The Governess
For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).
| The Governess | |
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 The Governess eBook Cover, written by Lady T.L. Jennings | |
| Author(s) | Lady T.L. Jennings |
| Series | Lust and Lace |
| Publisher | Lady T.L. Jennings |
| Publication date | August 30, 2011 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 14 Pages |
| ASIN | B005KDCHFI |
The Governess is an eBook written by Lady T.L. Jennings. It is the eighth story from Lust and Lace, a Victorian Romance and Erotic short story collection. In this work one of the characters appears to be a Succubus if not in form at least in action. Glowing eyes and a semblance of mind control are very similar to that used by Succubi. As well the overall setting, being in Victorian times, lends credence to the assumption that this character is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: The Governess
- Author: Lady T.L. Jennings
- Published By: Lady T.L. Jennings
- Length: 14 Pages
- Format: eBook
- ASIN: B005KDCHFI
- Publishing Date: August 30, 2011
Plot Summary
During the winter holidays Ethan is returning home to his family’s estate in the remote part of England, close to the Scottish border. After a family argument he goes to sleep half-drunk, however, in the middle of the night he receives an unexpected nightly visitor in his private bedchamber.
Book Review
The following review was originally published on Tera's Blog, A Succubi's Tale on May 20, 2012
First and foremost, I can’t say with certainty that there is a succubus in this story. There are hints of that being true, but there isn’t a point at which I can point at words on the page and say, yes, they did write the word succubus here, so she must be one then.
This story is taken from Lust and Lace, a Victorian Romance and Erotic short story collection. In the story one of the characters appears to be a succubus if not in form at least in action. Glowing eyes and a semblance of mind control are very similar to that used by Succubi. As well, the overall setting, being in Victorian times, lends credence to the assumption that this character is a succubus.
But, again, it isn’t spelled out exactly and perhaps that is the point of the work. You have to make up your own mind what she is and what she is doing from descriptions that aren’t exactly clear for the first part, and being that the thoughts and words in the story are set in Victorian times, you can get sidetracked into the meaning of the words and not the actions of the characters.
I can also say that we don’t see horns or a tail on the character and so that blurs things further, though the eeriness of her appearance at night and what she claims make it almost a certainty that she is one.
I’ve read the rest of the stories in Lust and Lace, and she never appears again in the book. Each stories is in it’s own world in that way, which brings some interesting ideas together overall. But if you are looking for the modern actions of a succubus, removing of souls or other similar things, it doesn’t happen in this work.
The writer knows the Victorian age well, of that there is no doubt. The words and actions are right, the settings are right, it all makes sense from a historical perspective. But, and this is what as I have said I have issues with, the language of the past read in the present seems odd and it occasionally trips the reader up I think.
I’m giving this work three pitchforks out of five.
I should have liked to know for certain if she was a succubus or not, I would have liked a longer story than it was, and I would have liked more detail and background of the characters, perhaps from the succubus’ view…
It would have made this more interesting a read I think…