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Title: Herotica 6: A New Collection of Women's Erotica (Herotica (Down There Press))
ISBN: 0940208253
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Publicate Date: 1999-04
Publish: 1999-04
List Price: $12.50
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Also Disappointed
I'm not sure this book is flawed because of the committed relationships theme. Rather the writing was much weaker, and the plotlines (to include the often lukewarm sex) much less compelling than previous collections.
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2: Wayyyyyyyyy too tame to be called erotica
Each of the stories in this collection are excellently written short stories exploring sexuality. But, as for erotica, I found them way too tame. I am a woman and I need "foreplay" even in my sexy reading, but I also need some action. I have kept this book by my bed, giving it a second chance several times, and every time, I am completely disappointed. The "good parts" are too few and far between.
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3: Disappointing.
I picked this up on the strength of earlier Herotica collections, which I enjoyed. I wish I'd read the publisher's notes more carefully: despite the editor brightly commenting on how hot these stories are about ...committed relationships, I really didn't want to read an anthology limited to that.I was utterly horrified by "Mourning the Peasant"; it started out dull, then when I realized the narrator was actually going to sleep with her father's lover, I just skipped to the next story. There were actually a couple of dull stories in this anthology. The only reason I haven't relegated my copy to the thrift store pile is the story "Three Note Harmony," a rather hot MMF threesome tale.
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4: Soft and tender delivers as promised....
What a pleasant surprise to find a compilation of erotic stories that were obviously selected by the editor, Marcy Sheiner, for excellence in erotic lit. Too many times I have been seduced into buying collections that appeared very suspiciously as an editor pandering to some group of friends or 'wanna be' erotic authors only to find most of the stories were dumb, unrealistic and just plain bad. Herotica 6 is a collection of 21 short stories that reach across a broad spectrum of eroticism. Although I can't truthfully say I liked EVERY story I can say that they were all written with great attention paid to the sensitivity of the reader allowing us a few private moments to muse and daydream, and, after isn't that what it's all about.
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5: So THAT'S what sex in a relationship can be like...
I enjoyed every story in this collection to one degree or another. I was especially moved by "Mourning the Peasant." "Lesbian Bed Death" made me laugh out loud. I loved the surprise ending of "Blue Moon," even though I saw it coming. Made you rethink what sex in long-term relationships can be like. And yes, reading stories like these help!
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