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Summary: Best Women's Erotica?
Review: "The Best Women's Erotica," edited by Marcy Sheiner is composed of 18 erotic short stories written by women supposedly for women. It starts out with a sultry story called "Interrogation," by Susan St. Aubin, but heads down hill fast from there. I have read short stories in English 110 at the local community college that were more erotic than some the of stories in this book such as "Service Entrance," by Kristina Wright or "Jacks Pride," by Emma Holly. It appears to be geared mainly towards heterosexual middle aged women and MEN. I was rather shocked at all of the stories geared towards the stimulation of the characters male counter parts. While there was some cunnilings in the stories, the constant emphasis was on the women pleasing their men. The stories simply were not detailed enough about the art of orally stimulating a woman, as a matter of fact in a couple of them one gets the feeling the writers are almost embarrassed to be writing about it. I found a bit annoying to say the least. As fantasies by women, for women should focus more on women. Not women going down on men in 80% of the stories. Also it had little to NO ethnicity to it. Shame on you ladies in the melting pot of America! If your a feminine lesbian or a bisexual female looking for a hot story on a cold winters night then I would suggest moving on. As far as the lesbian community goes it had a couple poorly written "Butch" (Yes in the stories the characters refer to themselves as butches, it's not just my observation.) stories worthy of toilet humor at best. After I finished reading it I thumbed back through noting the difference between the detailed writing style on the heterosexual stories verses the couple of butch stories. That totally blew my mind since according to most surveys sex between the average man and woman last between 20 - 30 minutes according to several different surveys (...)
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Summary: Hot reading for the summer!
Review: As a fan of erotica, I'm always on the lookout for something good to read. Best Women's Erotica is a fabulous collection of tales from some amazing storytellers. The stories range from sublimely sensual (Kate Dominic's "The Album") to delightfully humorous (Jenesi Ash's "Santa's Little Helper") to powerfully erotic (Kristina Wright's "Service Entrance") and everything in between. There is something here for every reader of erotica and each story has something delicious to offer. Editor Marcy Sheiner proves once again why she is at the forefront of women's erotica. The woman is a goddess!
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Summary: A thoroughly enjoyable (and hot) collection
Review: Many found Sheiner's 2002 collection to be a little dark for their tastes -- I was among them. The 2003 collection is a more balanced mix of stories, that will appeal to sexual-thinking women of every persuasion. The anthology opens with a bang. "Betty" by Ann Dulaney is one of the standout stories -- a beautifully written story that would shine in any short story collection. There are the usual standard-fodder down-and-dirty dildo stories that seem to be pervasive in modern erotica these days, and Sheiner's darker side emerges in stories such as "Bad Girl", with its suggestions of incest. But this year's collection, with its subtle edge of sadness, has some evocative writing. For me, stand out stories were "Plain Women" by Lisa Prosimo, with its refrain of insecurity and tender loving, and "Kamini's Story" by Cheyenne Blue, a haunting, beautifully written tale of loss of virginity, that still sizzled off the page. And who will forget "Man and Woman: A Study in Black and Write", an inter-racial story of hot sex, fantasy, and stereotypes. Women who love women are not ignored. Rachel Kramer Bussel contributes "Lap Dance Lust", a hot and sexy story about a dyke in a men's lap dance club. And Zonna's "What You're In For", a story about powerplay in prison. Overall, a thumbs up for this collection. I was certainly delighted to get it in my christmas stocking!
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