Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Violet Blue's best isn't great - Book Review

Best Women's Erotica 2008 is a fair collection of short stories, some are good but many are not. Most of the stories weren't very exciting and several were just plain bad. I know that they are written for women and, as a man, maybe I just get don't get it, but several like: Lost at Sea were total gibberish and I have no idea how they could be included in a book of erotica.

Several stories were male-male and I know that this image appeals to many women. So I can understand why a story like Rear Window about a woman watching voyeuristically as two gay men have sex was in this book. It didn't do anything for me but at least it was well written.

There were also several lesbian stories included which is common for collections of this nature. Usually I like these stories but most of these were just not well written. Getting Sorted and Blowjobs were notably exceptions and stand-out as very good stories.

Overall, I can't really recommend buying this book but it is worth reading for the variety of the topics introduced.

Read my full review of Best Women's Erotica 2008

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