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"A View of Alcatraz" by Anne Arbor (threesome) Bear: 10, 10, 10
"A View of Alcatraz" by Anne Arbor (AnneArbor@hotmail.com). Reviewed by Baird Allen (thebear@io.com) When BitBard send me this story to review, I worried at first that my sweet sister Kim might flame me to mere ashes if I gave it less than perfect 10s. As soon as I started to read the story, those worries faded rapidly. This story is set "back in the 70's, in that decade of post-Pill and pre-HIV," a time that many readers may remember with some fondness. The narrator, Annie, is a student at Berkeley who lives with and then marries Jed, a professor at that school. They augment their marital sex life with frequent threesomes, always with women selected by Jed. Annie enjoys having the women in their bed, but after a couple of years decides that she'd like to invite another man to join them. The final half of the story details Annie's first time being shared between her husband and another man, and presents that event in a narrative that is light-years beyond any description that I've ever seen of similar activity in any story, drawing the reader deeply into Annie's thoughts and feelings. The writing is excellent, the characters real, the narrative detailed and moving. This story fully earned its perfect 10s. Ratings for "A View of Alcatraz" Athena (technical merit): 10 Venus (plot & characters): 10 Bear (appeal to reviewer): 10 |