Title: Domination
Author: Pamela Brighton
Publisher: Pamela Brighton
Publication Date: October 28, 2019
Genres: Erotica
Shelves: Female-fronted, Female-authored, Female-dominant
Well-written, lovingly detailed, and erotic without being explicitly sexual, Domination is a stylish collection focused on feminine power and female domination. As a long term player in the London Fetish Scene, Pamela Brighton writes from experience and it shows in both the attitude behind her stories as well as the details within them.
Unreasonable behaviour was a unique story, slowly peeling back the layers of a marriage to reveal the female domination kinks behind it, as told through one man's discussion with his divorce lawyer. Those conversations reveal as much about Damien as the photos his wife is using to pressure him, and there's an added kink of humiliation with the lawyer's assistant that pays off nicely in the end.
City of Dreams is an absolutely beautiful tale - the collection is worth purchasing for this story alone. Cathy is an abused woman who escapes to London, where she discovers herself through the fetish community, making friends of two straight men in drag, one a ballerina and one a French Maid, while taking a submissive lover in a wealthy businessman. The final scenes move from harrowing to triumphant, with one of the best final lines you're likely to come across.
An error of Judgement is where the collection takes a darker turn, shifting more into the realm of corporal punishment and masochism. It starts out simply enough, exploring the shared kinks of suburban couples, but slowly finds more of an edge as David's inappropriate behavior at the office is revealed for the sexual harassment that it is. Call it progressive kink for the MeToo era.
The Teacher was a wonderful fantasy, the story of a bullied young man who found the strength to rise above his abusers, but who grows up with masochistic fetishes fueled by memories of corporal punishment at the hands of a favorite teacher. What I loved about this was how adolescent memories give way to adult fantasies, fueled by the growing self-awareness of desire, and how this older woman proves to be so inventive in fashioning implements of punishment from objects around the house.
The perfect boyfriend is a story that I loved 90% of, with a final 10% about which I am still conflicted. It is an amazingly insightful exploration of self-image and self-esteem, bringing together a man with submissive fantasies and a woman with body issues. The way dominance lends Sarah so much confidence is fantastic, and the scenes of dominance and punishment are perfectly detailed, but then that twist . . . and the twist that follows . . . I get what's going on, I'm just not sure how I feel about it.
I genuinely enjoyed every story in Domination and am already looking forward to my next Pamela Brighton read. So many female domination stories are men's fantasies, designed to play to their arousal, but this is a work of female dominance, female authority, and female control from beginning to end. Be careful what you wish for, but understand that true freedom comes from giving up all control. It's good to find yourself at least a little scared.
Rating: ♀ ♀ ♀ ♀
This sounds like a great collection of stories! I will have to add it to my TBR list :)
ReplyDeleteIt was very well done. You can 'feel' the experience behind it, and the depth of the stories was refreshing.
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