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A review by aranafyre
Beauty's Punishment by Anne Rice, A.N. Roquelaure
3.0
I enjoy the concept of the books. It is fairy tale BDSM and it is completely and almost utterly erotica. This series could never be made into a mainstream movie; it would have to be porn. No way around that.
I found myself more bothered by the premise with this book and less able to suspend my disbelief of two issues in particular: consent and STDs. Fairy tale setting only goes so far.
This book though did a much better job of exploring the inner thoughts and motivations of the princess and prince slaves and what makes submitting so exquisite. I enjoyed the Tristan chapters more than the Beauty chapters because the first person narrative did this better.
I found myself more bothered by the premise with this book and less able to suspend my disbelief of two issues in particular: consent and STDs. Fairy tale setting only goes so far.
This book though did a much better job of exploring the inner thoughts and motivations of the princess and prince slaves and what makes submitting so exquisite. I enjoyed the Tristan chapters more than the Beauty chapters because the first person narrative did this better.