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A review by horrorbutch
Tempting Poison by Jemma Topaz
5.0
A very interesting (and horny & fun & dark) collection of short stories focusing on toxic lesbians. In regard to genre the stories vary (there’s mostly sci-fi and fantasy, but also some contemporary), as does the intensity and darkness of each story (some are enthusiastically consensual, others less so, others again completely blur the lines of possibilities here through some fun use of magic or sci-fi invention). The stories also vary in the level of world building as well as the ratio of story vs spicy scenes and so there is definitely something in here for everybody who enjoys toxic horny lesbian short stories.
My favorite aspects of these stories where the ones with more worldbuilding (I enjoy the kinky stuff too, but I always adore a convoluted world building to make a kink scenario make sense :D) and my favorite short stories where: “Endings”, “War’s Prize”, “Box”, “To Serve Her Rights”, “Her Monstrous Hound” and the titular “Tempting Poison”.
I also enjoy that trigger warnings are provided on the itch page where the short story collection is sold and in the book itself. That is always really nice to see.
Lastly, I really adore the many characters Jemma Topaz wrote for these stories, because they are all so different and yet it all manages to flow together quite well. Many of the characters are trans, some cis, some butch, some femme, some still have to figure it out and some do not get an identity. Some enjoy their role, some don’t, some learn to.
A transfem erotica that plays with the lines of gender through sci-fi means and depersonalization (Can you classify a woman as trans easily in a world where cis woman dommes can just get a penis for topping if they want to? Can you classify yourself as trans when you can’t even fully classify yourself as human?) was something I was hoping to find one of these days and I am so glad I found it here!
Very spicy, very dark, very fun, I can just recommend this collection to anybody who has 5 bucks to spare and wants to really dig into some of the cool trans erotica that is out there.
Endings:
A t4t femme/butch story, with a really hot butch, I am in loooove. I don't think I should be, but
My favorite aspects of these stories where the ones with more worldbuilding (I enjoy the kinky stuff too, but I always adore a convoluted world building to make a kink scenario make sense :D) and my favorite short stories where: “Endings”, “War’s Prize”, “Box”, “To Serve Her Rights”, “Her Monstrous Hound” and the titular “Tempting Poison”.
I also enjoy that trigger warnings are provided on the itch page where the short story collection is sold and in the book itself. That is always really nice to see.
Lastly, I really adore the many characters Jemma Topaz wrote for these stories, because they are all so different and yet it all manages to flow together quite well. Many of the characters are trans, some cis, some butch, some femme, some still have to figure it out and some do not get an identity. Some enjoy their role, some don’t, some learn to.
A transfem erotica that plays with the lines of gender through sci-fi means and depersonalization (Can you classify a woman as trans easily in a world where cis woman dommes can just get a penis for topping if they want to? Can you classify yourself as trans when you can’t even fully classify yourself as human?) was something I was hoping to find one of these days and I am so glad I found it here!
Very spicy, very dark, very fun, I can just recommend this collection to anybody who has 5 bucks to spare and wants to really dig into some of the cool trans erotica that is out there.
Endings:
A t4t femme/butch story, with a really hot butch, I am in loooove. I don't think I should be, but