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aletolgirl's review against another edition
3.0
"Love is sometimes like being lost in the heart of the deep, without direction - but in itself, ironically, also its own strange compass. Love is immense. Love is borderless. Love is not a thing to be confined in a little room: it needs the expansiveness of oceans."
Written by Shakira Sison and Sir [a:Ian Rosales Casocot|5068071|Ian Rosales Casocot|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1314427251p2/5068071.jpg], [b:Don’t Tell Anyone|36250559|Don’t Tell Anyone|Ian Rosales Casocot|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1505576783s/36250559.jpg|57898496] unapologetically brings to you 12 short stories of same-sex smut. It is separated into two parts: starting with stories about women loving women by Sison, followed by Sir Ian's stories of men loving men. It's about love - in all its forms - including heartbreak, as well. In fact, these stories are so real and raw that they might even make you blush.
That said, I definitely preferred Sir Ian's stories more - and I'm not just saying that because he was my professor in college. (Hi, Sir! Hehehehe). Their stories were great, actually, but there was just something significantly different about Sir Ian's writing style. His stories were more emotional and heartwarming peppered with sexual encounters, whereas Sison's was composed of raw, straight up fucking. In a way, there's something for everybody, whether you prefer the former or the latter.
However, as someone who is within the ace spectrum of the rainbow, I had a hard time relating to the characters because lusting over people isn't a normal occurrence for me. That said, it definitely was very interesting to read about lesbian and gay relationships, and all its ups and downs. At the end of the day, as Lin-Manuel Miranda once said, "love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love..."
Written by Shakira Sison and Sir [a:Ian Rosales Casocot|5068071|Ian Rosales Casocot|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1314427251p2/5068071.jpg], [b:Don’t Tell Anyone|36250559|Don’t Tell Anyone|Ian Rosales Casocot|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1505576783s/36250559.jpg|57898496] unapologetically brings to you 12 short stories of same-sex smut. It is separated into two parts: starting with stories about women loving women by Sison, followed by Sir Ian's stories of men loving men. It's about love - in all its forms - including heartbreak, as well. In fact, these stories are so real and raw that they might even make you blush.
That said, I definitely preferred Sir Ian's stories more - and I'm not just saying that because he was my professor in college. (Hi, Sir! Hehehehe). Their stories were great, actually, but there was just something significantly different about Sir Ian's writing style. His stories were more emotional and heartwarming peppered with sexual encounters, whereas Sison's was composed of raw, straight up fucking. In a way, there's something for everybody, whether you prefer the former or the latter.
However, as someone who is within the ace spectrum of the rainbow, I had a hard time relating to the characters because lusting over people isn't a normal occurrence for me. That said, it definitely was very interesting to read about lesbian and gay relationships, and all its ups and downs. At the end of the day, as Lin-Manuel Miranda once said, "love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love..."
jeeleongkoh's review
4.0
Written by Ian Rosales Casocot and Shakira Andrea Sison, this anthology of "literary smut," as its subtitle has it, is superior erotica. Both authors are seasoned writers and award winners, but we all know how easy it is to write badly about sex. Casocot avoids the pitfall deftly by experimenting in literary form. "Road Trip" is told backwards, from climax to set-up. "Tell Him" is written mostly through dialogue. "The Thank You Girl" is all foreplay--so, so tantalizing. The highlight of his section is surely his much-anthologized story "The Boys From Rizal Street," which acquires its sexiness through sameness and difference. The form of these stories serves the sex but it is also true that the sex inspires the form.
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