Rogue Review No. 428 - August 23, 1999

NOTICE: If you are easily offended, not of the 
required legal age, or material of an erotic nature 
is illegal where you are, then do not read what 
follows.

TITLE: The Choice
AUTHOR: Sandman (aka Bitbard)
LENGTH: 14,100 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Many
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
                Homosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Unmarried Friends
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Dan is convinced that Sandra is the woman for him.  
Sandra is willing to accept a romantic relationship with Dan 
only if he is willing to accept that she is bisexual and in 
a relationship with an unmarried couple (Sara and Jeff), and 
is open to the idea of sleeping with all three of them.

COMMENTARY: This was an interesting read for me, primarily 
because I don't read many stories that involve male 
bisexuality.

I like the premise behind the story.  The main character is 
faced with a dilemma: adopt a bisexual lifestyle (within the 
confines of a foursome) or lose the woman he wants to spend 
the rest of his life with.  Dan is a man who considers 
himself heterosexual, not bisexual or homosexual.  This 
isn't an easy decision for him to make.  He doesn't have a 
moral problem with being part of a bisexual foursome.  He 
enjoys Jeff's company, but he just isn't sure if he can 
enjoy sex with Jeff or whether sleeping with Jeff too steep 
a price to pay in order to be with Sandra.

The author does a credible job with the story, spending 
relatively equal amounts of time on hot sex, plot 
development and character development.  There are two things 
that I found disappointing.  One, there are a number of 
spelling errors.  Two, the male-male sex seemed much more 
mechanical than the male-female sex.  Admittedly, Dan is a 
bit reluctant, but still it would have been nice if the 
descriptions of sex between Dan and Jeff had been a bit more 
lush.

If you don't care for stories involving male bisexuality, 
then you may not care for this one.  

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.0 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 4/5
        - Editing: 4/5
        - Plot and Characters: 4/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Very Good

LINK(S): The Choice

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=312053147&fmt=raw

         Bitbard's Library

         - http://www.asstr.org/~BitBard/


