This short erotic novel by Tina Collins captures the imagination and plunges you into a number of different worlds full of rather creepy and sexual scenarios. Sing the Blues is not for the faint of heart. Within the first few pages, there is a graphic gang bang and a threesome. The characters were surprising well developed, which I believe separates this from your average run-of-the-mill harlequin novel. It is a short book, which I found pleasantly refreshing. Collins writes in a very blunt and to-the-point style that leaves the reader with a detailed picture of exactly what is going on.
I will admit the first two chapters confused me a bit. I originally thought that this novel would be one continuous story, but I discovered quickly that Sing the Blues is an anthology of short erotic stories, all with horror-type themes. The synopsis of the story's description was a bit vague, so just a heads up to new readers! One is set in a post-alien invasion world where women are used as breeders, another follows a woman who hunts down men and destroys their relationships, and another focuses on a she-demon who enjoys punishing abusive men by making them endure the same torture they once dished out. The latter was probably my favorite!
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Serena, the main character in the second story, is a cold-hearted huntress, while the Guard from the first story was sympathetic and protective. Many of the characters are unnamed, as most of the stories are written from a first person perspective. Another thing I found intriguing was the brevity of the chapters, only lasting a few pages. At times, the stories could be vague and confusing because of how short the chapters were, but a few of the stories did not need more than a page or two to tell the