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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Plume Catalog: Book Release date: 1999-05-01 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 256 Ean: 9780452281431 Book Isbn: 0452281431  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthors:
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An erotic novel of discipline, love, and surrender for the enjoyment of men and women. This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village," as her education in love, cruelty, dominance, submission, and tenderness is turned over to the brazenly handsome Captain of the Guard. And once again Rice's fabulous tale of pleasure and pain dares to explore the most primal and well-hidden desires of the human heart. Read by Genvieve Bevier and Winthrop Eliot. |
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 Written on February 13, 2006 Summary: Better Than The First I really enjoyed this book...much more so than I did the first one. I think one reason I liked it better was because of the village setting. The village people seemed more "real," and while the punishments were still degrading and dehumanizing, at least they were somewhat functional...such as cleaning, harvesting, pulling carts, etc...rather than the senseless tasks the slaves were made to perform at the castle. I found the scenes to be much more arousing in this one than in the first. And a lot of focus was given on the internal workings of Tristan and Beauty's minds, which was very interesting. The scenes involving Tristan and his Master Nicolas are not to be missed - both the sexual and non-sexual. They are excellent. I only wished the ending had turned out differently. I was looking forward to more development of the relationship between Nicolas and Tristan, and more scenes invloving Beauty and the Captain and Mistress Lockley. It seems they had barely gotten settled in before they were whisked away. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to the final installment of this series. Written on September 30, 2005 Summary: unexpected I wasn't prepared for all the detailed male action. But still found I was able to finish the book. Written on April 10, 2005 Summary: A great erotic and psychlogical read!! I agree with the reviewer who said this is way beyond the punishment and well into the psyche of these tortured slaves. I found especially captivating the love Tristan developed for his master - it was really deep - you truly felt bad for him when they were captured because Tristan was resigned to staying in the village for many years. Beauty is not quite sure of what to make of Tristan through his village experience - she is not quite so "in love" with her masters. I would imagine that you could read many books supposedly of this same type and not ever would they come up to the standards set by Rice in these 3 books. And this book might be the best of the three - it sure was intriguing and quite and emotional read for me!! Written on January 1, 2005 Summary: The Best of the Three Yes, I truly do think that this book is the best of the three for numerous reasons. A lot of people reviewing this book have expressed that they were, shall we say, uncomforatble about the bi-sexuality in it. If they have read any of Rice's previous books, then what are they so shocked about? You know she is going to turn it all around, don't you? You know that she is going to make her characters experience everything in every way possible. Yet some people still squirm at that simple thought. All I can do is shake my head. I am a super-straight single female. But I am not afraid to admit that this books is pretty hot. Yes, some things could never happen that way in real life, but that is why it's FANTASY. The relationship that I found particularily touching is the one forming between Tristian and his new master. At first I really hated him for being so cruel to Tristian, but after a certain bedroom scene...I changed my mind. I mean, they are falling in love. A strange kind of love, but it really suckered me into it. The way they interact as master and slave works for them, cause they both love what they are doing. His master loves punishing him, and Tristian loves to suffer for his master. In the end, it's very sweet. Now, whenever Tristian got punished by his master, I got really turned on because I knew that it meant more. I recognized a lot of changes in Beauty as well. She really loves being punished now, doesn't she? In the first book she felt so humiliated and scared and unable to confirm to any commands, but now she understands pretty much everything, and she honeslty adores it! I mean, I would too, all under those beautiful men's attentions... All in all, this book was the best becuase it explained Tristian so well -- it was almost like I could see into his soul. And because of Beauty's changes. Those of you that wanted more reason and a sense of realism, do keep in mind that you are reading an EROTICA fantasy novel, so stop preaching morals as if you were a priest, and stop critiquing it like it's supposed to be an Emily Dickison poem. For what it is, Beauty's Punishment is turly a great achievement.  Written on December 4, 2004 Summary: Same old spankings I was disappointed in "the Claiming of Sleeping Beauty", the first book of this trilogy. I thought the book had too thin a plot, poor character development, and so many spankings that I was bored half way through. However, I thought that since it was part of a trilogy that maybe I should read the second book to see if the plot develops and whether the characters become more complex as the story unfolds. Unfortunately, I was disappointed again. The story line remains thin with the characters falling into sexual situation after situation, never gaining much insight. There is a twist of plot that bears mentioning. In the first novel, Beauty is a slave in a palace. However due to her rebelliousness she is sold as a slave to villagers. Also sold is the rebellious Prince Tristan. Tristan's master is Nicholas and a male to male sexual power struggle actually becomes the focus of much of the second novel. This section brought up two issues for me. First, Rice seems to see sexuality and sexual orientation as extremely fluid. She assumes bi-sexuality to be a prevalent natural state of the human condition. In this regard she is similar to many sexual theorists. She never dwells on this however, she just assumes bi-sexuality to be normative and goes on from there. Second, this leads to her bisexual characters becoming focused on the drama of relationship power dynamics. In the relationship between Nicholas and Tristan she allows the reader to see some change in the characters as Tristan moves from rebellion to submission on his own terms while she also reveals the thoughts of Nicholas as he becomes more emotionally involved as Tristan's vulnerability increases. Finally she allows two characters to change over time in relationship with each other and their interactions. In the end, I still expected the plot to "thicken", for events to challenge the characters. I expected the characters to develop psychologically. In the end the second book was equal to the first, undeveloped and never reaching the level of good literature. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1999-05-01 | 1999-05-01 | 1999-05-01 | 1981-05-12 | 2006-07-01 | 2007-09-25 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 256 | 238 | 272 | 204 | 256 | 384 |
| Ean | 9780452281431 | 9780452281455 | 9780452281424 | 9780345301116 | 9780373605095 | 9780061233494 |
| Book Isbn | 0452281431 | 0452281458 | 0452281423 | 0345301110 | 0373605099 | 0061233498 |
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