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"Beauty Is Iron" by Cobalt Jade (fairy tale sex).
Emperor: 10, 10, 8
"Beauty Is Iron" by Cobalt Jade (CobaltJade@aol.com). Guest review by Iron Emperor (ironemperor@yahoo.com). Synopsis: As they say in the fairy tales - far away, in a far away land there lived an empress who ruled the kingdom of Thorzaan and some twenty other kingdoms. This empress was not a kind empress, but rather an empress through magic and power. As iron was the most precious mineral in that land (and also the strongest), and as she controlled most of the iron in the land, she became an unbeatable ruler. Opposers to her throne (actually it was more a helm than a throne) who were caught were court martialled by her and usually sentenced to death. After their father, the Duke Stonebridge, tried, fatally (to him) to assassinate the empress, his twin daughters were captured and brought back to trial. In the beginning of the story we see the twins naked on the floor of the empress's castle bound by wire cables. After a short trial they are found guilty of treason (unbelievable, don't you think?); but instead of sentencing them to death, the empress sends all of her court away, saying that she will deal with these two in private. Well she does deal with them all right. Let's see if I can guess the rest of the story - F/F, mc - I believe I can. Alas, Cobalt Jade has a few twists and surprises in his/her hat (or should I say helm) for me. Well, you'll have to read the story to find out. And now, ladies in gentlemen, may I have the envelope please. As for the technical side of the story, no trouble here, written in the language of most fairy tales and with only very few spelling errors, most of which are missing spaces in some of the phrases (bootheels <-> boot heels). So a 10 is deserved and given here. Regarding the plot & character side of the story, the author says this story is based on a Grimm Brothers fairy tale - it is, which one? I've tried looking into the original work but had no help finding it. Anyway, the story is fluent, the characters are as you say, round, though they are slim and nice looking. But, beware, you all, this is hardly a stroke story. Well, I did have half an erection reading it, except for about 5 minutes where it subsided due to lack of sexual stimulation. Nonetheless, this is an erotic fantasy, and as such I have enjoyed reading it. So if you are tired from old fashioned tales in which the good always wins and were you wished little red riding hood to show some curves to the bad wolf, you can read Cobalt Jade's story and believe you'll have an enjoyable half an hour. As a result the final points are: Athena (technical quality): 10 Venus (plot & character): 10 Emperor (appeal to reviewer): 8 (I wish there were more sexual descriptions) |