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A review by lcrou002
Kink by R.O. Kwon, Garth Greenwell
3.0
With a title like “Kink” you may be expecting a collection that is essentially erotica, but the introduction by editors make it clear that this book is stories, less about the sexual acts of kinky people and more about the “complex, psychologically rich act of communication” that is kink. The characters in the stories in this anthology span a wide range of gender and sexuality. No matter if you are cisgendered or trans, straight or queer you will likely find stories that you can relate to.
Like any short story anthology, it’s hard to rate or review of the entire book; some stories resonated with me more than others. Some of my favorites were “The Cure” by Melissa Febos about a lesbian who has sex with a straight man in a way that harkens back to her dominatrix days in college, “Oh, Youth” by Brandon Taylor about a young man who spends his summers as a paid companion, “Scissors” by Kim Fu where trust is key in a scene with a paying audience who get to vicariously experience the visceral fear of sharp objects while the subject is bound and blindfolded, and “Safeword” by R.O. Kwon where a straight couple new to kink consult a dominatrix. Most of the other stories were still enjoyable even if a few did not seem to belong in the collection.
Overall, I’d recommend this anthology to anyone interested in kink and looking for representation of the human aspect. My thanks to Netgally and Simon and Schuster for providing me with an ARC of this book.
Like any short story anthology, it’s hard to rate or review of the entire book; some stories resonated with me more than others. Some of my favorites were “The Cure” by Melissa Febos about a lesbian who has sex with a straight man in a way that harkens back to her dominatrix days in college, “Oh, Youth” by Brandon Taylor about a young man who spends his summers as a paid companion, “Scissors” by Kim Fu where trust is key in a scene with a paying audience who get to vicariously experience the visceral fear of sharp objects while the subject is bound and blindfolded, and “Safeword” by R.O. Kwon where a straight couple new to kink consult a dominatrix. Most of the other stories were still enjoyable even if a few did not seem to belong in the collection.
Overall, I’d recommend this anthology to anyone interested in kink and looking for representation of the human aspect. My thanks to Netgally and Simon and Schuster for providing me with an ARC of this book.