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Literature, not pornography

Linney's "Blue: the Color of Desire" is absolutely one of the best pieces of erotic literature I've ever read.

Using poetic language, taut symbolism, and exquisite imagination, Linney tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with her English professor -- a man called only "Sir" throughout the book. Their desires turn out to be dark, painful, and tinged with blue. Blue? Yes, blue:
Blue as in erotic.
Blue as in the sadness and pain of unfulfilled sensual longing.
Blue as in bruised. Black and blue.
Blue is also the name the young woman takes for herself at the start of her journey.

There really is no good way to descibe the plot; we see a series of episodes or vignettes which highlight the shifting dynamic between Blue and Sir as their relationship progresses. There are notes and emails, short-story-style fantasies, and brief torture scenes. Nothing is extraneous, nor is anything too brief to convey a specific feeling. As in a BSDM relationship, we are allowed into the mind of the submissive, Blue, but Sir remains somewhat distant, an enticing mystery.

This book is not adventure-smut or porn to read while you're home by yourself on a lonely Saturday. If you're just looking for a hot story with a great plot, try Laura Antoniou's "The Marketplace" series, or Chelsea Shepard's "Two Moons" series -- both of which are quality writing, something of which the world of BDSM fiction needs MUCH more.

"Blue," however, is literature, and it should be read slowly, carefully. It should be savored, so that the nuances of the writing can seep into you. The relationship between Blue and Sir is truly unconventional, even in the world of power-exchange. Linney pushes the boundries of what can be called an "erotic relationship."

I *highly* recommend this book, and I sincerely hope that Linney (and his blue muse) try writing erotica again in the near future.


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tight poetic writing

Wow - I received this book and "Many Kisses" in the same shipment...and still haven't recovered! Hot, powerful, tight poetic writing about BDSM in both, yet they're completely different in style and content. "Blue" is inventive and fairly short, but not in that trendy way (a few words on a page), more in the style of a man telling a story he'd... almost rather not tell.

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