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Laura Antoniou

Autor(a) de The Marketplace

27+ Works 1,588 Membros 40 Reviews 7 Favorited

About the Author

Disambiguation Notice:

(eng) Laura Antoniou is the real name of the author. Some of her work was originally published under the pseudonym, Sara Adamson.

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Séries

Obras de Laura Antoniou

The Marketplace (1993) 367 cópias
The Slave (1994) 249 cópias
The Trainer (1995) 205 cópias
The Academy (1999) 170 cópias
The Reunion (2003) 136 cópias
Leatherwomen (1993) 55 cópias
Some Women (1995) 53 cópias
Looking for Mr. Preston (1995) — Editor — 48 cópias
The Catalyst And Other Works (2004) 35 cópias
Leatherwomen II (1994) 33 cópias
By Her Subdued (1995) 21 cópias
The Catalyst (1992) 19 cópias
No Safewords: A Marketplace Fan Anthology (2013) — Editor — 15 cópias
Best Lesbian Erotica 2015 (2015) — Editor — 13 cópias
Cinema Erotica (2010) 3 cópias
MUSCLEBOUND (2011) 2 cópias
That's Harsh 2 cópias
Scenes from the Marketplace (2013) 2 cópias
Gateways 12 1 exemplar(es)
Christmas Truce 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

Best of the Best Lesbian Erotica (2000) — Contribuinte — 99 cópias
Take Me There: Trans and Genderqueer Erotica (2011) — Contribuinte — 92 cópias
Best Lesbian Erotica 1997 (Annual) (1997) — Contribuinte — 58 cópias
Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey (2012) — Contribuinte — 54 cópias
Best Lesbian Bondage Erotica (2007) — Contribuinte — 50 cópias
Tough Girls: Down and Dirty Dyke Erotica (2001) — Contribuinte — 33 cópias
Erotic Fantastic: The Best of Circlet Press 1992 - 2002 (2003) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
Ritual Sex (1996) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales For Women (1996) — Contribuinte — 21 cópias
Best Bondage Erotica 2014 (2014) — Prefácio, algumas edições13 cópias
S/M Pasts (1995) — Contribuinte — 12 cópias
Leather Ever After: An Anthology of Kinky Fairy Tales (2013) — Prefácio — 8 cópias
Women Who Love Monsters (2018) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Up for Grabs 2: None of the Above (2011) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

Etiquetado

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Antoniou, Laura
Outros nomes
Adamson, Sara (pseudonym)
Data de nascimento
1963
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Aviso de desambiguação
Laura Antoniou is the real name of the author. Some of her work was originally published under the pseudonym, Sara Adamson.

Membros

Resenhas

This book gets no stars because it was SO disappointing. It's supposed to be a full length book, with chapters written by different people. However, I got the feeling that I was reading a book in a series, where I missed the first 2 books. There seemed to be a lot of background stuff going on that I had no idea what it was about, and the characters were drawn very poorly, with no real sense to them at all. The writing, no matter who was doing it, was muddy and disjointed. There was also way too much talking, not enough BDSM. Even those scenes were strange.

To add insult to injury, the printing of the book was off, so that the last 20 pages had blanks, and then different pages followed others, so that I never could get to the real ending!!

What a waste of my money.
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kwskultety | outras 4 resenhas | Jul 4, 2023 |
The author fails in bringing her characters past the first dimension, and in doing so also fails to engineer the change in character of the 4 protagonists, the driving theme of the book. As a novel, this book fails utterly. And in attempting to be a novel, it fails utterly at being porn. It's not impossible; Story of O and Kushiel's Dart both manage to do both. How anyone can appreciate this drivel is beyond me.
 
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mvolz | outras 8 resenhas | Jul 10, 2022 |
While this review indicates a 2017 read date, I bought a copy later on in 2017 and have read it several times since.

2020 review: The previous review still absolutely stands. I've reread the book a few times since then and continue to like it even more. I look forward to it every time I read it. The dynamics between different people are delightful for different reasons. Detectives Feldblum and DeCosta are great together as cops, and I liked seeing a tense partnership for once. I read a lot of mysteries and watch police procedurals, and this is a variant of the typical. I liked how they both put aside their personal differences so smoothly and fluidly, and how dedicated they each were to their jobs. The way their conflict was ultimately handled, I thought was actually done convincingly. Bitsy and Earl had me cheering from page one, as pretty much always. Bitsy and her beau were a -delight- and oh, my heart warmed. I resemble her beau, and like women who resemble Bitsy, so I felt like I had a stake in such representation, as it were. Ravenfyre and her family--there were times I felt so much sympathy for them. There were times I snickered at some plot twists involving them, and I always laugh at the part where several women cheer a certain event that befalls the Ravenfyre family. I would cheer if I was there watching it, too. I'm mean but ohh, front row seating to that drama! Or maybe I'd die of second-hand embarrassment. Not sure. But on the page, it's fun to look forward to. I've really grown to like the bootblacks over time. I want to be Mickey Abraham when I grow up. Every time she laughed, I laughed, or giggled or tittered. I found Trudy to be really annoying for a lot of reasons, but I was happy for Detective Feldblum and intrigued to watch such a cool-headed cop be not so, as she bumped into an ex. I would -not- handle that a tenth of as well as she did.

I liked -how- the plot kept twisting and why. I liked how I had to think, and sometimes I try to piece together the clues. Mostly, because of how the book is so well put-together, I just read on happily.

Original review: This book was wonderful! I laughed a lot while reading it, and every new plot twist sent me spinning. Oh, someone new is suggested to have killed him? I was wrong! I must read more carefully after imagining exactly what happened! I was so grateful that kink culture was portrayed so honestly. I cheered the detectives on. When the author writes another murder mystery, I am sure to read it.
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iszevthere | outras 13 resenhas | Jun 22, 2022 |
Listened to audio narrated well by Elizabeth Jasicki. Heavy BDSM

A Leash Has Two Ends - Grendel, Alex and Rachel take Chris away with them on vacation to use him as they will.

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California Dreaming -

Clocking -

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Kaleigh Lad -

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A Familiar Ring -
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The Man with the Phoenix Tattoo -

Inside Straight -

Zoom in -
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Marcado
wyldheartreads | Jun 20, 2019 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
27
Also by
16
Membros
1,588
Popularidade
#16,243
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
40
ISBNs
55
Favorito
7

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