Green Fever Dream Book Two Blackstone by Justine G.
Story Rating: 5 out of 5 paddles
Sting FActor (kink): 5 out of 5
Review:
It is possible readers will remember that the first volume in this series, Red Monolith Frenzy, garnered my highest praise for being a brilliant erotic parody of the weird fiction genre. It was – and remains – the funniest book I’ve read in a very long time, and I still highly recommend it.
Justine, a powerful sorceress and priestess of the Black Stone, flees Europe, pursued by police, and winds up in London with a brand-new acolyte. Together they rake the deliciously seedy underbelly of London’s night life for their prey, and soon discover – or does it discover them? – a bizarre spa that masks a kink club that masks an unspeakable horror. Justine and Snow kind of specialize in unspeakable horror, so it seems like a good match. Crazy sex magic with depraved cultists ensues.
This second installment stands on its own very well. Again, the language is spot-on, sharp as a knife. The book is a pleasure to read, and it went very quickly – I only put it down except when I literally had to. Once.
It’s more serious in tone than the first, and as odd as it is saying this given the events of the first, it’s darker. I was much more engaged with the characters this time, especially Justine’s acolyte, Snow, who was thoroughly charming in a total-pervert way. The relationship between Snow and Justine was a moving, believable one, and the emotional twists it took genuinely got to me on a visceral level.

