Name: Jude Silberfeld's review of Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year by Sinclair Sexsmith
Item: Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year
Rating: 4
Author: Jude Silberfeld

Sinclair Sexsmith

A mysterious warrior at the Renaissance Faire. An elder reunited with a lost love. A bottom with chronic pain. A new play party for a long-term couple. A fantasy speed-dating night. A dress-up doll. A femme gangbang... Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year, Volume 4 has it all! Written by a refreshing group of individuals of various genders and sexualities, this arousing anthology explores identities and stories beyond the usual lesbian erotica. A diverse group of multi-talented authors explore a myriad of erotic delights: from fruit to silk scarves to spanking to whips, from the cozy home to the leather dungeon to the wrong side of the tracks. Award-winning editor Sinclair Sexsmith has put together a collection of varied sensual textures and flavors, but they all explore what it feels like to step fully into one’s own power, and feel deeply into one’s own body.

Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year

Matthew Bischoff

Jude Silberfeld

I’m a little out of my league with this anthology so I’m not going to review in details. Let’s just say it was interesting, troubling and enlightening. And hot, of course. I enjoyed the diversity of characters – trans women, older women, non-binary characters, characters on the autistic spectrum… – and situations. One of the stories is all kink and no sex, and it’s nice to see that kind of action included too.

My favourite story, the one that touched me the most, is Pleasure with Her Pain by Ada Lowell, in which one of the characters suffers from fibromyalgia. I loved how her lover finds ways to give her relief from the pain from the chronic illness so she can get back to the pleasurable pain their play used to bring her.

I wrote above how much I loved the inclusivity, another feeling I got was how these stories are essentially about intimacy and how each character relates to their own body (some learning to love them, others already – or still – very at ease with themselves). My main regret is the lack of trigger warnings. With such a variety of stories, you don’t know what you’re getting into when you start on a new one, and it might be a problem for some readers. Despite this, consent is always clear, trust is paramount, as is safety, and there’s a lot more love than I expected to encounter. 

I received a copy from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving a review.

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