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Review First, Catch-Up Later
Apr. 20th, 2011 10:12 amI spent the day yesterday herding cats -- actually, I was tapped to chaperone again for a field trip with Mason's class to the Minnesota Zoo. I'll write about that later today or, perhaps, that failing, tomorrow. In the meantime, I leave you with this:
I just finished reading LIKE HEAVEN AND HELL: EROTIC TALES OF ANGELS AND DEMONS (edited by Tabitha Dulla and Cecilia Tan). If there were a book written more expressly for fans of slash of my universe, I don’t know what it is.
All the stories in the collection are fascinating explorations of the sacred and profane – plus the bonus of tons of hot queer sex. Not all of the tales deal with creatures traditionally found in Judeo-Christian angelology; there are appearances from Japanese fox demons, as well as half-breed angel/humans existing in a world wholly (and amazingly) imagined. Each, however, is well-written and engaging. Normally, there are at least one or two stories in an anthology like this that make me say “meh,” but I found something to like in each one.
Thus endith the official review (So Sayith the Lord!) Under the cut, I’m going to go through my in-depth impressions of the six stories in the anthology. Some parts may be a bit spoilery and others completely tangential, and all of it will be a reflection of my own personal experience with the angelology/theology/world-building presented by each author. Assume that I found the sex hot, because I did. Please note as well that the review is totally safe for work, because the stuff that gets me the most hot and bothered is all the theological stuff. I just put it under the cut because it's long and potentially a bit spoilery.
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I just finished reading LIKE HEAVEN AND HELL: EROTIC TALES OF ANGELS AND DEMONS (edited by Tabitha Dulla and Cecilia Tan). If there were a book written more expressly for fans of slash of my universe, I don’t know what it is.
All the stories in the collection are fascinating explorations of the sacred and profane – plus the bonus of tons of hot queer sex. Not all of the tales deal with creatures traditionally found in Judeo-Christian angelology; there are appearances from Japanese fox demons, as well as half-breed angel/humans existing in a world wholly (and amazingly) imagined. Each, however, is well-written and engaging. Normally, there are at least one or two stories in an anthology like this that make me say “meh,” but I found something to like in each one.
Thus endith the official review (So Sayith the Lord!) Under the cut, I’m going to go through my in-depth impressions of the six stories in the anthology. Some parts may be a bit spoilery and others completely tangential, and all of it will be a reflection of my own personal experience with the angelology/theology/world-building presented by each author. Assume that I found the sex hot, because I did. Please note as well that the review is totally safe for work, because the stuff that gets me the most hot and bothered is all the theological stuff. I just put it under the cut because it's long and potentially a bit spoilery.
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