Miyuki: The Silence of Deep Snow
By Carla Croft
March 16, 2013
Erotica/ f-f-f/ Bisexual/ Contemporary/ Interracial/BDSM/D/s
111 pgs
From the renowned
author, Carla Croft, comes Miyuki: The Silence of Deep Snow. Ms Croft has been
described by one well known erotic author as her favourite find of 2012.This,
her first novella, charts her discovery of the relationship between Miyuki (a
beautiful half-Japanese girl) and her Mistress. Described as a stunning story
full of dark angst, mystery and suggestive erotica, the story is sure to
delight readers of Romance and Erotica. The story contains adult themes
including explicit sex, lesbian relationships, bondage and S&M. Graphic
Content
It’s been a while since I ventured into erotica territory and
I had a craving for it after reading many fairly non erotic romance books. I
found out about this book from a link on Twitter and it looked interesting. I
like finding books with Japanese characters in it and the reviews gave me an
indication that maybe it’s a good book.
Cara (Carla) is a lawyer by day and a sort of sex
writer/collector of sex stories by night. She’s living an average life: married,
working, but her passion of sorts is collecting those stories. In her everyday dealings with many
people she has met Miyuki, a biracial Japanese girl who has been living in
England for a few years. Miyuki is an enigma and mystery to Cara and
capturing Cara’s imagination, has become fodder for her sexual fantasies.
(By the way, the
character’s name in the story is the same as the author’s, which I don’t know
how to take really. Also, the author’s bio is the same as the lead character’s
in this story. Is this
autobiographical? Not sure.)
One evening to Cara’s delight, they meet up at Miyuki’s
request. Miyuki offers Cara a proposition that shocks and freaks her out on one
level, but also excites her on another, and Cara decides to go along with it.
The rest of the night is all about Pretty (Miyuki’s sub
name) and Pretty’s mistress Dominica, a much older woman, introducing Cara to
the delights and specifics of the sexual world of Doms and Subs.
I found the author’s voice and way of writing to be rather
exquisite and it appealed greatly to my sense of aesthetics. I would call this
more highbrow erotica since the focus seemed to be less on the actual sex acts
and more on the senses and strict rituals involved. Also, she got the essence
of Japanese aesthetics down as well, meaning way of expression and thinking. (Not the part that the author included in
which Miyuki has trouble saying certain letters in English words.)
The author really gets into the nitty-gritty of what’s going
on in Cara’s head, what she’s experiencing, and to some degree Miyuki and
Dominica's as well. Through Cara’s thoughts, emotions, impressions, and astute observations
about how Miyuki and Dominica interact, we get to see her process as she
goes from being someone with only superficial knowledge of and having a
somewhat negative view of the D/s world, to someone who comes to “get it.”
For the most part, this book is provocative and sexually
intense. The characters, how the sex is written- fairly hot-- and style of
writing as it starts and ends is engrossing. However, it wasn’t
a perfect story.
I was all into these three women, how they are engaging with
each other on a visceral level and then bam, there’s this whole section in between
in which Dominica starts explaining what the D/s relationship is all about to
Cara. It got way too cerebral for me, taking me out of the story altogether and
my mind started wandering into chores I needed to do, what was on TV, etc.
Since the writing does get into lofty philosophical territory at times outside
of that, I was afraid it might not get back on track. Others might like a
tutorial on D/s lifestyle, but for me, it detracted from the fantastic energy
and chemistry of the beginning of the book.
I get that Cara is there partly from the standpoint of a
writer who likes to do “research” on sex as it were and didn’t know much about
the D/s relationship, so I can see the injected commentary from the character’s
standpoint. However, her main reason to go there, at a baser, more instinctual
level, was due to her deep attraction to Miyuki and desire to be with her. Even
so, I wanted to see how it turned out and did keep going. The end does make up
for it and carries on with the same intensity as the beginning had, but with an
interesting and unexpected twist.
As far as the actual D/s/ BDSM part of the story goes, I
felt it’s rather mild compared to others I’ve read. This would be a really good
story for anyone wanting to step into reading the genre for the first time
without being overwhelmed with aspects that that can put off those not into or
accustomed to reading it.
Overall, with the story getting back on track at the end,
I’d give this recommend if you’re looking for a light D/s f/f erotica story.
Heat Level: 4-5- graphic sex, although not as much as I
would expect in erotica. Light BDSM, D/s, f/f/f.
Grade: Liked it
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