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"Sunswept" by Crimson Dragon (light bondage) 10, 9, 8
"Sunswept" by Crimson Dragon (dcrimson@yahoo.com). Review by Stephen Peters (sxjames@aol.com). So how do you tell your best-friend-turned-lover that you want to tie them up? Well, if you're smart you'll take said lover for a weekend getaway at a secluded cabin. Add some good sex in front of a fireplace, a discussion about old boyfriends, then pop the question. If you're lucky she will say yes. And, if you're this author, you'll also have the premise for an engaging and romantic tale of two new lovers discovering a deeper level of trust and intimacy -- not to mention uses for dockside rope that never appeared in the Boy Scout manuals. I enjoyed this story, and for two pretty basic reasons. The first is the author's consistent ability to paint a portrait of realistic (and all-too- human) people. This is the second Crimson Dragon story I've read, and in each the author includes some small but crucial traits that make the women more than just characters in a sex story. Read the opening scene of this tale and see if you don't agree. The second is the way the author handled the (admittedly light and playful) bondage. As a rule I usually shy away from stories of this type. It's not because of the subject per se -- in fact, the idea of being completely vulnerable, of putting your physical well being in the hands of another and trusting them to take care of it can be very erotic (at least to this reader) -- it's just that in most cases "B" is followed by "nD" which is a big time turn-off (again, for this reader). In this story however, the bondage is placed in the context of the two lovers deepening intimacy. It's much more of a "Will you let me?"/"I give myself to you" type of sexual play rather than one based on the exercise of power. Very nice. Combine that with the authors flesh and blood characters and well described sex, and you have a very enjoyable read. Or, as Celeste would put it: "This is a sexy story!" [Notes on the numbers: 10 in technical quality means I was able to read the story without being distracted by mistakes, typos, misspelling, etc. Eights and nines for the other two categories are probably equivalent to other reviews 10's. I just choose to leave some room at the top for those very special stories that deserve it.] -- Numbers mean nothing without context, read the review -- Ratings for "Sunswept" Athena (technical quality): 10 Venus (plot & character): 9 Stephen (appeal to reviewer): 8 |