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Anyway, it was a beautiful, rich, decadent read. Kind of hard to build in any kind of climax, though, when the entire thing is so dramatic (fine with me, but other people might wish for a higher peak towards the end).

The violently kinky sex parts were vivid and rang true without reading like "erotica". Brutally delicious and horrifying without being totally depressing, though it was definitely a drag imagining how hideous it would've been to live in those times. Within E. Bathory's context she didn't seem much worse than anyone else . . . just more . . . prolific, if any of the stories are true.]]>