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Something Just Clicked Reviewed by Kevin R. Tipple
Something Just Clicked
By Adrian Hunter and Chelsea Shepard http://www.adrianhunter.com
ISBN # 1-4010-2622-2 (trade paperback)
Rating: ****
Frequent readers of my reviews here on Peacockblue may well
remember how much I enjoyed their novel Once Bitten as well
as the first anthology of short stories Crash Your Party Dress.
In both cases, while erotic in nature, sex was a secondary theme
of the works in question. Both works focused more on a person's
desires and how that person related to others. The focus did
not cover why the characters had certain desires, but had to
do with how they pursued fulfilling desires.
However, this collection, while still erotic and still making
sex the secondary theme of the work, is extremely dark in nature
and tone. The story "Sweet Butterfly" from the first anthology
only hinted at the possibility of madness, almost every story
in this anthology embraced madness in one form or another and
celebrates it. While in some cases, the women are in charge
of the pleasure and pain, more often they are the victims of
some especially cruel treatment at the hands of others. In some
cases, it would appear that there is not hope depending on how
the reader interprets the work, then in others, such as the
novella "The Rubbermaid Chronicles" it appears that the woman
has survived and might be stronger after her ordeals.
A pleasant change of pace and theme in this anthology, is the
story submitted by Chelsea Shepard. Titled "The Game" it tells
the tale of a young woman attending rather pleasant evening
at a friend's house. But, this is not bridge night at the neighbors.
(Or maybe it was, and we just did not know what our parents
were doing all those years ago.)
"And the dice roll again. I am thoroughly enjoying the escalating
bondage and torment, when the unexpected happens. Bill's pawn
stops on 'tease-6' and he gestures for Mary to move forward.
As she lowers her head between my quite immobilized legs, and
her tiny tongue barely brushes my clitoris, a shockwave ripples
through my body, and I panic. This wasn't my fantasy. I have
never mentioned being touched by another woman, and certainly
not another sub! My heartbeat frantically pounding in my head-the
only sound I can hear-I look at my lover with all the anguish
I can convey through my eyes. I'm not ready for this. Please,
will you stop it? He seems to hesitate for a second, says a
few words I don't hear, then walks behind me and. . .places
a blindfold over my eyes. Oh, good, like this will help me forget
there's a woman licking me!"
This was my favorite story on the anthology and was clearly lighter
in tone and theme then the others. All to soon, this very enjoyable
story is over and it is back to the dark side for the reader. As in
their other writings, the action is very graphic and the inner mental
workings of each character are fully and completely detailed. Sex is
a secondary issue and instead the focus is more on the limits, both
physical and mental, of the characters involved. Like the other works,
this particular anthology is very well written and intense and is available
through booksellers and Xlibris at www.Xlibris.com
as well as the home website, http://www.adrianhunter.com
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