Carrie's Story - erotic book by Cleis Press Inc. - review by Waterfall

This novel was written by Molly Weatherfield. I do not have any previous experience with this author, but her writing style makes me eager to read Safe Word, which is the sequel to this book.

Carrie's Story is about a young woman and her "initiation" and progress in the world of S&M as a slave. It opens up with her master, named Jonathan, telling her that he wants to sell her. The story then goes back to the beginning to discuss how they met. It continues with how he "trained" her and the intense pony training she, and a group of other females, had to endure in order to be sold at an auction. Throughout all the training I kept wondering about whether Jonathan would be able to sell her and what would come of their relationship. I don't want to tell you what happened, so you will have to read it for yourself.

I feel like I learned a lot about some of the intense examples of what goes on with this type of "lifestyle" and sexual play. I personally have no experience with any of this, so it was interesting to get details about pony training and other aspects about slave life. Anyone who is new to this will learn something, although I am not sure how realistically this one is written because as I mentioned, I have no experience in this area.

The story is told through the voice of Carrie, the main character, and tells the reader a lot about her thought process toward the whole ordeal. I really enjoy knowing what goes on in the characters' heads when I read a novel, and with this type of book I found it very enjoyable. It was especially interesting to see how Carrie felt during the whole week that she spent at the farm/ranch going through intense pony training. Some people may not enjoy the fact that although there are a good amount of arousing erotic scenes throughout the story, they are not the entire focus of the book. If you are looking for constant sexual scenes then this may not be the book for you.

This book is a standard paperback size. It has a glossy cover with a picture of the back side of a woman who is on her knees shackled to something. You can see her uncovered ass, so this one is not discreet for reading on the morning or evening commute if you take the bus/subway. If people happen to miss the ass, they might also see the large "An Erotic S/M Novel" description on the front as well. I have not had this one for very long, but I have had it in different bags and it has held up well.

This novel offered, for me, a nice combination of erotic scenes and information about one type of S&M lifestyle. I wasn't sure how much I would like this, but I found it pretty arousing and it was a very easy read for me.

As I was reading Carrie's Story I was thinking a lot about whether I could see myself in Carrie's position. Some of it was very arousing and sounded interesting, particularly her early time spent with Jonathan. However, I could not see myself making it through the pony training without running away and forgetting the whole arrangement. Even though this part isn't something I would do, I still found it a turn on to read about. This was a book that I really liked and if I had friends who were into reading about something like this then I would definitely recommend it.