Wendy the Super Librarian‘s review of The Queen’s Consort by Leia Rice
Erotica short story ebook published by Spice Briefs 01 Jul 11
Pour a glass of wine into me and I’ll wax poetic about how erotica isn’t “just about sex.” That in “good erotica,” written predominantly for a female readership, the sex is a catalyst for the heroine’s journey. Yeah, I know – blah, blah, blah. Listen, not all erotica is created equal. Pour a second glass of wine into me and I’ll admit that some erotica? Yeah, is all about the sex. But you know what? That’s not always a bad thing. If nothing else, it adds a whole other definition to the expression “reading for pleasure.”
Arabelle is a royal maid for Marie Antoinette and has been getting her kicks of late watching the queen be pleasured by her consort. During one such spying adventure she makes a little too much noise, and while navigating the secret passageways in the palace, the consort catches up to her. It doesn’t exactly take a rocket scientist to know what happens next.
If you’re looking for serious naughty times in your erotica, you don’t get much naughtier than Louis XVI royal court prior to the French Revolution. There’s oodles of palace intrigue and more hanger-ons than at a hip-hop awards show. However, this is a short story, and an erotic one at that – so the author really glosses over the horrors of the Revolution. Admittedly, I wasn’t terribly wild about this treatment, but crimes against humanity is definitely not the tone the author was shooting for.
Now, that being said, if you just want sexy times and don’t necessarily care (or want) some deep, angsty treatment of the time period? By all means, this short story might be for you. You’ve got a hero who can probably set a world’s record for stamina and horny-ness. You’ve got a heroine who is so lusty that she lets a total stranger deflower her, and then after she’s done? She goes back to her quarters to have encounters with other maids! Chinese New Year doesn’t have this many fireworks.
It all boils down to what the reader wants. If you want a hot short story with wall-to-wall, (I’ll just say it) skanky shenanigans? Oh man, drop everything and download this right now. But if you’re looking for a more highfalutin’ form of erotica that you can shove in the faces of all those naysayers out there? Probably not this short story. However, that doesn’t make this a “bad” story and it doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy the heck out of reading it.
Yeah, I just said that – and I totally own it.
Grade: B-
Summary:
Royal maid Arabelle fantasizes about taking the queen’s place, but not for power or riches. She wants to be pleasured by the queen’s secret consort. Watching them together arouses cravings that her trysts with other men and her sensual encounters with her fellow maids cannot satisfy. She longs to be given licentious commands from the mysterious man, and to give orders in return.
Then, in the secret halls of Versailles, Arabelle’s fantasy comes true—with even more wicked pleasures than she imagined….
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