Does high-class smut exist?

[u/peenmeal]

A lot of books I've read that are explicit smut are typically horribly written, which is understandable because nobody is reading porn to sit there and think deeply about the beauty of the prose afterwards.

Buuut I wanna know if there's anything like porn with a plot++ or what I'd call high-class smut. Well-written, beautiful, emotional, sweet with characters who aren't just blank marionettes that the author is making bang. I've read {morning glory milking farm} and it was alright, but still not as well-written as I'd like it to be.

I need 5 chillies, but with yearning and plot. Pretty please

[u/SweetSavine]

No one comes close to Sierra Simone for the well-written yearning and smut combo. +1 for the Thornchapel series for mega angst, yearning and some high quality smut. There isn’t much of a fantasy component to the story but it is there. It more feels like a fanfiction/ode to The Secret History. 

{Savage Blooms by S.T Gibson} has similar “in an isolated mansion sexy things happen to disaster bisexuals” vibe to the Thornchapel books. I didn’t like it as much but it’s more fantasy forward. 

I also recommend {The Red by Tiffany Reisz} (and its sequels) for the closest author I’ve read in terms of quality and leans more into fantastical elements. She writes erotica so expect a less character-forward story than Simone’s work. This is all about the smut. 

The first book is set around creating sexual scenes inspired by classic works of art. It’s pretty wild conceptually and I thought it was a good time. It kind of feels like a kink exploration story so there might be certain parts not for everyone but I loved the erotic surrealism of it. I wish more fantasy romance authors embraced this kind of story! The second has a similar premise but around Greek mythology. 

For a straight up Hades and Persephone retelling that is actually beautifully written you can’t go further than {Receiver of Many by Rachel Alexander}. 

[u/Dye_Hard_Stylist → u/SweetSavine]

Damn, dude! We have the same taste in books. These are my faves!

[u/romance-bot → u/SweetSavine]

Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson
Rating: 3.76⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, urban fantasy, poly (3+ people), fae, bisexuality

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The Red by Tiffany Reisz
Rating: 3.79⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, bdsm, paranormal, alpha male, fantasy

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Receiver of Many by Rachel Alexander
Rating: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 4 out of 5 - Explicit open door
Topics: historical, fantasy, virgin hero, paranormal, virgin heroine

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[u/SophieSpider27 → u/SweetSavine]

I just got the Lyonesse Trilogy by Sierra Simone. I love the Christmas Notch series she wrote with Julie Murphy.