Rogue Review No. 465 - November 18, 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: Darcy
AUTHOR: Shadow Cleric
LENGTH: 6,400 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Solo (Female, Male)
                Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Older Man-Younger Woman
KINK(S): Voyeurism
SETTING(S): Home
            Restaurant
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: 40-something Lance takes pity on Darcy, his 16-
year-old neighbor.  Her parents aren't very nice people.  He 
can't take his eyes off of her.  He starts off by buying her 
gifts, anonymously.  Eventually she finds out and...

COMMENTARY: I enjoyed this story quite a bit.  It is paced a 
little fast.  Some aspects of it required me to suspend my 
disbelief more than I normally prefer to; still, I liked it.  
The author does not cut to the chase too quickly.  He takes 
his time and allows a series of events to build up.  What I 
meant when I said that it is paced too fast, is that the 
action within each individual scene flows too quickly.  The 
story on the whole is nicely paced.

I believe that this story will appeal more to men than it 
does to women.  I say that primarily because this seems like 
more of a male fantasy than a female one.  I could be wrong.  
Its happened before; once in 1975; nobody's perfect.  Maybe 
if Darcy had been fleshed out a little more before she and 
Lance got involved (ooops, did I just give a way part of the 
plot?) then I might not have made this assertion.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Darcy

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21223 [1/5]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21224 [2/5]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21225 [3/5]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21226 [4/5]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21227 [5/5]

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548445993&fmt=raw [1/5]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548445996&fmt=raw [2/5]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548462738&fmt=raw [3/5]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548462740&fmt=raw [4/5]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548462742&fmt=raw [5/5]

         Shadow Cleric's Domain

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