Review: Two short stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2012
The first story is Fire.  It is the sexual initiation of a girl into her tribe.  She hears the horror stories and refuses to let the fear make her initiation a bad experience.  I like the girl.  She listens to the stories of how terrible it is but she makes up her own mind to go beyond the horror stories and becomes her own woman.The second story is Sophie Peeks.  Sophie's marriage is boring.  She discovers the neighbors and will go to her special room to watch them.  One night her husband finds her watching the neighbors and joins her.  I like Sophie.  She is like many women.  Her marriage is unfulfilling.  She wants what she had but her husband ignores her.  She takes her sexuality into her own hands and refuses to give up what is important to her.  When her husband discovers her secret watching he joins her and, hopefully, this will reenergize their marriage.Both are enjoyable reads but very different views of a woman's sexuality though both women will not give up their sexuality.