Rogue Review  No. 43 - June 2, 1998

by Lee Vine

Milady by LeAnna

F/F

Length: 3,300 words

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NOTES:

(1)  IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 THEN STOP READING NOW!!!!!
(2)  IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURAL ACTS WHICH SOME 
PEOPLE CALL PLEASUREABLE BUT YOU REGARD AS NECESSARY FOR THE 
PERPETUATION OF THE HUMAN RACE THEN STOP READING NOW!!!!!!!
(3)  IF YOU AREN'T SURE IF EITHER (1) OR (2) APPLY TO YOU THEN STOP 
READING NOW!!!!

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Summary

Dalara consoles her mistress before her execution.

Commentary

The descriptions in this story were very rich.  The details and the 
choice of words evoke many images for the reader.  Dalara and her 
mistress are shown to be women who are both capable of emotion and 
carnal desires.  I think this is good because it shows the reader 
more than one side of them.

The descriptions of Dalara's mistress led me to believe that she is a
woman of color, i.e. not Caucasian.  I did not pick up on any hints as 
to Dalara's ethnicity.  It was nice to see at least one character who
was not white.  It was also nice to see that it was not a major 
issue.  Diversity enriches us all.

This story definitely has some anti-male sentiment, but I did not 
take it personally.  The male characters in this story deserve the 
ill will they receive.

I would like to know more about how Dalara's mistress was feeling, 
before they got down to business.  Maybe Dalara could make 
observations about her mistress without realizing what it is she is 
seeing; observations that are telling for the reader but meaningless 
for her.  (Of course maybe she did, and they just went over my head.)


Judgment

This was an excellent story, but I would like to see some descriptions 
of Dalara's mistress that reveal more about how she is feeling (before 
they get naked).
