroughly enjoyed "Aqua Erotica", I felt that some of the stories were a let down. Either poorly written or imagined, not all of them worked for me. The ones that did work I felt made the book easily worth getting because when the stories were good, they were very good, but it wasn't one of the rare anthologies where I liked every single story. "Wet" *is* one of those rare anthologies. When I started compiling a list of only what I considered the best stories, I quickly realized that well over half were "favorites" and what remained was still good enough to stand out in another book. The only other anthology I've read with similarly consistent quality is "Blood is Not Enough"; a collection of vampire stories edited by Ellen Datlow. Like the book of vampire stories, "Wet" covers its chosen territory well. Some stories are obviously thematic, others only obliquely, but they all tie together to make a book which is better than the sum of its parts. Obviously any book of erotica is going to be hit or miss at eliciting desire from the reader (I personally would have liked to have seen more diversity of sexual orientations -- the stories are nearly exclusively heterosexual), but if you like literary merit to go along with your titillation, you're very likely to enjoy this book. Lastly, if you haven't held a Durabook (the process that makes them waterproof), you're in for a pleasant surprise. These books have a sensuous weight and feel which is extremely well suited to collections of erotica.
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