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"On Her Leg" by LeAnna (revised review). Tooshoes: 10, 9, 9
"On Her Leg" by LeAnna (leanna1@hotmail.com). Revised guest review by Tooshoes. After posting my original review of "On Her Leg", I was properly chastised for missing the point of the story -- a felony for a reviewer. I made a false assumption right at the start of the story about what exactly was "on her leg", but that was meant to be the entire mystery of the story, and it made all the difference in my evaluation of the story as a whole. So here is the revised review: When properly read, "On Her Leg" is a short, sentimental tale about a mysterious memento -- something unseen and nearly insubstantial but which binds a young woman to her lover, and transports her to their lovemaking whenever she thinks about it, looks at it, or touches it. The narration slips back and forth in time as the girl sits on a park bench amid a crowd, yet her attention focuses on the memento on her leg, which surfaces her memories of a previous night of intense sex. This is a well crafted, sexy story, and the mystery of what exactly is "on her leg" is at last revealed at the climax, pulling the whole story together. Ratings for "On Her Leg" Technical: 10 Characterization and Plot: 9 Appeal: 9 |