#bennett madison

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Bennett Madison

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 28 March 1981  

Ethnicity: White

Occupation: Writer

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Title: September Girls | Author: Bennett Madison | Publisher: Storytide (2013)

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September Girls #OutOfContext

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[writingmylifesstory]

September Girls: Book Review (Spoilers)

Holden Caulfield had a wet dream about mermaids. That's pretty much the summary. There were a lot of compelling ideas in this book that didn't seem completely fleshed out but would benefit from a classroom setting dissecting it. Let me try again...A boy, like his father before him, reluctantly becomes a man after sleeping with Ariel. Basically. It's about self image and finding one's truth. It's also an interesting commentary on sex and power. Sleeping with a virgin is what prevents the mermaids from drowning on their 21st birthdays. Like vampires, the mermaids will only attack you with their sexual prowess if you invite them into conversation first. As it always is with women, once the mermaids have slept with someone they lose their otherworldly charm. They become mortal, no longer able to walk through hurricanes and no longer alluring in the summer. Yet the twist is that the sexual exchange is also an exchange in power for both the woman and the man. He loses the ability to swim, she gains it. His feet bleed when he walks. He absorbs some of her telepathic gifts and she is freed from the trappings of the beach. Is she a siren or did he give himself over? Who is in control? A woman is released from the bonds of her sea family and is able to explore her own identity only after having sex... They love each other but she chooses autonomy... She didn't tell him the consequences of the sexual exchange. Did she love him or merely collect the idea of his love? Like the sock in her treasure chest. Like a statue in a grotto. I'm not certain what the author is trying to say. Why does he mention the lost colony? Why is the curse placed? There is a lot of murky swirling in the writing of September Girls. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5 stars.

[writingmylifesstory]

Details, details. Don't stand in the way of a pretty thought babe.

September Girls

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Sometimes you have to take one last salty breath and make it worth it.

September Girls

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It didn't register with me that it was a holiday or anything.

September Girls