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Beauty's Punishment (Sleeping Beauty, #2)
by A.N. Roquelaure , Anne Rice
by A.N. Roquelaure , Anne Rice
THIS IS NOT A BOOK FOR UNDERAGE OR DELICATE SENSIBILITIES IN THE ROMANCE READERS FOLLOWING!!!
IF YOU ARE NOT 18+ OR HAVE STRICT VIEWS ON EROTIC RELATIONS/RELATIONSHIPS - DO NOT READ!!
Surprisingly, this becomes not the tale of just Beauty, but of Beauty AND Tristan. Albeit, I wouldn't participate in many of these activities, it is quite arousing in it's psychology of the need to be challenged in subjugation and the raw acceptance in the pain of arousal and "punishment".
What I find most confounding is the participation of not just a select few within the village, but of EVERYONE, both in punishment and in fulfillment. How is it that many of those exacting punishment seem to never have been on the subservient side of this equation. Although, it is hinted that villagers are allowed to request to be at the mercy of the Castle, and the royals are given the privilege to also be debased to serve in the Village, thus opening the possibility of more involved in both sides of the equation. Does this make better slaves? Or better Masters/Mistresses? Interesting... and very thought provoking in the steeped desires and fragile loving ties between those mastering and the mastered. I am also slightly amazed at the open sexual gratification of not just one but of many.
What a way to end the book by throwing them not only into each others' arms but into the mercy of "pleasure slave" captors of a sultan from across the sea. The closing scene is one of great adventure and of acknowledged love betwixt these two slaves.
I think I would have greatly preferred that Anne Rice (writing under the pen-name A. N. Roquelaure) had left the legend of Sleeping Beauty to the myths and fairy tales and chosen a completely untouched figure of her making in this story, as it turns the melodramatic romantic tale of fairy tales into a much twisted and very powerless kingdoms of darker fantasies. I think that it is a much more enticing tale when separated from the tale told to children, even in its miniscule references.
All in all, the sexual exploration of this ongoing tale is to be enjoyed with an open mind, if not a hot libido. I know that even as I quaked with the horror that I am sure both Beauty and Tristan, as well as other princes or princesses in this tale, felt with abject humiliation and raging desire; I can only honestly state that I am inspired to try a little spanking myself... HAHAHAHA!!!!
IF YOU ARE NOT 18+ OR HAVE STRICT VIEWS ON EROTIC RELATIONS/RELATIONSHIPS - DO NOT READ!!
Surprisingly, this becomes not the tale of just Beauty, but of Beauty AND Tristan. Albeit, I wouldn't participate in many of these activities, it is quite arousing in it's psychology of the need to be challenged in subjugation and the raw acceptance in the pain of arousal and "punishment".
What I find most confounding is the participation of not just a select few within the village, but of EVERYONE, both in punishment and in fulfillment. How is it that many of those exacting punishment seem to never have been on the subservient side of this equation. Although, it is hinted that villagers are allowed to request to be at the mercy of the Castle, and the royals are given the privilege to also be debased to serve in the Village, thus opening the possibility of more involved in both sides of the equation. Does this make better slaves? Or better Masters/Mistresses? Interesting... and very thought provoking in the steeped desires and fragile loving ties between those mastering and the mastered. I am also slightly amazed at the open sexual gratification of not just one but of many.
What a way to end the book by throwing them not only into each others' arms but into the mercy of "pleasure slave" captors of a sultan from across the sea. The closing scene is one of great adventure and of acknowledged love betwixt these two slaves.
I think I would have greatly preferred that Anne Rice (writing under the pen-name A. N. Roquelaure) had left the legend of Sleeping Beauty to the myths and fairy tales and chosen a completely untouched figure of her making in this story, as it turns the melodramatic romantic tale of fairy tales into a much twisted and very powerless kingdoms of darker fantasies. I think that it is a much more enticing tale when separated from the tale told to children, even in its miniscule references.
All in all, the sexual exploration of this ongoing tale is to be enjoyed with an open mind, if not a hot libido. I know that even as I quaked with the horror that I am sure both Beauty and Tristan, as well as other princes or princesses in this tale, felt with abject humiliation and raging desire; I can only honestly state that I am inspired to try a little spanking myself... HAHAHAHA!!!!
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