Editor: Maxim Jakubowski
Rating: NC-17
A big city can express its soul in many things: old cathedrals and modern high-rises, street fashions and popular slang, downtown boutiques and fringe supermarkets, theater repertoires and radio broadcasts, sedate libraries and neon nightclubs, to name only a few.
But first and foremost, every metropolis is built up by its past and present denizens, old-timers and newcomers, residents with roots and migrants in transit. Sex and sexuality are a defining part of a human personality, and the same holds true for a big city’s charisma.
This book in the Sex in the City series shows the Big Apple through the prism of sex. The kaleidoscope of human characters and stories is riveting: a freewheeling party life of the pre-AIDS era, nostalgic encounters with the past, a bittersweet trans-Atlantic love, a long-married couple fulfilling their fantasy, a girl’s misjudgment of her boyfriend about to propose her, a poor immigrant’s obsessive fixations, and many more.
As with any anthology, some stories captivated me, and some didn’t resonate as much with me. Overall, it was a delightful read that went well with a glass of red Bordeaux, cushy pillows and my cat, Jerry, purring by my side.
Once this book is in your hands or on your e-reader, you would be certain to find stories that would tug at your heart’s strings, thrill and excite you.
My rating: four lilies out of five.
Available in print and Kindle format at Amazon.com, and in PDF and Epub formats at Xcite Books.
Titles and authors included in the anthology:
Gotham Sex by Donna George Storey
A Washington Square Romance by Maxim Jakubowski
Cell Mates by Polly Frost
The Same Fifty Taxis by Jeremy Edwards
Obit for Lynn by Tsaurah Litzky
Two Natures by Shanna Germain
Sophia in Astoria by Thom Gautier
Park Suite by D.L. King
Passion Hack by Michael Hemmingson
Woman in White by Lisabet Sarai
Manhattan Booty Call by Thomas S. Roche
New York Electric by Cara Bruce
Cell by Ira Miller
