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Fourth World: Erotic Tales of Monsters, Myths and Magic (eBook)
| Fourth World: Erotic Tales of Monsters, Myths and Magic | |
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 Fourth World: Erotic Tales of Monsters, Myths and Magic eBook Cover, written by Lisabet Sarai | |
| Author(s) | Lisabet Sarai |
| Publisher | Excessica Publishing |
| Publication date | May 21, 2015 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 94 Pages |
| ISBN | 9781504500401 |
| ASIN | B00Y23HXW4 |
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Fourth World: Erotic Tales of Monsters, Myths and Magic is an anthology eBook written by Lisabet Sarai. In this work one of the characters is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: Fourth World: Erotic Tales of Monsters, Myths and Magic
- Author: Lisabet Sarai
- Published By: Excessica Publishing
- Length: 94 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B00Y23HXW4
- IBSN: 9781504500401
- Publishing Date: May 21, 2015
Plot Summary
Enter the fourth world - a world of lust and shadows, where anything can happen.
Obsessive passion and dark ecstasy mark these seven stories of paranormal desire from eroticist Lisabet Sarai. An undead couple hunts for beauty and youth in the history-drenched streets of Prague. A sex addict meets his fate in the embrace of a seductive monster. An innocent writer offers her body and heart to a century-old ghost. A spiritual seeker succumbs to temptation in the arms of a fearsome and greedy goddess. A kinky, blood-drenched threesome unfolds in a luxurious Bangkok penthouse. These tales conjure the magic of sex, and its dangers. Expect to be unbearably aroused and occasionally terrified. Do not expect happily ever afters.
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on May 29, 2016
The work is a collection of stories that, as a whole, have a rather darker turn in them, tending towards a range of emotions from simple attraction through obsession. Each of the works tells the story of a particular mythological being, or act of magic, but doesn’t quite come out and say who and what they are for the most part, leaving the reader to figure out things as the stories progress.
The theme that seems to run through each of the works is an initial attraction, something that tugs the characters together and then, when the moment of pleasure arrives it is tempered, or overwhelmed at times, by horror or violence or some other action that in a moment takes the heat from the story and leaves something quite different behind. It is the tailing off of the passions into, at times, loss and despair that makes the works difficult to read, at least for me personally.
There’s a distinct lack of hope, a feeling of disconnect and being so the work as a whole was difficult to become involved with. While there is some erotica, there’s more of a harsher tone to that which I didn’t find attractive. For some there likely will be something in the tone they will find interesting, but I just couldn’t find my way. It isn’t so much a work of erotica as it is a work of horror and mystery with an undertone of erotica to push the story towards its conclusion.
The singular story in the collection which has a succubus-like being is less seductive as it is manipulation and while there is heat, seeing all of the manipulation makes that erotica seem flawed and lesser as a result. While there is a sense of seduction and pleasures offered, there is also a harsh edge to them, an almost aloofness, and it didn’t quite work for me. But as a story on its own, the characters are very good, the textures in the words are excellent.
As a collected work, that is the core. There is excellent writing, good storytelling, and there is purpose to the stories. But the erotica is muted by the harshness of the stories and in being so my enjoyment of the collection was tempered quite a lot.
Three and a half out of five pitchforks.
A slightly dark collection of erotica, but written well and telling some interesting stories. Perhaps too dark at times for myself, but there are some attractions as well.