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Summary: yet another well written.....hot book!
Review: another excellent book in the herotica anthology. i have them all and this edition focuses on relationships and what can come out of them. these stories are written by women, and only serve to bridge the gap between the media image of women and the reality of what women want, see and do. i will never be able to look at a widow the same way after "mourning the peasant".
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Summary: Another excellent collection
Review: Another excellent collection of women's fantasies and ideas from the Herotica folks, with just the right mix of play and sex and romance. All the stories are good, but Cecelia Tan and Susannah Indigo stand out in a literary class of their own.
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Summary: A fun and educational read
Review: As a man, I recommend that _all_ men read the Herotica series, just to see what women are fantasizing about. Sheiner's outdone herself in this year's book, with hot stories about people who are actually committed to each other. I would like to live in Mel Harris' over-sexed neighborhood ("Neighborhood Round Robyn"). I would love to be made to dream by any woman as creative as Evelyn in Susan St. Aubin's "The Man Who Didn't Dream." And I would _kill_ to ever meet a woman as intense and submissive as the dancer in Susannah Indigo's "Shadows on the Wall."Full-on hard five-star rating for all of it.
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Summary: Wayyyyyyyyy too tame to be called erotica
Review: Each of the stories in this collection are excellently written short stories exploring sexuality. But, as for erotica, I found them way too tame. I am a woman and I need "foreplay" even in my sexy reading, but I also need some action. I have kept this book by my bed, giving it a second chance several times, and every time, I am completely disappointed. The "good parts" are too few and far between.
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Summary: Committed partners have as much fun as bed-hoppers!
Review: Explore sexy solutions to the challenges of introducing new desires, enlivening routine sex, taking other lovers, losing a partner and creating family with new and favorite Herotica (R) authors Carol Queen, Susan St. Aubin, Shar Rednour, Kate Dominic and others! In each story, the characters stretch and deepen their ties to each other through sex -- heterosexual, lesbian and bi. In developing the theme of committed relationships for this volume, editor Marcy Sheiner initially wondered if she could remain true to the Herotica (R) series' innovative reputation. Happily, she found that "these writers are able to imagine and portray sexual relationships in which committed partners have as much or more fun than bed-hoppers. They don't make the assumption that diminished passion is the inevitable price we pay for comfort and companionship." From the clever tale of a suburban housewife innocently causing an erotic neighborhood chain reaction, to two women renewing their sexual connection after the birth of their child, to a newly dominant women giving her husband a taste of leather after she's discovered his phone call to a local dungeon, the stories in Herotica 6 deliver hot new twists on the theme of binding love!
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Summary: Wonderfully Hot & Sexy!
Review: Herotica 6 is the best collection yet! Each story has it's own sizzle, and it's the perfect book for curling up with your lover (or your favorite toy :). I especially liked the stories by Carol Queen and Cecelia Tan (who ALWAYS write terrific tales) and also the offerings from 2 popular Internet erotica writers: Mary Anne Mohanraj (a very sensual wedding night story set in India) and Victoria Claire (a hot phone sex romp that had me lusting for a phone lover of my own). If you've been wondering how 90s women -- straight, bi, gay, and every combination you can imagine -- keep the spark alive (or if you're wanting to add some heat to your own relationship) read the delicious stories in this book. Highly recommended, and I can't wait for more!
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Summary: So THAT'S what sex in a relationship can be like...
Review: I enjoyed every story in this collection to one degree or another. I was especially moved by "Mourning the Peasant." "Lesbian Bed Death" made me laugh out loud. I loved the surprise ending of "Blue Moon," even though I saw it coming. Made you rethink what sex in long-term relationships can be like. And yes, reading stories like these help!
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Summary: So THAT'S what sex in a relationship can be like...
Review: I enjoyed every story in this collection to one degree or another. I was especially moved by "Mourning the Peasant." "Lesbian Bed Death" made me laugh out loud. I loved the surprise ending of "Blue Moon," even though I saw it coming. Made you rethink what sex in long-term relationships can be like. And yes, reading stories like these help!
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Summary: Also Disappointed
Review: I picked this up on the strength of earlier Herotica collections, which I enjoyed. I wish I'd read the publisher's notes more carefully: despite the editor brightly commenting on how hot these stories are about ...committed relationships, I really didn't want to read an anthology limited to that. I was utterly horrified by "Mourning the Peasant"; it started out dull, then when I realized the narrator was actually going to sleep with her father's lover, I just skipped to the next story. There were actually a couple of dull stories in this anthology. The only reason I haven't relegated my copy to the thrift store pile is the story "Three Note Harmony," a rather hot MMF threesome tale.
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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: I picked this up on the strength of earlier Herotica collections, which I enjoyed. I wish I'd read the publisher's notes more carefully: despite the editor brightly commenting on how hot these stories are about ...committed relationships, I really didn't want to read an anthology limited to that. I was utterly horrified by "Mourning the Peasant"; it started out dull, then when I realized the narrator was actually going to sleep with her father's lover, I just skipped to the next story. There were actually a couple of dull stories in this anthology. The only reason I haven't relegated my copy to the thrift store pile is the story "Three Note Harmony," a rather hot MMF threesome tale.
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