Review: A Quirky Quickie
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
One of the best things about fairy tale retellings is the many possibilities that a writer has to take what is familiar and use them to create something different. And with the popularity of erotica, it stands as no surprise that erotic retelling of fairy tales are popping up (no pun intended). With that said 50 Shades of Alice in Wonderland provides an erotic retelling of Alice’s journey in Wonderland with a blend of Wonderland quirkiness.This may be a short story, but it manages to pack in a lot of erotic action. There’s a variety of kink in the story including BDSM, threesome, voyeurism, and exhibitionism. Through all the sex, at the core of the story is Alice (playing the familiar role of the sexually dissatisfied female who’s unaware of her true sexual desires) discovering her sexuality. As she engages in sexual acts with a variety of characters in Wonderland such as Caterpillar, Hatter, and the Red Queen, she gradually learns to not fear her own body and to take control of what she wants sexually to help her with her own love life with her boyfriend Lewis (who makes the 1 minute lover look like Cassanova).Of course you can’t have a story involving Wonderland, even an erotica story, without some strangeness and humor. And considering the type of book it is, the bizarre nature of Wonderland and its inhabitants center around sex. I was expecting to have more humor than what was in the story. The majority of the wackiness was found towards the latter half of the book. What was there was funny and strange hence why I wanted a little more of it in the story. But I guess too much humor can take the sexiness out of the story.If you’re looking for a short story that packs quite a sexual punch with a sprinkle of weirdness, then this book is for you. It’s a fun and sexy short read that in some ways is actually a little more edgy than the original FSOG. The writing was well done which includes the sex scenes. It also didn’t take itself seriously especially since it didn’t hesitate to mock itself. This is definitely not your mother’s Disney Alice in Wonderland.