Pearl
By Kelly Rand
April 26, 2012
Transgender/Period Historical 20's/Erotica (semi)/Romance
36 pgs- 9.6K words
Storm Moon Press
Edith sleepwalks
through a life so normal as to be boring. She lives with her mother, works a
mundane job to support them, and makes no waves among the ladies of her sleepy
1920's Canadian town. Secretly, though, she watches the flappers and so-called
"loose women" with envy, dreaming of what glamorous lives they must
have. And that's before Clark walks into her life.
Clark embodies the
world that Edith wishes she could be a part of. He's slick and dangerous and
sexy in a way Edith has never experienced. So when Clark offers her a window
into his world, she dives through without thinking. On the other side, though,
her black and white world explodes into shades of gray, challenging Edith in
ways she never imagined.
I saw that this
author has an f/f book coming out. I thought it’s out already so I went
searching and didn’t see it on Amazon. In the meantime, I’ve discovered it’s
not actually out yet. But that search led me to this book. The blurb really
grabbed me and I was excited to read it.
There are already so many great reviews of this book on both
Goodreads and Amazon, so I don’t need to say much.
I loved, loved this book. Kelly Rand managed to get in a
short amount of space a great story with just the perfect dance between these
two unlikely characters. She created an authentic 20’s era atmosphere and
offered just enough hint of who these two people are to get a good feel for
them.
What I liked especially about this story is the lack of
conflict-- as it were. I guess in many stories that would make it boring, but
in this case, these two societal outcasts—in their own way—hook up in
an almost easy, dreamy way that brings out something better in both of them.
I loved both of them. Edith just goes along with the status
quo in every sense except after she meets Clark. She’s not sticking with the
status quo due to a lack of an adventurous spirit though, it’s more that she
seems a bit naïve about how to allow herself expression of that part of her. When
she discovers the truth about Clark, there is no judgment, or fear, or
angsting or even thrill about being rebellious about her attraction to him. She
simply opens up and goes with it as if he was the person she should be with all
along and she wasn't trapped in mundane life all along.
Clark, for his part, is not ashamed at all about the fact
that he moves through the world as someone who society would never accept if
they knew. He’s found his way through life and is rather content and confident actually. I
loved that somehow he sees something in Edith that will respond positively to
him coming on to her and that he isn't shy about going for it with her.
Their interactions are very sweet and highly erotic at the
same time, even if not written in the graphically sexual language.
Being that it’s such a short book, I was rather surprised at
how fleshed out and fulfilling this story was to read. It’s just an all-around
heartful and emotionally pleasing read.
I’ll be getting Kelly Rand’s upcoming f/f Portrait of a Crossroads and hoping it’s
just as good!
Heat Level: 0-2 – I felt the one sex scene was very erotic,
but the language is more sensual than graphic.
Grade: Loved!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment