Review: A Great "Beginner's" Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2013
I never quite know what to expect when I read erotica - it seems to run the gamut from the more vanilla romance to the more hard-core; some of it is really very well-written, others are not. It's all a bit of a crap shoot, just like any other genre.S.P. Miller's Bound to be Punished: Part I begins after Anne has picked up, left Washington and her long-term boyfriend for a new life in Southern California. A chance encounter reunites Anne and her ex-boyfriend Charles and leads to the unexpected. I don't want to spoil the story, but I was pleasantly surprised. Bound to be Punished: Part I is reasonably well-written. It is more on the vanilla side, even though it does incorporate some BDSM stuff, so if you're looking for a more hard-core tale this probably won't interest you.I'm always happy to discover when erotica has a narrative that balances out the erotica part. In Bound to be Punished: Part I, the focus seems to be more on the relationship between Anne and Charles and I was expecting a much longer piece and much more character development. This was my biggest disappointment. Given that the piece is short and that there is already a framework in place, there is plenty of room to expand into a much stronger narrative.This would be a great story for someone who is just beginning to dip their toes, so to speak, into the work of erotic fiction.