Best Women's Erotica

by Violet Blue, Elizabeth Coldwell, Janine Ashbless, et al.

Book Overview

Love and lust run wild in the boldest edition of Violet Blue's bestselling women's erotica series. Here women of every sexual persuasion tease, romance, dominate, and deflower their partners in steamy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1573443387
• ISBN13: 9781573443388
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cleis Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

sexy stories good enough to reread

This is a collection of erotic short stories written by women for women. It's a great collection. I've read several of Violet Blue's anthologies, and they are consistently good, but Best Women's Erotica 2009 is *really good*. It features 21 stories, each by a different author. Most of the stories have a female main character and/or narrator, common in "by women for women" erotica. But beyond that, the collection is full of variety, featuring many different scenarios, orientations, sex acts, writing styles - something for everyone, I guess one could say. But I wouldn't, because I found almost every one of the stories to be exciting and erotic in its own way, regardless of my own personal preferences. When I first read it, I mostly appreciated the quality of the writing. Violet Blue selected particularly well-written, evocative stories. The erotic impact didn't strike me until later, weeks later, when I found myself opening it up again, with a craving to reread the stories that I was surprised to realize I remembered with excitement. Who would have thought? Some of the highlights: "Fly", the first story, by Valerie Alexander. It features a lustful Tiger Lily, hunting and dominating both a feisty rebel Peter Pan and a shy virginal Wendy. Concept sounds silly, but the execution shines. I've returned to this story many times. "What If", by Cheyenne Blue. A committed lesbian/transgender couple fantasizes together about luring a curious straight woman into her first lesbian sex experience. Again, the writing really brings it to life, sets the mood, draws you in. "Eve", by Alana Noel Voth. Unusual lyrical writing style. I have to mention this one because it includes a scene where the girl fantasizes about... McNulty from the Wire. "He lay beneath Eve, Jesus style between her legs, looking up in her face and trying not to come because she'd told him, 'If you come, I'll kill you.' So Jimmy had to decide." Nice. I also liked "Mr Snug", "Decorations", and "Live Bed Show". The collection has a lot to offer. It's also a good introduction to erotica, for those who have never tried it. I'd recommend it highly.

Incredible variety

I -love- this book, for two reasons: There is a great variety in the stories, and they're all superbly written. This book has the sweet, the spicy, the daring and the over-the-top. I would say they're all tastefully done, and they're all fairly creative. From a Peter-Pan fantasy (literally) to a germ-a-phobe pushed past his limits, to the married couple trying to keep things spicy... there's something(s) for everyone to relate to, be inspired by, or learn from. And for the price, it's well, well worth it!

A good collection.

I've been reading these collections for quite some time now, and was glad to receive and read the 2009 version. It's quite good, with some of the best stories I've read. I was glad to see new names added to the list just to mix it up a little. I also liked that the stories didn't meander around and really lived up to the hype. A good collection if you like erotic anthologies, such as Sex Scenes: Erotica Excerpts from the Novels of Kim Corum, which is also good, too.

Oh yessss. Very satisfying

I found this a most pleasurable book to read, indeed as are all of Violet Blue's books. A collection of well balanced and varied erotica with something that will appeal to everyone. In particular I liked `Fly', a fairy tale which I think everyone will recognise, with a very erotic flavour which put me in mind of Ms. Madore. What I liked most about this story is how Wendy is depicted, as a demure but very alluring innocent, and I must admit she reminded me of someone who was very dear to me many years ago. `Live Bed Show', is another story of note that has a genuine warmth about it that made me think that this story is possibly autobiographical. A very English girl in the very beautiful city of Amsterdam getting a dream job of demonstrating luxury beds in a shop window. Very erotic, with an old fashioned happy ending. A great book, as are all the `Best Women's Erotica' series and long may they continue. One of my notable favourites wasBest Women's Erotica 2007.Two other books of note are Rachel Kramer Bussel's Dirty Girls: Erotica for Womenand Suzie Van Aartman's 100 Percent Erotica well worth adding to your collection.

An Atomic Orgasm

My husband and I love to re-enact these erotic stories. We pick our favourites then perform them in our mirrored bedroom with our camcorder recording the whole adventure. One of us will read the selected passage, depending on who has a hand free to hold the book and a mouth free to read the magic. We try and time our orgasms to match the characters in the story and they have been unbelievable. Your mind lives out the experience, your ears hear the experience, in the mirrors your eyes see the experience and your body feels the experience. All put together,you have an atomic orgasm. And all this recorded, it is unbelievable to watch yourself totally lost in uncontrollable ecstasy. We are members of a swingers group and our home movies have blown their minds and they are all now doing it. The stories in this book are a magical combination of the best in erotica and we have had many happy sessions performing the stories. Violet's Best Women's Erotica 2006 and Best Women's Erotica 2008 have also been masterpieces of erotica and we look forward with eager anticipation and excitement to the 2010 edition. Highly recommended by us both (and the swingers group). and another favourite I have to mention, especially with the more mature members, is Suzie Van Aartman's 100 Percent Erotica boy is that a red hot book.