Reviewed:
Perfect Wishes is a great mind control story in which the main character gets to make three wishes to make his dreams come true.
Even though he made these wishes as perfect as possible, they still turn his life upside down in a moment of carelessness.
I enjoyed reading the story and basically read it in one long stretch. The erotic bits were sometimes a bit redundant, but BillyRay skipped scenes that would have been a repeat of the same, which allowed the plot of the story to shine through.
I really enjoyed reading the plot and I'm scoring that a solid 9. On the technical side the story had some issues, but nothing that an editor can't fix. Still, it was occasionally distracting so I'm scoring a 7 for the technical side.
Overall, it was a great story and that's why I gave it a 9 for appeal.
Reviewed: - (Review Updated: )
Well, with my vote of 10, this one is already up at 9.73 (ATOW) and it is a well-deserved score too.
Fairly simple plot: guy finds a magic lantern, cleverly thinks out his wishes, gets them.
The nice little plot device that I really like is the clause that he wrote into his wish that, if killed, he could find another host body to inhabit.
So the story has a feel of "Quantum Leap" but with all the naughty bits left in. :)
The storyline takes some interesting and unexpected turns and doesn't fall into the trap of some of the other 'god-like powers' tales. The most important feature of the central character is his intrinsic morality. The main crux of the tale is to investigate the corruption that could befall someone who had absolute power thrust upon them.
Technical points are very high, nothing jumped out as being grammatically poor and unless there were some errors with homophones that my text-to-speech engine would not distinguish, nothing wrong with the spelling either.
Some surprises with the various relationships the main character develops meant that as a reader, I could not become complacent with them; something I liked a lot.
There's talk of a sequel and I am heartily looking forward to that.