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suzemo's review
4.0
Lacey Alexander write some high quality smut, and for that, I salute her.
In this case, it was a little weird, it's a like a historical/post apocalyptic romance/erotica story and I couldn't quite enjoy it, because I actually wanted just a tad more story/background.
Maven, daughter of Enrick and Jalal, has been promised to Dane of Rawley, a warlord along the northern border of Caralon. Because Enrick has no sons, the marriage to his daughter pretty much makes him the defacto heir to Enrick's throne (along with securing Enrick's north border). Jalal and Enrick enjoy and equal marriage, so Maven is unhappy to be married off to a barbarian, and your typical romance/erotica stuff ensues.
Dane (and really, is it possible to take a name like "Dane" seriously?) believes that Maven is his, as rich/royal brides belong to their husbands, and Maven wants a marriage of equals. Eventually, it's all good, because the power of the pussy compels Dane to give into Maven, just as the power of the penis compels Maven to give into Dane. And we get to live sexily ever after.
The P/A portion is the part that threw me off. It seems that there are relics of the "before times" which seem to be things that we have (mirrors, clawfooted bathtubs), so we don't know what happened. Also, everyone enjoys complete sexual freedom, except for the women/daughters of royalty/the wealthy, which I have a hard time with. The girls have NO IDEA what's going on with sex until their "Orientation", which seems a bit unbelievable.
But my very favorite part was that on their wedding night, the bride (as far as I can tell) plays Mahjong and that determines what happens during her "Ritual of Passion."
In this case, it was a little weird, it's a like a historical/post apocalyptic romance/erotica story and I couldn't quite enjoy it, because I actually wanted just a tad more story/background.
Maven, daughter of Enrick and Jalal, has been promised to Dane of Rawley, a warlord along the northern border of Caralon. Because Enrick has no sons, the marriage to his daughter pretty much makes him the defacto heir to Enrick's throne (along with securing Enrick's north border). Jalal and Enrick enjoy and equal marriage, so Maven is unhappy to be married off to a barbarian, and your typical romance/erotica stuff ensues.
Dane (and really, is it possible to take a name like "Dane" seriously?) believes that Maven is his, as rich/royal brides belong to their husbands, and Maven wants a marriage of equals. Eventually, it's all good, because the power of the pussy compels Dane to give into Maven, just as the power of the penis compels Maven to give into Dane. And we get to live sexily ever after.
The P/A portion is the part that threw me off. It seems that there are relics of the "before times" which seem to be things that we have (mirrors, clawfooted bathtubs), so we don't know what happened. Also, everyone enjoys complete sexual freedom, except for the women/daughters of royalty/the wealthy, which I have a hard time with. The girls have NO IDEA what's going on with sex until their "Orientation", which seems a bit unbelievable.
But my very favorite part was that on their wedding night, the bride (as far as I can tell) plays Mahjong and that determines what happens during her "Ritual of Passion."
mskyle's review
I don't really know how to rate this. I downloaded it from Amazon because it was free, and I certainly got my money's worth. I didn't read the description so I wasn't expecting it to be quite so porny. It's basically just sex scene after sex scene, which was not what I was looking for (what *was* I looking for? I'm not sure), and it got kinda repetitive. That said, the prose could've been a lot worse. The plot was dumb, but the setting was both ridiculous and also kind of delightful: 3585 AD, in a postapocalyptic North Carolina (possibly South Carolina) where people wear a lot of leather, have a lot of sex, and play sacred sexy games of mahjong. I won't explain the sacred sexy mahjong. I don't want to ruin it for you. It's all very improbable and filthy, and wanting to find out the secret of sacred sexy mahjong is what kept me going through the first half of the book (I kind of skimmed the second half of the book).
The world-building does leave something to be desired, like if the royal daughters are supposed to be so insulated from any knowledge of sex, why are they just allowed to wander all over the place when apparently everyone else in the kingdom is just going at it like rabbits all day long? (The heroine stumbles across two couples in flagrante in a space of days - that could have been prevented if they were serious!) They should keep those girls shut up, possibly with eunuchs! But being critical of that sort of thing is probably not the best way to enjoy this book. Or maybe the author explains more in the sequels.
The world-building does leave something to be desired, like if the royal daughters are supposed to be so insulated from any knowledge of sex, why are they just allowed to wander all over the place when apparently everyone else in the kingdom is just going at it like rabbits all day long? (The heroine stumbles across two couples in flagrante in a space of days - that could have been prevented if they were serious!) They should keep those girls shut up, possibly with eunuchs! But being critical of that sort of thing is probably not the best way to enjoy this book. Or maybe the author explains more in the sequels.
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