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reba_reads_books's review
3.0
Do yourself a favor and read Andrea Zanin's 'Pinning Smoke to the Wall'. That is the best essay in this book and very different from the main author's perspective. I'd love for Andrea Zanin to write an entire book tbh! I only read this book once but I returned to this essay many, many times over the past year.
kelz31's review
3.0
This book describes a range of polyamorous relationships that also include a power exchange with varying levels of intensity. The focus is on sharing strategies and structures that have worked for others. I do wish there was some sort of summary at the end - it ends abruptly.
misslexisaurus's review
informative
slow-paced
5.0
Absolutely excellent exploration of the many different ways to have healthy polyamorous relationships which involve power dynamics.
The book covers many different kinds of relationship set-up and offers useful advice and ideas on how to have healthy discussions, maintain relationships, bring new people in, navigate issues that arise and all with a you-do-you focus and a firm reminder that everyone in the relationship is responsible for making it work, whatever that means for them.
I can't express just how interesting and helpful this book was for me. I've already recommended it to my partners and friends, whether they are just polyam, just kinky, or combining the two. The tools it provides for navigating relationships generally are invaluable.
The book covers many different kinds of relationship set-up and offers useful advice and ideas on how to have healthy discussions, maintain relationships, bring new people in, navigate issues that arise and all with a you-do-you focus and a firm reminder that everyone in the relationship is responsible for making it work, whatever that means for them.
I can't express just how interesting and helpful this book was for me. I've already recommended it to my partners and friends, whether they are just polyam, just kinky, or combining the two. The tools it provides for navigating relationships generally are invaluable.
kiramekihoshi's review
3.0
I'm not sure if this book is incredibly well-written or if I was just in a place in my life to entirely absorb it. As the first book I read about D/s relationships, I feel like I came away with a lot of newly born appreciation for types of relationships I had previously looked somewhat down upon. I'm not sure if that would have been the case regardless of what D/s book I read, but the poly perspective definitely helped, as I consider myself polyamorous first. It did feel a bit sexist at times, especially when it came to lesbian and gay relationships, at least as far as this Millennial is concerned, but to be fair, I understand that the intent was to express generalizations in the history of their respective movements. It also got a bit dry reading through chapter after chapter of personal essays from writers-in, but I'm SO glad that I stayed through the whole book as the final two were adorable and closer to my own situation.
jessmahler's review against another edition
3.0
Highly recommended for D/s folks looking to explore polyamory. Otherwise, not so much.
I finished Power Circuits with mixed feelings. As someone who identifies primarily as polyamorous but has had kink in my relationships since before I knew what polyamory was, I was really looking forward to a book that brought the two together.
That book... isn't this one.
What this book is, is a mostly-solid practical guide for couples in D/s relationships looking to open up their relationships. It has a very heavy focus on situations where the D-type wants to open the relationship and little space is given to s-types who are drawn to polyamory for their own reasons.
For what it is, this book is very good. But the description made it seem like a book that was more balanced in it's presentation and it's focus on D/s folks opening up leaves this polyamorous & kinky person kind of disappointed.
I finished Power Circuits with mixed feelings. As someone who identifies primarily as polyamorous but has had kink in my relationships since before I knew what polyamory was, I was really looking forward to a book that brought the two together.
That book... isn't this one.
What this book is, is a mostly-solid practical guide for couples in D/s relationships looking to open up their relationships. It has a very heavy focus on situations where the D-type wants to open the relationship and little space is given to s-types who are drawn to polyamory for their own reasons.
For what it is, this book is very good. But the description made it seem like a book that was more balanced in it's presentation and it's focus on D/s folks opening up leaves this polyamorous & kinky person kind of disappointed.
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