Changed Somehow

Wow! I've only had Alison Tyler's Pleasure Bound: True Bondage Stories, for a little more than a week and I've already read it three times! I love this book!

The stories have left me feeling like I have been bound, punished and fucked. They left me wanting to be bound; craving the feel of the rope on my skin, being totally at his mercy. My heart pounds. My head swims. My pussy aches. Alison asks in the introduction, "Are you ready to be captured?" Yes, I am. "Are you sure?" YES, I AM!! And, captured I have been.

Though I loved all the stories, there a few that reverberate somewhere deep in my soul. It's not just the sex, though the sex is great. The images, the emotion, the whole experience left me changed somehow. And isn't that what every writer/reader wants?

Bella Dean's "King of the Road" was one of those stories. I felt the surprise, fear, embarrassment and the power that she wrote about. I left that road with her feeling a little sexier myself.

"Tears of All Kinds", by Tess Danesi, shook me to my core. I love being tied so tight that I can barely move. There is just something about being at his mercy that takes me completely to another place. But this demonstration of power, pain and pleasure took me somewhere I've never been before. And, I loved it! I'm left wanting a similar experience. I'm shivering at the thought but so fucking turned on!

Thomas S. Roche never fails to tell a great story. And his "Ghosts of the Wildflower" is a great story. A ball gag, restraints, a four-post bed, a tacky hotel...sounds like a great time to me. But, when Jill slaps him the first time, chills ran up my spine. It's humorous but the not knowing is scary as hell.

And Alison Tyler's own story, "Stickler for Details", resonated with so many truths for me. I could identify with knowing what you want but not knowing exactly how to ask. Or not even knowing that you really want it until after you've been on the receiving end of it. A definite mind-fuck!

So, it's not always just the fucking. That's the proverbial icing on the cake, true. For me it's the mind games, the ebb and flow of power and passion, the pleasure that comes on the heals of pain that takes me over the edge. This book does all of that. Thanks to all the writers for sharing their experiences and doing so in such a way that we readers feel like we've been there with you and we've come away changed somehow. Thanks, Alison, for another favorite read. You always put together such complete anthologies. There's always something for everyone!

HFFD,
Tarin