Darker Edge of Desire: Gothic Tales of Romance. Erotic Romance for Couples. Customers who bought this item also bought. From Library Journal Like Rollins see The Empress's New Lingerie, reviewed above , Szereto explains that the sexual content of most fairy tales was deleted by the likes of the Brothers Grimm to make them more family-friendly.
Cleis Press; 1 edition April 9, Language: I'd like to read this book on Kindle Don't have a Kindle? Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Showing of 18 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I've been leaving book reviews here on Amazon for maybe two years now and after all this time I am doing something I said I would NEVER do because I absolutely hate it when other reviewers do it and that's review a book before I even finish it if I do.
As a rule, I don't like the idea of leaving a review when a person can't even bother to finish it because only then do I feel an opinion is thorough and justified. I can honestly say without a shadow of a doubt that after reading fifty-plus percent of this book, my opinion is standing that this book is not at all what it could be as the so-called erotic fairy tales they're supposed to be. And for those of you reading this who might feel skeptical in the first place since they are fairy tales in the first place, I bade you to pick up any book if not all of Nancy Madore's Enchanted Bedtime Stories for Women series to see how its done.
Seriously, never has the retelling of Beauty and the Beast ever been so arousing. Really, the list continues. Anyway, this book isn't disappointing because of the story choices. On the contrary, I really like the diversity of the stories in this book and like the history lesson introducing them.
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The author seems very knowledgeable about the background of each story in that they sorry, can't tell the gender of this author by name alone, although I guess its a woman? It was this and the fact that the stories themselves are quite interesting on their own without the "so-called" erotic spin on them that I gave this book three stars instead of the two I might have given it if it would have been based on only those common classics that we grew up on.
The problem comes from the claim that these are supposed to be erotic. The author appeared to be more concerned about sounding more traditional in her storytelling and so much so that the erotica was poorly descriptive and at times concealed altogether. I felt like if one of my children picked up my kindle and read this, I probably wouldn't even care because they wouldn't know they were reading a sex scene -seriously.
Another peeve besides the above was the absurdity of the way none of the characters seemed privy to their own body's functions sexually. And the descriptions of the body parts themselves were liken to inanimate objects their owners simply had no idea what to do with until this one moment in time that the story is told. I'm sorry, but this is far from a "romp", like the title suggests. Frankly, I'm more interested in the original versions of the stories presented here.
But as a lover of erotica in all of its genres and after having read waaaay better in Nancy Medore and Selena Kitt, even , I just can't let this author get away with calling these stories "erotic. Fairy tale or not - we want to be turned on, plain and simple. And this one didn't do that.
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As I've said, I didn't finish this although I probably will because I'm almost finished. However, I've read more than half the stories in this book and the storytelling is the same. But you don't have to take my word for it. Go ahead and read it yourself if you don't mind spending the 9. But the stories themselves are interesting so it's your call. The author has done a fine job of rewriting classic fairy tales to include adult material, but it's not really "erotica.
These stories are enjoyably naughty and I was entertained especially by Rapunzel's rap verse - I laughed out loud , but I can't say that I was aroused by any of the stories. There was still a feeling of fairy tale innocence in many of the stories characters who were clueless as to sexual arousal, genitalia, etc.
Definitely recommended for its overall entertainment value, but no more erotic than your average romance novel at best. One person found this helpful. I searched around for a book that would be playful and tempting. This title seemed to promise both. But after reading a few stories, they were lacking in both.
Yes, there are a few moments in each story that are playful. But I would not classify any of it as erotic. After reading I was always left wanting, and not what I was expecting or hoping for. The author has succesfully conned me out of my money by convincing me this book was actually worth reading. I'll warn other readers right now, Szereto's versions of the classics are nothing more than a copy and paste scam with sentences and big words added to make her work appear "eloquent".
She introduced each tale with a prologue that explained it's history, which gave me the impression she had done extensive research on the subject. Upon reading the tale itself, however, I was appalled by the lack of orgininality and distracted by the random inserstion of "big" words. Not that I mind big words, but not when they're thrown in with the expertise of a amateur.
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At first her new stepmother just seems overly strict. But as Jessica grows into a beautiful young woman, it becomes clear that her stepmother is also wildly — and murderously — jealous of her. Jessica escapes to London. Going by the name Snow to hide from her family, she falls in love with an odd band of outcasts who accept her into their makeshift family. But when her stepmother appears in the city, repentant and seeking her forgiveness, Jessica will have to decide whom to trust…with her life.
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