The Parlor
N.T. Morley
Fanny Press [link to buy]
ISBN-10: 160381406X
ISBN-13: 978-1603814065
Rating: 5 out of 5 paddles
Kathryn enters into a contract as a slave for a year. She starts her journey in the parlor of her new Mistress.
Sarah, Kathryn’s Mistress is a sadist that loves to humiliate and torture her slaves. She does take it to the edge because the contract spells out no permanent damage, though Kathryn agrees to be branded. Kathryn slowly succumbs to Sarah’s spell, not realizing until the last week exactly what Sarah is.
I know there are those that enjoy the type of humiliation and torture that Sarah met out to Kathryn. However, some of the scenes did disturb me; in part I’m sure, is that I am not into humiliation or major pain. Of course there are no safe words, and the contract seemed to be very thorough in what would be acceptable in these circumstances. I do have to say that the author painted some very vivid pictures with her words and at times you could picture yourself in the parlor. A lot of the training takes place in the parlor and the reader finds out that this is where most of Sarah’s slaves are trained. There are a parade of scenes with various people that Sarah chooses to help train Kathryn, some that did leave me wincing, and one ‘punishment’ that was extremely imaginative.
Toward the end of the book, you do start to get hints that Sarah isn’t human, but you don’t know for sure until later. The ending did surprise me a little, so be prepared for a slight twist. I also suggest that a reader get very comfortable while reading this, as you may not want to surface for a while.
