SUMMARY: Jason wants to share Kim, his wife, with Dave, his best friend. She is resistant, when he first suggests that she sleep with Dave, and does not mellow to his desire very quickly.

COMMENTARY: What I liked about this story are its exhibitionist elements and the build up to its inevitable, climactic scene. I enjoyed the dilemma that Jason was faced with, as long as he was not discussing it with Kim or trying to rationalize it in his own mind. It was at those times that I felt the story took a turn south. I liked the sex and the sexual situations; they were hot.

As I have already mentioned, I did not care for the discussions that Jason and Kim had about her sleeping with Dave. They seem longer than need be. Each time the subject was brought up it seemed to be a rehashing of the last discussion they had on the topic. I did not get much, if anything, out of hearing them replay their arguments regarding why she should or should not sleep with his best friend.

On a slightly different note, there is one angle of this story that turned me off: Jason's insistence that Kim sleep with Dave. It seemed silly and at the same time it made me uncomfortable. Personally, I would have been more at ease if Jason had taken a subtler approach. I suppose it wouldn't be quite the same story, but that's how I feel.

I suppose the review should end here, but there is still something bothering me. It has to do with the review itself. Specifically, I have had an easier time quantifying that which I did not like about this story than that which I did. Please do NOT take this as an indication that I did not enjoy it. I DID enjoy it; I'm just not wild about it. Thumbs up, but not enthusiastically so.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.0 (out of 10)

• Arousal: 4/5
• Editing: 5/5
• Plot and Characters: 3/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Very Good

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