"Scandia: A Swedish Rhapsody" by Day Dreamer. Guest Review by Sandman (sandman@bitsmart.com).

As I read the first part of the story where Neil meets the Swedish Onny at a party I was already thinking, "This is probably a triple ten story." The character descriptions were breathtaking in their detail, and while the "love and my place or yours" at first sight forum moved maybe a little to quickly for me, it wasn't that jarring. The enamored couple ditch the party and head to Onny's apartment where they have some of the most vividly described oral sex I've ever seen in an story on these newsgroups.

It is probably one of the more novel premises of a story that after the oral sex they share their stories (who they are, what they're looking for) as they caress each other after the first moment of passion. In some stories we learn about the characters before the sex happens, in others we learn about the characters through the sex, in this one we learn about the characters after the sex.

The story comprises a Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday morning. It is almost 100K of pure, vividly described sex with two very exciting, romantic, and obviously infatuated characters. I personally was a bit disappointed at the ending, where we learn one more thing about the characters. Other readers will probably be completely intrigued by what I thought was a disturbing and unnecessary tangent. That said, the ending did not disturb me enough to affect the overall appeal.

"Scandia" is a BEAUTIFULLY written, tender, romantic, hot, erotic story, and it definitely has my recommendation as an enjoyable read.

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