Enchanted: Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women

This group of fairy tales was very steamy and original. It is explicit but written in an old fashioned way that I found extra exciting. Some of the more outstanding stories I thought were Beauty and the Beast, Cat and Mouse, Cinderella, The Empresses' New Clothes and Mirror on the Wall. There are many interesting and validating points made about women in the telling. I see by the reviews that some people did not like these ideas mixed in their erotica. While I'm not sure if I agree with every point made, I thought they gave the stories that same "moral of the story" feeling the original fairy tales had. Maybe that was this author's intention. It made the stories more thought provoking than most erotica I read. In my case it made the stories more enjoyable for me.

I think these stories were wonderful, sensual and charming. They weren't too erotic (which can be a turn off for some) and they helped me out of a "dry spell". The stories were told so well and kept me spellbound, a nice little escape from reality. I look forward to reading more of Nancy Madore's novels. I did get a chance to read "The Twelve Dancing Princesses". I really enoyed that book as well and highly advise anyone to purchase that book also.

Nancy Madore's premise for this collection of erotica was to "free" women sexually and fully engage ourselves as living, sexual beings. In several of the stories, Madore is able to do this very well. But at least half of these stories feel more like the author is preaching at the audience about how culture has corrupted women's image.. This is very clear is the "Mirror on the wall" story. She would sometimes just go off on tangents at the beginning of the book that would bore you, more than intrigue you or even spark discussion. She was too focused on her goal of "teaching" women how to be sexual beings again. I have always loved fairytales and how they have changed to suit the mores of the time, and I love romances/erotic writing, so I appreciated that combination, and will probably buy her follow-up. I just have to be prepared for a little preachiness.

I bought this together with Nancy Madore's other erotic fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses as recommended by Amazon. Both were outstanding but surprisingly different. The tale of the Twelve Dancing Princesses is very relationship oriented while the fairy tales in Enchanted are more for the single girl maybe? I don't know. I am single and I enjoyed both books. Nancy Madore's writing style is pleasant and not at all garish or tacky like some erotica you can find sometimes. It seemed more romantic. Kind of Victorian. The stories were definitely a turn on, but I have to admit, as I kept reading I was more interested in where the author was going with them next. These books were so cleverly written. Once I knew what was going to happen I would go back and read the story again and enjoyed it even more. This was especially true with the Twelve Dancing Princesses. Each princess has her own story. The story starts out with her secret problems with having sex with her husband (some are upset because they can't you know...not sure how to say it on Amazon, but just for all different reasons and some have other problems). These were all problems that regular women would relate to by the way. So as you're reading you're thinking, what the heck is she going to do for this one. But then afterwards you think, brilliant! I feel like I actually learned something from that book. But then in Enchanted you have more focus on kinky sexual fantasies. There are many ideas that get you thinking in Enchanted too. Madore has some interesting things to say about beauty and the body. But mostly, you are getting fantasy, fantasy and more fantasy. The stories were nicely diversified and you didn't feel like you got the same thing twice. Both books are clever, fun, sexual, and are pageturners, but if I were going to pick just one it would have to be the Twelve Dancing Princesses. Either would make a good gift for that woman who loves to read.

Bravo for the way this enchanting book was written! There was not one single dirty word in the book. But don't let that fool you. There is every sexy act you can imagine in here. Well, not everything, but most everything. Lets see, it starts with a very memorable beauty and the beast story, then some bondage in Bluebeard, then came a contest of wills in Cat and Mouse, and then it was on to a little teasing in Cinderella, oh, and we certainly can't forget the random stranger-in-the-dark sex in East/Sun West/Moon, and them came a little wife swapping action in Mrs. Fox, moving on to some exhibition action in Mirror on the Wall, I can't remember them all. What am I missing...there was a menage twa (spelling?)in the Goose Girl, and there was still a few more I think. On and on, as you can see there is a different plot in each of the 13 stories. I enjoyed all of them, but had a few favorites. Most everyone should be able to find something to love in this selection. It has a feel good fairy tale kind of thing to it as you read.