Rogue Reviews Digest No. 27 - December 21, 1998


  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.


  CONTENTS

Mailing List Information

Ratings

Note

Reviews

  No. 283 ["Miss Rene and Tommy" by Schulzie]
  No. 284 ["Batteries Included" by Miss Behavin']
  No. 285 ["Milky Maria" by Jackie]
  No. 286 ["Pollywanna" by Losgud]
  No. 287 ["Nicki" by Nightshade]


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  RATINGS

In order from best to worst I rate stories as follows:

Outstanding
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Grudgingly Good
Not Good

The "Outstanding", "Excellent", "Very Good", and "Good" ratings 
indicate, to varying degrees, that I like the story.

The "Grudgingly Good" rating indicates that I think the story is 
well written, but that I find some of the elements in the story 
so disturbing that if I were to review the story based solely on 
my personal tastes I would give it a "Not Good" rating.

The "Not Good" rating indicates that I do not like the story.


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Arousal Factor - This is a measurement of how arousing I found a 
story to be.

Story Factor - This is a measurement of how good I found a story to 
be, devoid of whether there is a lot of sex in it or not.  In 
determining the story factor I take into consideration the plot, the 
characters, and other more technical aspects, such as spelling and 
grammar.  

Possible values for Arousal and Story Factor are, in ascending order: 

   Nonexistent, Low, Average, High, Ultra


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  REVIEWS


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Rogue Review No. 283 - December 15, 1998

Miss Rene and Tommy by Schulzie

F/m, M-solo, F-solo, Teen, Pedo

Length: 25,200 words

Rating: Excellent

Arousal Factor: Ultra
Story Factor: High


  SUMMARY

Rene (29, mother of two, recently divorced) seduces Tommy her 
13-year-old next door neighbor.


  COMMENTARY

This story kept my attention, to say the least.  There is not much 
sex in it, but there is plenty of build up.  The whole story 
basically consists of Rene teasing Tommy until she finally jumps in 
bed with him.  Tommy happens to be extremely well endowed for a boy 
his age.  Rene feels that she needs to introduce him to sex, because 
the size of him cock will only scare younger women off.

Rene is more than just a woman who wants to have sex with her next-
door-neighbor.  She has some doubts and fears about what she is 
doing.  Tommy is not extremely deep, but this is not his story as 
much as it is Rene's.

This story does contain pedofilia, which I normally do not care for. 
The fact that it was an older woman taking advantage of a boy in his 
early teens helped.  I cannot see enjoying a similar story in which 
an older man seduces a 13-year-old girl.  This is a sexism, on my 
part.

There is one scene that made me cringe, while I was reading it.  In 
this scene, Tommy is baby-sitting for Rene and is helping her two 
daughters, ages 4 and 6, to bathe themselves.  In retrospect I do not
think there is anything morally wrong with that scene.  Simply put, 
I cringed because I was not sure what the author was doing with the 
scene.  I feared, because I saw potential for the story to go in a 
direction that might make me violently ill.  The story did not, but I
felt obliged to mention it in my review.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=396080842&fmt=raw [1/6]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=396640755&fmt=raw [2/6]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=396789377&fmt=raw [3/6]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=396828806&fmt=raw [4/6]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=397257102&fmt=raw [5/6]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=397256999&fmt=raw [6/6]


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Rogue Review No. 284 - December 16, 1998

Batteries Included by Miss Behavin'

F/M, F-solo

Length: 14,900 words

Rating: Outstanding

Arousal Factor: Ultra
Story Factor: Ultra


  SUMMARY

Thanks to a tension reducing device, Miranda and Robert experience a 
new level of intimacy in their relationship.


  COMMENTARY

I searched high and low, but could not find any short comings in this
story.  Both of the main characters seem real to me.  For that 
matter, so does the majority of the supporting cast.  The plot is 
very nicely paced.  The story develops as it proceeds.  Its appeal is
not based solely in how the author sets it up, but all so in how the 
author executes it.

What I really liked was the interaction between Miranda and Rob, both
verbal and nonverbal.  I think the author does a wonderful job of 
clueing in the reader as to how both of them are feeling and 
thinking.

This is not a science-fiction story.  If you want to know what the 
device is, then read the story.  You will not be disappointed.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=417217608&fmt=raw [1/2]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=417217598&fmt=raw [2/2]


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Rogue Review No. 285 - December 17, 1998

Milky Maria by Jackie

F/F

Length: 6,500 words

Rating: Good

Arousal Factor: Average
Story Factor: Average


  SUMMARY

Jackie is two months pregnant and horny as hell.  Maria is having
trouble breastfeeding her newborn.


  COMMENTARY

The scope of this story is somewhat limited.  Most of the action
takes place inside the ladies room at the zoo.  Jackie narrates the
story.  She also does most of the talking.

The story is arousing, but I prefer to see more dialogue and a plot
that is a little more involved than this one is.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/17054.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=409590641&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 286 - December 18, 1998

Pollywanna by Losgud

M/F, Inc

Length: 6,500 words

Rating: Good

Arousal Factor: Average
Story Factor: Low


  SUMMARY

On his way from New York to Miami, a poet stops in to visit his
bawdy sister, Polly.


  COMMENTARY

This story has some arousing scenes in it.  There are others scenes
that do not work for me.  In particular, the scene in the bar, went
too quickly for me.  It did not feel like the author had taken the
time to set the mood; instead he just jumped straight to the action.
It felt like the tone of the story was dictated, rather than
depicted.

I did find the sex arousing, but feel that the story left something
to be desired.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/17163.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=411409170&fmt=raw


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Rogue Review No. 287 - December 19, 1998

Nicki by Nightshade

M/f, Teen, Inc, Light Bond, Cons?

Length: 8,500 words

Rating: Very Good

Arousal Factor: High
Story Factor: Average


  SUMMARY

Fifteen-year-old Nicki spends the summer with her Uncle Steve, at his
cabin in the mountains.


  COMMENTARY

What I like about this story is the way the author fleshes out the
characters by putting the reader first inside the head of one and
then inside the head of the other.  I also like the way the story
begins.  The author seems to be taking things slowly, and building up
to the sex.

I do not care for the way the story ends.  In particular, the scene
where Nicki passes out and her uncle ties her up.  She seems to enjoy
herself when she wakes up, but something rubbed me the wrong way
about this scene.  There is also a mention of Steve having slept with
several 12-year-old girls.  It is not described, so I did not include
the appropriate coding above.


  LINKS

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/18062.txt

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=423560241&fmt=raw


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