Alison's WonderlandAn Erotic Collection Edited by Alison Tyler

Spice Books  Bound Galley Edition April 2010, 407 pages.

I received this as an e- book for review via NetGalley.com, no remuneration was made to me in exchange for this review.


Read July 4 - 5, 2010


Hot and Steamy Stories.


I have read other collections of eroticized  fairy tales and not been impressed with the quality or the temperature.  So, I figured this would be more of the same.  I was wrong.  This collection features stories loosely or closely tied to the actual fairy tale -- in some cases I was unable to determine what fairy tale was being adapted.  Which was fine by me; fairy tales are such that we seldom rely on character development or in a adaptation, back story.  There are about 27 adapted or new tales in Alison's Wonderland and they are all well-crafted. There's a slutty Snow White told from the Queen's POV.  The Three Billy Goats Gruff will have you looking at painters differently, a dominating Belle turns Beauty and the Beast on his (yes, his) ear, and let's say that at some brand-name theme parks with a certain mouse mascot, the shortest route may not always be straight. In the other anthology I read recently, Nancy Madore's Enchanted, I felt the stories hinted at erotica, but were tepid.  Alison's Wonderland does not have that issue.  Each story is as hot as it gets and while these may be intended for bedside  reading, they certainly aren't for children.


I really enjoyed this collection and would recommend it for anyone whose interest in fantasy has outgrown the fairy tales of their childhood and replaced it with fantasy of a more adult variety.  Five out of five on any scale!
Find Allison online at http://alisontyler.blogspot.com/ .  No mythical creatures were harmed writing this review!