Rogue Review No. 485 - January 2, 2000

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: Dress Rehearsal
AUTHOR: Ann Douglas
LENGTH: 7,400 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (2 Females)
ORIENTATION(S): Homosexual (Female)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Friends
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Amber is an actress.  She is having trouble with a 
role she is playing on a popular television program.  The 
problem involves a scene in which she kisses another woman.  
The problem is that she is about to lose the role because 
she isn't doing a very convincing job in the kissing scene.  
Amber's friend, Heather, has a remedy.

COMMENTARY: I like the premise for this story and I like the 
way the author sets it up, for the most part.  It is well 
paced.  The sex is arousing.

My problem with this story is that neither Amber nor 
Heather face dilemmas that require most of their energy.  It 
is entirely possible that they do, but the author chose not 
to focus on them.  Is it unfair of me to expect their 
personal crises to be the focus of the story?  Possibly, but 
I only do so because that is exactly what fascinates and 
titillates me the most.  Should she or shouldn't she kiss 
Heather?  What sort of a message would she be sending?  What 
if she enjoys it?  I find a story that focuses on these 
issues to be more interesting and enjoyable than one that 
focuses on relating a series of events, which is what I 
perceive the case to be here.

Depending on how you react to the last paragraph I wrote, 
you may or may not enjoy this story more than I did.  If you 
don't care for stories that involve lesbian relationships 
then you should probably skip this one.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 7.0 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 3/5
        - Editing: 5/5
        - Plot and Characters: 3/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Very Good

LINK(S): Dress Rehearsal

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21541 [1/4]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21542 [2/4]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21543 [3/4]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21544 [4/4]

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=554115483&fmt=raw [1/4]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=554115487&fmt=raw [2/4]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=554115491&fmt=raw [3/4]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=554133822&fmt=raw [4/4]

         The Ann Douglas Archive

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

