Snowbound: White Wedding by Cat Marsters
Changeling Press
Contemporary, Paranormal
Short Story, M/F
Review by Daisy

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I really enjoyed White Wedding! Although it’s going to be difficult to review without either revealing spoilers or getting the Billy Idol song stuck in my head. I’ve failed on the second count but I’ll try not to on the first.

Ms. Marsters did a really great job of layering in plot, character, a little world building, humor and lots of erotic elements into a 14-page short story. The story had a good balance to it so that the reader is satisfied at the end, but isn’t overwhelmed with a bunch of exposition.

White Wedding is written in a first person perspective and the protagonist has this light, wry, slightly ribald tone that really makes the prose sparkle. Her stance on the setting: “Snow and me are unmixy things.” Thermal underwear: “It might be practical, but it’s not hella sexy, is it?” On the wedding night: “Consummate me like you’ve never consummated before.” She had me giggling and alternately fanning myself from beginning to end.

Part of the plot dealt with a secret the protagonist was keeping from her new husband. There was a point in the story where the protagonist had to deal with this. I was a bit confused at this point because, the way the scene was written hinted that the event that prompted the plot point had happened before. And I wondered why the previous events didn’t have the same effect.

This didn’t stop me from thoroughly enjoying the story, though. White Wedding is a fun romp, just right for a quick coffee break or some light before bed reading. For the tone alone, I would recommend this short to fans of Maryjanice Davidson and all readers of erotic paranormals.