Emerald is travelling to her all-girls school in the English countryside. At first, she hopes that she might maintain her train compartment to herself, perhaps to pleasure herself thinking about her imminent return to school, with her liberal friends populating her fantasy. But at the next stop, Beatrice ducks in -- completely naked. You see, Beatrice, too, is returning to her all-girls school, but Beatrice’s school is a naturist paradise. Ironically, Beatrice, the naked one, is the innocent party here, and Emerald works herself around to becoming naked herself, and enticing Beatrice to discover the other joys of being naked.

There is a remarkably subtle eros here, brought forth both by sexual content and simple characterisation of the girls. We can see the setting and the plot unfold with crystal clarity. Truthfully, I was a little upset at Emerald’s sometimes shallowness, but I’m also sure that Bradley intended for me to be. In that, it works.

I didn’t see any technical faults here. The story captures you and gives you a sexy romp. I particularly liked the endnotes, and Bradley gives us a nice preamble that includes a story synopsis before you even read it. Nice features, but it’s really the story that counts here, and it certainly is worth reading.

Rating: [10,10,10,10]