All Comments on 'Lakeside Park'

Excellent story, of course. It evokes so many impressions, like willows in the breeze and shining stars on summer nights.

absolute winner, great story even without the sex!

Very interesting and thought provoking, and the prose is--as usual--fantastic. Definite five stars, for a story that stays with you after you read it. Thanks for sharing!

MsCheryl - thanks for this. So good and surprising twists along the way. And the whole "I'm walking home naked wtf oh no I'm not" gag at the end was hilarious (among other moments as well, of course)!

Liz is quite the flawed character, but at least I now know where many of her flaws stem from. And I grew to appreciate her more throughout the story, given all she's had to endure. Naturally, the sex scene with Justin was very hot... and the ending was fantastic! :)

Amazing. It takes great skill, insight, and compassion to make an antagonist (from "Save World Get Girl" for those who haven't read it) not just understandable, but lovable. This series has made me really love infrastructure failure like never before!

At first the present / past was confusing but then it all made sense. Seems so true to life, putting ourselves in home made boxes, staying in relationships that died. We stay because of what? duty? or as with Liz, scared of what might be. Glad she has a new perspective, damn good sex too :) 5 stars

I don't have the words in me that can begin to follow the ones used in this story. Simply perfect.

Amazing writing, once again. Thank you for making the day feel better.

Really well told. Liked this a lot.

Terrific story. I am a man, pushing 80, who somehow seemed to understand Liz, though I am so unlike her and frankly don't much like people like her. The funny thing was getting into the story, I BECAME her. MsCherylTerra, you are a gifted writer. Thank you.

Five stars for two great, flawed characters, smoldering sex, and both a title AND a story description from an awesome Rush song!

"It's okay to be unhappy."

I love how the differing viewpoints make the same basic situation so different in the three stories. Love it.

I loved the story, great flow, well crafted. And Teddy Lee's voice ending in my mind! Well done

Great story, but I have problem now, it's 12.15 and do I start to binge read your other stories as you have whetted my appetite for more ,thanks

Read it twice and enjoyed it more the second time. Wonderful job with some twists that weren't expected. Excellent storytelling.

Very enjoyable story!

5

Such a great story, so much to identify with in her thinking, her reactions, and the sex was pretty hot too.

I would have given it six stars if I could.

Six stars!

A great story. A great character. I know it is a cliche but I'd love to read more about Liz and her life going forward.

THANKS

never really read stories from the woman's point of view. I am glad I did on this one. I actually wished for more.

Wow! When I start reading one of your stories I can't stop till its finished and then want more! Just a wonderful story.

Cheers

SAGE

Another fabulous installment from one of the top writers on Literotica. This lights out series (anthology?) continues to draw me in. She has varied genres povs and orientations across her titles, but imho that just shows her excellence. So definitely explore her catalog in the titles and maybe consider joining her patreon - I did. It's lovely.

Simply amazing storytelling- a masterclass in how to write something that is both deeply erotic and yet so profoundly fleshed out. Can’t wait for the next installment.

Well done, nicely paced, great dialogue, the works. 5.

Wonderful

Excellent Story. Could not stop wanting to cry for her.

This story was borderline traumatizing to me (that adultery tw does not play around) but it was lovely all the same and ended on a hopeful note… I would love to read more about Liz finding her happiness. cheers!

This story was borderline traumatizing to me (that adultery tw does not play around) but it was lovely all the same and ended on a hopeful note…I would love to read more about Liz finding her happiness, cheers!

A masterpiece once again! I wish you could write faster, I anxiously await your next story.

Wonderful !! I felt as though I was reading a biography if not an autobiography. A brilliant piece of work I really felt for Liz, if I were her I would take him for everything he's got. He certainly doesn't deserve a balanced life that his wife was trying to give him. To realise that practically the whole of your married life had been a sham as undoubtedly some people on this earth have, is the ultimate betrayal. I want her to go home and make peace with her daughter as that relationship should be so fine. She must apologise to her for fouling the friendship with the boy across the street . Then she should be the woman she wants to be. 5 stars. Should be more.

Your raw talent is somewhat scary - you leave me in awe all the time. Delayed my workout for this, no regrets. I'm exceptionally happy that you wrote a story for the tight laced mom and shared her perspective. She needs to have a one on one with Ramona. So good. 10/10

My new love! This author!!

I fear the day there’s no ‘coming soon’ in the WTLGO series.

Like all of your stories it is wonderful. I love your character development and how people in unhappy lives are finding redemption in radically different ways than their expectations. I would love to see more of Liz Roth as she develops in her new direction.

I think I would love to know Ms Cheryl as a lover or just a friend. One of those relationships where you would rather have a friend forever than lose as a lover, you value them so much.

A new favorite author and story, proving it is never too late to change and start life in a new direction.

Great addition to the WTLGO series. I hope Liz and Ramona have a sit down with each other in an upcoming episode (when dawn breaks or when the lights are restored or whatever), so they can work through all the lies and the why’s of how we got here.

The best of your "Lights Out" series I've read yet.

Absolutely amazing I’ve read this an lips of an angel an ure such a talented writer I love how it’s so different than any story I’ve ever read an so glad she left him in the end

Fantastic to see the point of view of a woman getting cheated on instead of the other way around. You are going to piss the BTB club off, but thank god some author finally had the guts to do it, it was so refreshing.

Thank you so much KS

Kvetching Unlimited.

A very well written story from one point of view. It would be interesting to hear it from Scott's and Ramona's point of view, living with someone so obsessed taking on obligations to the community that she never had time for her own husband and child.

Another wonderful story. I love that you did all three points of view. The way you paint pictures with words is wonderful. I cannot help but wonder if there was a little nod to the band rush and there song lakeside Park. “Lakeside Park Willows in the breeze Lakeside Park so many memories” or maybe I’m just a big nerd😀

Absolutely perfect is all I can say. Half a lifetime ago, when I was 24, I was Justin. I was there when an older married woman very much needed me. Funny thing is, though I didn’t understand it at the time, I needed her, too. We were unable to have a future together, but the things she taught me about life and love continue to enrich me to this day. Can we see more of this pair, and how they help each other find their way?

You write exquisitely intense scenes of sexual intercourse, with just a perfect balance of explicitness and discretion, and you offer reflections on the human condition that pierce the soul. Although you tell us in each foreword that there's prescribed order to this series, I have read them in the order you set forth in your "Biography" tab, and I'm glad of it. Each successive tale fills in the backstory of the others. To experience Liz Roth from Ramona's perspective, to learn the story of Ramona's and Ashton's joint first birthday story, it would be well worth paying money to get the collection on my Kindle via amazon.

The key takeaway line: "The best time to plant a tree is ten years ago. The second-best time to plant a tree is today."

You have my admiration and my thanks and my 5 stars.

Wonderful story.

Intense but lovely.

Thank you, I enjoyed this story.

Great Story, plant that tree!

So much overkill.

Would love to see a sequel to multiple opened story lines of daughter, divorce proceedings, job hunt, etc.

Sequel, Sequel, Sequel please and thank you !!

Forgive me but I have been looking for the "When the light...." and can not find them. Seems I am missing something so please enlighten me, this is not working. Thanks.

Ubelievably great series, I will have investigate your Patreon site. Maybe a sequel tying together all the stories in the series (it is a small town after all)? 5 stars is not enough.

I would streak down main street for a sequel to this and Save World Get Girl, and trust me that's something NOBODY wants to see

Brilliant utterly superbly Brilliant 👏 thank you. BardnotBard (I hope she gets her 2nd life. It works out well. Ramona finds out her mum is a great person and what her dad did and then judges him)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

God you’re good! Well done... this whole series is wonderfully woven together.

Keep up the excellent wordsmithing!

Enlightening. How/why to get permission from a stranger/catalyst to break your mold from complacency and business as usual, to get 'satori or the epiphany so you can break your pattern of expected 'normality'.

To break free from humdrum mundane cycles and start a new path/chapter of the unknown future.