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Bites
of Passion
Pub: 2010,
Red Silk Edition (ravenous romance)
Edited By: Cecilia Tan
Genre: paranormal erotica
Format: paperback (lar); 191pp
Age Range: adult
Synopsis
What
does it mean to love a vampire? Does it mean nights of pleasure, tempered with
sweet pain? There is no more sensuous figure in dark fantasy than the vampire.
Whether a powerful seductress who harnesses the night to her will or a
mysterious and handsome demon lover who demands surrender in exchange for
passion, Bites of Passion presents
many incarnations of the ancient myth. Eight top authors explore themes of
immortal love, the lust for blood (and other things), and the eternal struggle
between light and dark. Sink your teeth into these stories of “the hunger,” of
need that can only be slaked after sundown, of the rush of blood and the scent
of skin.
First I’ll start with the content
Table of Contents
Introduction
by Cecilia Tan
La Petite Mort
by Jessi Holhart
Bloodways
by Eric Del Carlo
Familiar Places
by Edward Fuque
Legend
by Rakella Valencia
The Longing
by F.R.R. Mallory
The Ballad of Nosferatu
by A.N. Cartez
What Wind Is To Fire
by A.M. Hartnett
Temperance
by Thomas Marcinko
Thoughts
Erotica....yeah, that’s what
this is meant to be, but reading it, I feel that my definition of that word
isn’t what it’s meant to be. Really, it was like reading every other romance
with a tip to sex.
Don’t get me wrong, I
actually really did enjoy each and every story that was in the book, I liked
that they were quick, interesting and they explain what was going on without
taking up to much time, but....
It wasn’t erotic in my
thought on it. it was like light porn that only really showed you what sex was
hidden marginally behind body parts, making you think you saw more than you
really did.
I don’t mean to be mean
about the book at all, like I said, each story was great and I wouldn’t mind
reading something else from a few of the authors, on writing style alone, but
erotic it wasn’t.
And because of that it’s a
disappointment, really, people, there was sex, but it was almost like sex
written in the blank though it was clearly them fucking in words.
I had this thought in my
head that maybe the reason it wasn’t so much about the sex was because the
authors were males, and in any sight of the world, males and females think
differently even when they are in sink. And some of these authors are clearly
male (I say, because I can’t really work out the rest, mostly because I’m
really not that interested). So maybe it was more, or different because of that
aspect of things. Maybe.
At the end of the day,
though, this anthology would work well for those out there that are just
getting into the whole erotic thing, because it really isn’t disturbingly
wonderfully descriptive and so it’s light enough and yet hot in a way that
would get you seeing if you could handle a harder read or not.
So rap up, I think I would
have enjoyed this book a lot more if the word erotic wasn’t put anywhere in its
description, it’s honestly just a romance. Really.
Or am I the only one that
thinks erotic is just sex, hot, wet, hard, fast sex?!?
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