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Awakening
Author:Kitty Thomas
Published on 2011-08-25 by Burlesque Press

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This work is dark literary erotica, not romance. If any romance genre conventions seem to be followed it is purely coincidence. DESCRIPTION: Nerina has lived all her life as a mermaid, fascinated by humans and land but also repulsed by sex and unable to understand love. Her curiosity gets her captured by a human male intent on awakening her lust and turning her human. But Nerina doesn’t believe the legend is real and fears Kyros will kill her when he learns she can’t transform. This work is a novella of 21,500 words which will take the average reader 1 to 2 hours to read, depending on personal reading speed. What Readers are Saying About Awakening: |Kitty Thomas is such a fantastic author! I have yet to be even a little disappointed in anything she has written. She just keeps dazzling me with every story she puts out.| -Larissa's Bookish Life |This was a fun, sexy, dark but not too dark read. My favorite story by Kitty Thomas so far. My only complaint is it's a novella and ends just as I was getting really interested!| -Jen M |Ms. Kitty has a talent for character depth and portraying the master/slave relationship in its many levels. Awakening is another accomplishment to this fact, even at just over 21,000 words. It was a quick read, but it was by no means a gloss-over tale. It does, however, falter from her normal dark tales; yes, it is a story of captivity, but it is more of a romantic adult fairy tale than it is of dark erotic fiction. I would recommend this to any fans and readers of the romance genre, and promote this as a Kitty Thomas Beginner-Book for those wanting a taste of Ms. Thomas' writing style without the heavy, more in-depth studies on the master/slave relationship.| -tCj |Awakening was a beautifully written erotic mermaid fairy tale and gets 4.5 stars.| -AsianCocoa | `Awakening' is the new novella from dark literary erotica author, Kitty Thomas. I love Kitty Thomas. Everything she writes is a delightfully dark delicacy and `Awakening' is more of the same. In the past, Thomas has written to the extremes of BDSM and fetishism. From captive/torturer plots to an island community dedicated to the master/slave dynamic. By comparison, `Awakening' is tame-Kitty. The 21,500-word novella is sort of Kitty-lite, and would be a great `beginners' novel for those who want to dip their toes in the pool of darker erotica. `Awakening' definitely leans toward the more `literary' end of Thomas's usual literary-erotica genre. The novella is based around the idea of transformation and contradiction - mermaid to human, sea to land, innocence to guiltiness. Thomas explores these concepts through the ancient mythology of mermaids, who are in themselves a contradiction. On the one hand they are sexless - fins instead of genitalia. Yet, sea nymphs and sirens have been written as lurers of men to their watery graves.| -Dee18 |Just as the statement in the blurb states, this is one of Kitty's more |tamer| short story creations, perfect for someone who doesn't want a heavy Master/slave read, but still wants the concepts and |feeling| of one there. Awakening is also the most romantic of Kitty's stories; there's almost a lighter feel to the literary atmosphere. And it's simply fantastic!!| - Among the Muses |I liked the idea of using arousal as a method for transformation. As far as erotic plot devices go, I thought this one was quite successful--it's unique and makes for beautiful imagery. The author at least starts to explore the master/slave relationship and skims the surface behind the psychology of that on both sides. It certainly isn't a complete exploration, but it's as much as I can expect in such a short story.| - Chelsea Marie Spencer |I would describe the book as gentle or mild erotica with flavors of Dominance and Submission.| - Cphe More dark literary erotica by Kitty Thomas: dark erotic novels: Comfort Food Guilty Pleasures Tender Mercies The Last Girl (latest release) Submissive Fairy Tales Big Sky Mafia Captive Blood Mate Dark Erotic Novellas: The Auction The King's Pleasure Awakening Note: This work is not 50 Shades of Grey, however, if you enjoy work like 50 Shades of Grey, you may also enjoy Kitty Thomas' dark erotica. If you like Kitty Thomas, consider trying some of these other great authors: CJ Roberts, Tiffany Reisz, Annabel Joseph, Pepper Winters, Anna Zaires, Aleatha Romig, Skye Warren, Cherise Sinclair Kitty writes dark literary erotica, usually with a kinky master/slave theme and a hint of bdsm and captive erotica elements.