A warm, compelling story, amazingly well, if simply, told. This is a quality tale which, apart from the increasingly monotonous and constantly distracting three dots, two dots, one dot pauses throughout, I am finding ever more engrossing as it develops.
Although centred around the sexual element, as one always hopes/expects, of course, that it will, the brilliantly original setting and hierarchically fairly complex scenario is extremely well and variably used, despite all of the action being confined, so far at least, to the upstairs and downstairs of the house.
The characterisation is masterfully managed. This creator, aware of it or not, has an exceptional aptitude not only for telling a story using this specific visual genre, but effortlessly excels in giving us all the information and background we need about the characters and their predicament through dialogue and interactions alone. Despite the relatively complex and intriguing premise of the story and the hierarchical boundaries that initially at least seem rigidly to separate the three servants (Jack, Sylvia and her daughter, not his, Iris) from both the mistress of the house and soon after, Henry, her soon-to-be forced upon her, husband, is all conveyed through a seemingly naturally concise style of dialogue. The creator has no need of, nor is ever tempted to unnecessarily employ, lengthy exposition at all. He/she achieves it all visually, expressively and through dialogue alone. That, to me, particularly in this genre, is a highly commendable talent and achievement indeed.
This novel seems even more impressive to me personally, because when it comes to AVNs I have over time become devoted almost exclusively to the more photo-realistic, Daz-style of storytelling. That being the case, I would not usually, even in passing, have been drawn (no pun intended) to this more basic, seemingly hand-drawn, sketchy, at its best moody and highly atmospheric style of rendering.
I nevertheless very quickly found my almost instinctive aversion to so different a visual style melting away only to become almost unconsciously hopelessly engrossed in this heartwarming and so astutely observed story using this natural combination of smoothly written dialogue and extremely expressive characterisation and illustration. This despite my impression that English is not this creator’s native language.
Having said all that, greater wonders awaited upon beholding the quite brilliant animated sequences and the revelation, to me at least, of yet more unexpectedly impressive talent. I was not only absolutely amazed by (of course) such amazingly skilful use of shadows and darkness but also confounded and instantly smitten with the sheer realism of the acts and the exceptional fluid unity of movement in the two animated characters' union. Also, the quite breathtakingly erotic intensity achieved in the animated depiction of the sexual encounters, not only at the story’s beginning between Jack and Sylvia, the servant couple, but most electrifyingly, as they develop between Jack and the mistress of the house, Talia, who I found to be, as her character developed, both physically and emotionally, the epitome, in my eyes, of the sultry femme fatale, yet possessing, astonishingly again, an initially tightly concealed heart of gold.
This is an utterly engrossing, truly intriguing story, both narratively and visually. In return for such unexpected and consistent pleasure, once the creator receives, as I expect him to, the requisite acceptance of his submitted application/profile both to Patreon and Subscribestar, I fully intend to subscribe. This is exceptional artistry and a very worthy cause, which merits our support and encouragement and in which I accordingly intend to give to the fullest extent of my budget.
