It’s a relationship that evolves throughout the tale, but that role of pet, that question of ownership, is always there.
She nearly dies because the Prince doesn’t give any thought to her needs, and more than once is kicked like a puppy when he’s in a bad mood. Lydia is ignored, her comforts disregarded, and often completely dismissed – not out of cruelty, but simple neglect. Here, Peggy strips away the safety and sanity of the role-play framework and explores what it really means to be a pet, not a person. There’s a servile, submissive element, but it’s clearly role-play. Human pets are a common aspect of BDSM erotica, usually with a collared slave who happily submits to the role. That brings me to the first theme here, which is one of dominance and submission. As for her owner, the Prince is an elf-like being – perhaps a god or an alien – from a civilization that looks down on humanity as a lesser, animalistic race. Not a friend, not a companion, not a lover, but a pet that will help its owner to learn compassion and caring. All she knows is that she has been brought there by the Queen, to serve as a pet for an adolescent royal. Lydia awakens from a surreal sort of illness, bereft of both her memories and emotions, to find herself in an alien land. In fact, Lips Like Ice is a very deep, very thoughtful story that goes to some very dark places, both physically and psychologically.īefore I get into its themes, let me set the stage for you. Yes, there is a lot of eroticism here, and it definitely breaks the gender binary, but none of it is fluff. Of course, knowing Peggy, and knowing what else she writes, I really should have expected more. When Peggy Barnett pitched it to me, I thought it would just be a fun bit of erotic gender-bending fluff. Well now, this certainly wasn't the book that I was expecting.
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