Threesome - erotic book by Triad Press - review by KinkyShay

Threesome is a book, obviously, about how to enact your fantasy of getting that third person to join you and your partner in bed. It includes topics such as why you've failed in this endeavor in the past, bisexual and "bi-curious" women, how to get them to find each other, and why they are in high demand, how to convince female friends to join you in bed, how to meet the third person, and the different methods of communicating (email, personal ads, pagers, coded ads), setting the stage for a rendezvous, and setting the mood. This book is largely written for a female audience, understanding a women as a third person in bed, and learning what they want from a threesome.

The author coins the acronyms Queen MAT(one woman, two men) and King MAT (one man, two women), and includes a chapter in the book elaborating on each style, the good and the bad, and helpful hints.

This book fell short in many ways. There are barely two sentences that address bisexual males and their desires for threesome. The majority of the book is focused on approaching women, which is highly offensive, especially since there is nothing written on the back cover that explains that it caters mostly to the heterosexual MALE population. The double standard about bisexuality - it's great for women to be but not so acceptable for men, is infuriating and this book reinforces it.

The author's writing style didn't draw me in. This book took me much longer to complete than I expected. I was excited to get it in the mail but it didn't hold my interest like I assumed it would. I found myself glazing over repeatedly. Granted, I've had my share of threesomes, so I'm not a newbie to the idea, which may have come into play, but I'm sure I can learn more about how to successfully have a threesome and this book didn't teach me anything.

I was put off by the way the author coached men to say the right thing to their partners in order to get them softer to the idea of threesomes. One example is to show your partner some girl on girl erotica and when she asks what you like best, tell her it's how tenderly the women touch each other and that they seem more caring than men. So, in other words lie to your partner.

There were ridiculously brief chapters on important topics such as jealousy, sexual positions, strap-ons, and if it was in the book it was so fleeting I missed it - the all important information on STDs and how to protect yourself.

I can't say that this book helped me in any way towards the goal of threesomes. As someone who is part of the BDSM and polyamory community, I find those around me to be honest, open, communicative, and adventurous. The methods of deceit or "convincing" a partner to have a threesome are unnecessary.

Nothing dramatically changed my mind over time since reading this book. In fact, I've pretty much done the opposite of what this book purports as the way to get yourself into a threesome. I'm honest with my partners. We communicate clearly, and a lot.

I still find it a ridiculous double standard to not offer any information to bisexual men as far as how to fulfill a threesome fantasy. This book is on its way out of my house.