Review: Coming Together Presents: M. Christian
Coming Together Presents: M. Christian
Edited by: Lisabet Sarai
Published by: Coming Together
ISBN: 978-1-45051-186-5


I have a confession:  I am the world’s slowest reader.  I know readers who can plow through several hundred pages in a couple days.  Talk to me in a month or more.

But there is a reason for my plodding pace.  I don’t read.  I digest.

Thoroughly.

I hang on word choice, structure, lyrical sentences.  Plot and character are sacred to me, and if a story doesn’t convert me immediately, it had better redeem itself quickly.

M. Christian’s erotica is a sumptuous feast I will gladly enjoy again.

In Coming Together Presents: M. Christian, I found stories – some previously published, others new to print – that kept me filled, kept me coming back for more – and kept me guessing!

M. Christian doesn’t shy from sensitive subjects in his stories, and in this collection dives headlong into issues of body image, selfishness, couples on the edge, one great story of a raunchy breakup that was totally hot, and does all this while taking us to the past, living in the now, and hurtling us beyond the stars – and constantly wrapping the stories in the tendrils of relationship and sex.

Several of the selections have stayed with me.  In “Missing Alice” I was completely drawn into the description of Alice’s vivacious personality, her freedom of style, and the void her absence causes the narrator.  I especially loved M. Christian’s authentic portrayal of how we change, how relationships evolve, and how a wild child might one day be the couch potato you can’t live without.

“Last Tango in Paris” was filled with the angst of the fluttering flames of a romance, but damn!  The kiss goodbye was a classic.

I found his sci fi story “On One Hand” thoroughly entertaining. The story, set on a distant world where bureaucracy is king and polyamory is normal, presents some very special challenges to the main character.

Another great story was “Claire’s A Bitch”.  Read the story.  Trust me, I bet we all have known Claire.

This volume, the profits of which benefit Planned Parenthood, is a wonderful erotica collection.  It meets my expectations of erotica, and my expectations are high.  Yes, I want sex, but sex is not all I want – I want character, I want story and context for the sex and M. Christian delivers it all in this delightful book.

Posted by Angela Caperton at 8/19/2010 9:02 PM
Categories: delete, Coming Together, M.Christian, Erotica
Tags: Coming Together M.Christian Review Erotica
 

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