{"id":1078,"date":"2010-07-03T08:19:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T13:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2010-07-03T08:27:57","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T13:27:57","slug":"kuma-recommends-this-is-how-we-do-it-by-d-alexandria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Kuma Recommends&#8230; This Is How We Do It by D. Alexandria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalexandria.com\/This_Is_How_We_Do_It.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1003 aligncenter\" title=\"BookCover - Promo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/BookCover-Promo-213x300.jpg?resize=213%2C300\" alt=\"This Is How We Do It\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you were a regular Kuma reader, you are already familiar with the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalexandria.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">D. Alexandria<\/a> (aka Glitter or, if you go waaay back in the archive, aka Pandora). So the following review should come as no surprise. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalexandria.com\/This_Is_How_We_Do_It.html\" target=\"_self\">This is How We Do It: A Raw Mix Of Lesbian Erotica<\/a> is one of the best solo collections of erotica we&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure of reading. D. Alexandria deals with taboos and her writing is quite provocative. So, yes, the sex is steamy and hot.<\/p>\n<p>What gives the stories their power and passion,though, are the wonderfully developed characters. They are not one dimensional stereotypes who&#8217;s only purpose is to set up the next explicit action. Whether the sex is a casual encounter in a club, a couple expressing the ultimate commitment to each other, or involves a stud trying to come to terms with her desires, the interplay between all parties involved just sizzles.<\/p>\n<p>An added touch is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalexandria.com\/This_Is_How_We_Do_It.html\" target=\"_blank\">This Is How We Do It<\/a> is dedicated to <strong><em>you<\/em><\/strong>&#8211;the Kuma readers and fans who through the years have encouraged <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalexandria.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">D. Alexandria<\/a> to continue dipping her pen in the ink.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Verdict:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dalexandria.com\/This_Is_How_We_Do_It.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buy it!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you were a regular Kuma reader, you are already familiar with the work of D. Alexandria (aka Glitter or, if you go waaay back in the archive, aka Pandora). So the following review should come as no surprise. \ud83d\ude42 This is How We Do It: A Raw Mix Of Lesbian Erotica is one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMmJz-ho","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1004,"url":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=1004","url_meta":{"origin":1078,"position":0},"title":"This Is How We Do It by D. 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