Rogue Reviews Digest No. 16 - September 14, 1998


  NOTICE

If you are easily offended or under the age of eighteen then please 
do not read what follows.


  CONTENTS

Mailing List Information

Ratings

Reviews

  No. 183 ["Ornery" by Lost Girl]
  No. 184 ["Lunch Date" by JB]
  No. 185 ["Ripe" by BronwenSM]
  No. 186 ["Champagne & Trains" by Bernadette]
  No. 187 ["The Cruelest Month" by Hawkeye]
  No. 188 ["We'll See What Happens" by Sven the Elder]
  No. 189 ["The Better To..." by Mat Twassel]
  No. 190 ["Man or Beast" by Diana]


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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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  REVIEWS


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Rogue Review No. 183 - September 7, 1998

Ornery by Lost Girl

F/M/M, Light B&D

Length: 4,000 words


  SUMMARY

Meg entertains Tommy, her lover, and Brian, a friend of his, after 
returning from a visit with her parents.


  COMMENTARY

There is much more to this story than just sex.  There is a 
beautifully written paragraph about a quarter of the way into the 
story in which Meg reflects on how she feels about her family.  The 
thoughts are not happy ones, but I love the imagery.

The characters all seem very real.


  JUDGMENT

This is an excellent story.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=383768547&fmt=raw

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14603.txt


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Rogue Review No. 184 - September 7, 1998

Lunch Date by JB

F-solo, F/M

Length: 1,400 words


  SUMMARY

On the spur of the moment a woman decides to fulfill her husband's
fantasy.


  COMMENTARY

This a short, sexy, arousing story.  The focus of the story is sex,
but the author takes time to set the scene, before letting the
characters get down to business.


  JUDGMENT

This is a very good story.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=383797562&fmt=raw

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14670.txt


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Rogue Review No. 185 - September 9, 1998

Ripe by BronwenSM

F/M

Length: 3,100 words


  SUMMARY

Bronwen, eight months pregnant, enjoys sex with James, her husband.


  COMMENTARY

This story is hot.  This is a wonderfully written story.  It is 
about sex, but it is also about loving her husband and her 
condition.


  JUDGMENT

This is an outstanding story.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=380904989&fmt=raw

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14214.txt


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Rogue Review No. 186 - September 9, 1998

Champagne & Trains by Bernadette

F/M

Length: 1,900 words


  SUMMARY

A lonely woman on New Year's Eve finds a date at the last minute.


  COMMENTARY

This is a well written story.  The sex is not the focus of the story,
but it is what the story ends with.

There are a lot of nice, little details in this story.

I might have enjoyed this story more if the main character was less 
mysterious than she was.


  JUDGMENT

This is a very good story.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=381517315&fmt=raw

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14427.txt


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Rogue Review No. 187 - September 10, 1998

The Cruelest Month by Hawkeye

M/F

Length: 2,500 words


  NOTE

This is part five of a seven part series called "Seasons".

Part 1 - Hazy Shade of Winter        [Rogue Review No.  73]
Part 2 - Summertime Blues            [Rogue Review No. 125]
Part 3 - Season of the Witch         [Rogue Review No. 144]
Part 4 - April Showers               [Rogue Review No. 162]
Part 5 - The Cruelest Month          [Rogue Review No. 187]
Part 6 - The Real World
Part 7 - A Time to Cast Away Stones


  SUMMARY

Sam cheats on Lisa, his girlfriend, with Julie, for the second time.  
This time he feels some remorse.


  COMMENTARY

The subject of this story is infidelity.  Sam reflects on his 
feelings, but ultimately his cock just gets him into more trouble.

I had a hard time believing that Sam truly felt bad about cheating 
on Lisa.

The story is more arousing than thought provoking.


  JUDGMENT

This is a very good story.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=373027113&fmt=raw

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/13185.txt


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Rogue Review No. 188 - September 10, 1998

We'll See What Happens by Sven the Elder

M/F

Length: 2,400 words


  SUMMARY

Sven meets an obliging woman with strong toes in a small town in 
Nevada.


  COMMENTARY

This is a nice little story.  I like the build up to the sex.  It was
better than the sex, but I did find the sex arousing.


  JUDGMENT

This is a very good story.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385878525&fmt=raw

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14833.txt


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Rogue Review No. 189 - September 11, 1998

The Better To... by Mat Twassel

F/F

Length: 4,800 words


  SUMMARY

Annie meets Sara on the way to a rendezvous with a friend.


  COMMENTARY

This story is both amusing and bizarre.  I like the humor.  There are
some really bizarre twists near the end.

I find this story arousing; the suspense kept me going, but I did not
find the ending as satisfying as I hoped it would be.  After reading 
this story I feel like I missed something somewhere.


  JUDGMENT

This is a very good story.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=380873838&fmt=raw

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/13791.txt


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Rogue Review No. 190 - September 13, 1998

Man or Beast by Diana

F/M

Length: 9,500 words


  SUMMARY

Emily is enjoys her vacation in the woods until someone or something 
begins stalking her. 


  COMMENTARY

This story does not involve non-consensual sex, although there is 
some violence in it.

This is a good first effort.  I prefer an author to show rather than 
tell me how their characters act and feel.

I did find the sex arousing.  The story probably could have been a 
little shorter.


  RATING

This is a good story.


  LINKS

http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385735502&fmt=raw [1/2]
http://search.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=385735510&fmt=raw [2/2]

http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14757.txt [1/2]
http://www.qz.to/erotica/assm/Year98/14758.txt [2/2]


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