Babeland Review - Best Women's Erotica 2010

Being a writer of erotic literature, I was delighted to sit down and devour Best Women's Erotica 2010. This particular series is very well respected in erotic quarters, as are both the publisher Cleis Press and the editor, VioletBlue. I saw many familiar names penning the stories such as K. D. Grace, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sommer Marsden, and Alyson Tyler. I've had internet contact with some of them via my own submission process and Facebook. The stories with in this book are cream of the crop; the best erotic short fiction out there.

This particular book is geared towards straight women with women as protagonists. You will find no subjugation of women within the pages, and each female character stars in her own sexually empowering and exciting story. The eighteen stories are contemporary and very imaginative. They are also so hot you'll need to turn on the air conditioning, even in the dead of winter with snow on the ground. Case in point is K. D. Grace's story "Veggin", which was one of the first ones I read. Although I'm sure many women have either imagined or actually used carrots, zucchini, and cucumbers as sex toys, Grace ratchets up the heat level with some very descriptive and sensuous action regarding a woman invading her sexy male neighbor's vegetable garden. Food continues to be a major theme in Bussel's story "Secret Service", which is about a food establishment catering to women that offers another form of sensuous pleasure behind closed doors. I won't spoil the story by saying what that is. You'll have to read the book to find out!

This book is ideal for couples reading sexy stories to each other by candlelight to set a sensuous mood before a night of hot sex. Or enjoy them on your own in the bath up to your neck in fragrant bubbles. I read several of these stories more than once because I was in the mood for them and because they really are that good.

This book isn't rote fucking in a Penthouse Letters style. These are very well-written stories with plot and character development. Plus they are only about 5,000 words each, which is quite a mean feat when it comes to kick-ass writing. Short stories are not easy to write. You have to get a lot of information out there - with the emotion that goes with it - in only a few thousand words. If this is your first time reading erotic literature or if you're tired of wasting your time with poorly-written smut, definitely pick up a copy of this book. You won't be sorry.