Blogcritics Category: Books: Erotica

Beyond Bounds: Meyer, Frost, Pullman, Hamilton, Feist, Harrison and Rothfuss

Katie McNeill — Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:12:27 EDT

From Epic to Alien, it's all here
At the moment all of my book excitement has been going into one book. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, the fourth and final book in Meyer’s young adult vampire series. I can hardly think of anything else. The series comes to an end August 2nd and I am full of trepidation. How will it end? I don’t know and like millions of other readers...

Book Review: Deep Inside by Polly Frost

Katie McNeill — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:32:28 EDT

What does Science Fiction Erotica have that others lack? Tentacles.
When I first came across Deep Inside I wasn’t sure what to think. Science Fiction Erotica? That had to mean there was going to be tentacle sex in there somewhere. Now I’ve seen a lot of Japanese animation involving this idea, not all of it hentai, so it’s not like that idea is completely new. Okay, so maybe it’s strange but...

Book Review: I is for Indecent, J is for Jealousy, K is for Kinky, L is for Leather edited by Alison Tyler

Coryluscontorta — Sun, 2 Mar 2008 19:47:37 EST

Better by far than cocoa for bedtime reading.
I don’t read a lot of erotica. It’s not that I like to be tucked up with a cocoa by 10pm, but too much of the gusset-moistening stuff I’ve encountered simply fails to hit the spot. If the themes of lust-tickling were universal, it would be simple work to turn anybody on and my husband, for one, would be a much happier man.But...

Book Review: Playboy Cover to Cover - The '50s

Alyse Wax — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:15:39 EST

A must-have for serious collectors and casual fans.
Playboy Cover to Cover: The '50s is an impressive box set. The large, sturdy red box opens to reveal an assortment of goodies any collector will love. The highlight of this set -- the main reason for purchasing -- is the digital archive of every issue of Playboy from the 1950s. Every single issue. Every single page – even the...

Book Review: Without Wax by William Walsh

Richard Marcus — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:35:43 EST

You might just find yourself thinking about the adult film industry in a different light.
There aren't many pariahs left in this world as we have become inured to just about everything the world has to offer. In spite of being able to accept nearly everything else under the sun, people who make their living having sex in front of cameras are still looked upon as if they crawled out from under a rock. In spite of it's the proliferation...

Books Review: He's on Top and She's on Top edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Bradley Eden — Sun, 3 Feb 2008 16:57:03 EST

Rachel Kramer Bussel strikes two worthwhile blows for the sex-positive cause.
"When I conceived of He's on Top and its companion volume, She's on Top, I wanted to pay homage to the power – physical, mental, and emotional – that goes into being a true top," writes the prolific Rachel Kramer Bussel in "Tender Tops and Sensual Sadism," her introduction to the anthology of "male...

Pablo Neruda's 100 Sonnets of Love: 1 (A Translation)

Terence Clarke — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:14:52 EST

In translating Neruda's poems, I was mindful of how each of his sonnets is an unruly flame, moving the way the emotions so often do.
A few years ago, as an exercise to test how my studies in the Spanish language were going, I translated the 52nd sonnet from Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda’s book 100 Sonnets of Love. One of his most popular works in Chile, this book is a declaration of intense, profound, and exceedingly sensuous love to Neruda’s wife Matilde Urrutia....

Book Review: Crossdressing, Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

Alyse Wax — Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:25:18 EST

A sub-par collection of erotic stories.
Crossdressing is a collection of erotic stories with the focus on gender bending. Boys as girls, girls as boys, gay and straight, even the transgendered are represented in these 18 stories. Despite the variety, the stories are just not good.The book opens with “Temporary,” a tale of a M2F transsexual who seduces a straight male...

Beyond Bounds: Juno Books

Katie McNeill — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:38:57 EDT

In fiction meant to empower and transport, Juno specializes in fantasy featuring strong female characters.
Juno came onto the market in November 2006 with books offered in oversize trade paperback only, but they broke into the mass market paperback arena with their title Blood Magic, which was released this month. Juno, an imprint of Prime Books and Wildside Press, takes its name from a Roman goddess who was connected to all aspects of a woman’s...

Romancing the eBook: Harlequin to Release New Titles Electronically

Katie McNeill — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:40:15 EDT

From the supernatural and paranormal to the home town romance that makes your heart melt, Harlequin is presenting it all in a new format.
I’ve been doing reviews for almost a year now and in that time I have had more requests for eBook links to the novels I have reviewed than I can count. For one reason or another some readers do not have access to the book in its traditional format. I know that in India only the big names and bestsellers from America make it there. Sure, you...