Rogue Review No. 497 - March 3, 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: Divertimenti
AUTHOR: Hecate
LENGTH: 8,100 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (2 Females)
                Threesome (3 Females)
ORIENTATION(S): Homosexual (Female)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Teacher-Student
KINK(S): Spanking, Light Bondage, Discipline
SETTING(S): Home
            Restaurant
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Susannah's ballet instructor, Claire, grows tired 
of her student's attitude.  She wants to discipline her 
student.  Susannah indicates that she isn't adverse to the 
idea of discipline.  The story progresses from there.

COMMENTARY: I like this story for a number of reasons.  It 
wasn't too predictable.  The sex was hot.  The focus seems 
to be Susannah's emotional state and not the sex acts she 
performs.  The plot develops at a nice pace.

On the down side the story is a bit lacking in the plot 
department.  Given the up side (see last paragraph for 
details) I am willing to overlook this fact.  A story does 
not have to have a great plot to be a fun read or even to be 
a great story.  What it does need is something compelling; 
something to drag you in.  I found that in the main 
character.  Susannah seems torn throughout the story.  One 
minute she is thrilled and aroused by her ballet 
instructor's actions and the next minute she is nervous and 
scared.  She willingly submits to Claire's discipline, but 
usually not before expressing doubts or hesitating.

I guess that if you don't care for stories that involve 
spankings or light bondage, then you might want to skip this 
one.  The female homosexuality may turn some of you off.  I 
enjoyed it quite a bit and certainly recommend it to those 
of you who don't think they will be squicked by the subject 
matter.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 9.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Divertimenti

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year2000/22995 [1/2]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year2000/23000 [2/2]

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=590740623&fmt=raw [1/2]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=591123740&fmt=raw [2/2]

