I'm a big reader of all sorts of smut, but often feel disappointed that so many books about kink have male dominants and female submissives. I mean, yay, glad that works out for some people, but that's not really my thing most of the time.

Imagine my joy upon picking up excellent editor Rachel Kramer Bussel's "Best Bondage Erotica 2012", a collection of stories that will leave you squirming in your seat if you like ropes, cuffs and chains. Particularly exciting for me was that so many of the stories would involve female dominants and male submissives! Also notable- sexy shirtless dude on the cover (sadly faceless, and along with an alt Domme in traditional Mistresswear, but still). There were other stories, with other combinations (including not only a F/f story, but a M/m, which was delightful and too rare), but there were more female dominant stories that I've usually encountered. And the stories were lovely, creative, and very sexy. I got some ideas while reading, which is always nice- it's fun to combine brainstorming with masturbating.

A couple of stories about self-bondage even inspired me to play around a little with my Hello Kitty duct tape!

My only pout came about that out of so many female dominant stories, only a couple involved penetrative sex, which is what I like with my boy. But small steps- seeing stories with female dominants mixed into a kink anthology, not just relegated to a Femdom anthology, was very pleasing, and the fact that not all the stories had the "I'm a dominant woman and your cock is useless to me" trope made me happy. I like fucking the hell out of my boy while he's held down or restrained and that's sexy to me. Maybe I should submit stories to these things?

Ultimately I think this is an excellent collection. You don't have to be into bondage to enjoy it- I'm not a bondage kinkster but I like a bit of it, and I found these to be sexy stories about power exchange generally. Whatever your orientation, you'll find something to excite your imagination! Thanks Rachel for sending me a copy to review- pick up your own copy at Cleis Press!