Title: The Dominion and the Sugilite
Episode 18 | Episode 19 | Episode 20
Author: B.J. Frazier
Publication Date: Feb 3 to Mar 3, 2025
Genres: Erotica | Sci-fi
Protagonist Gender: Various
If you're new to The Dominion and the Sugilite, it's a serialized erotic science-fantasy soap opera by B.J. Frazier, set on a female-ruled planet where the power exchange is the foundation of a fantasy-themed society fueled by the magic of gems known as sugilite.
As always, I will do my best to avoid spoilers, but there's only so much I can not say when we're deep into the 2nd season.
Episode 18 starts the build-up to the end of season 2 with growth, anxiety, happiness, and frustration. Starting with the latter, we see Geo getting closer to the truth of what's bothering his Mistress... but we also see him getting closer to a dangerous outpouring of anger and frustration. As for the happiness, there's a wonderfully erotic scene of futa-on-male seduction (with a size difference), but it's somewhat tainted by whatever Bay has planned.
On the anxiety front, there are a pair of interesting scenes between Cozima and her miners, all part of a plan I very much fear will not achieve what she hopes. To wrap it all up with the growth I mentioned, there's an aftercare scene with Pebbles that I loved, showing how thoughtful and diverse her BDSM learnings have been. She's very much becoming a favorite character.
Episode 19 is one of those episodes that's exciting and infuriating at the same time, demonstrating just how carefully B.J. Frazier balances topics and emotions. That dangerous outpouring of anger and frustration I mentioned in the last episode? Geo achieves it (and then some) as he goes hard, perhaps too hard, on Nug's punishment. It's a dark scene, emotionally charged, and deliberately uncomfortable. As for Bay's futa encounter, he goes far beyond the emotional damage that was threatening in the last episode, crossing the line into rudeness and approaching borderline abusive.
While all this is going on, Gemma gets put in her place in a scene-chewing confrontation worthy of the best night-time soap opera catfight. The fact that she's caught out due to one small detail is just perfect. That being said, this episode isn't all darkness and cruelty. After many episodes of teasing and waiting, we finally see the Nymphs bring Gaius back to himself, and it's a happy, erotic, sexually charged sequence restores his delightfully witty banter.
With Episode 20, we come to the end of the season, an episode where a lot of things come to a head, forcing various confrontations, but we're still teased along on some big questions that will remain for next season to explore. I want to be very careful about spoilers here, because there's a lot we've been building up to, but I think my favorite aspect of this episode is its exploration of same-sex relationships, contrasting taboo attraction with the denial of those very same desires.
As always, beneath the soap opera drama and kinky erotica, Frazier infuses the story with power exchange philosophy within the Dominion and social commentary through those from outside the Dominion. With Attis Day looming even closer, the story only promises to get bigger and wilder.
Rating: ♀ ♀ ♀ ♀ ♀
My sincere thanks to the author for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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