Review - Farmed Out by Alex Pendragon
Farmed Out
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Volume 1 of Farmed Out
Tags: Erotica
Posted in Book Reviews on January 1, 2026
Mason’s mother grew up in a small farming town but moved away to the “big city”. Each year she drags Mason back to stay with her best friend and her large extended family for a visit to their farm. Soon, Mason is both bored and horny, with no privacy to take care of a young man’s needs. To make matters worse, Mason’s mother asks him to help her friend’s son Alfie with chores around the farm. However, things are not all as they seem. It turns out Alfie is quite skilled at keeping young men entertained. For Mason, who thinks of himself as straight, Alfie opens up a whole new world of pleasure he never imagined, challenging everything Mason thought about himself.
“Farmed Out” takes aim at some classic town and country clichés and turns them around. Mason’s mother drags the city boy out to the farm so he can enjoy the simple country life. Little does she know her best friend’s son has seduced most of the town’s young men. Not that it seems like it took much convincing to get the men to surrender to the pleasures Alfie is all too willing to provide. As someone who came of age in the 1970s, I can recognize the spirit of “it’s not wrong if it feels good.” In this story, that sentiment is joined by a slightly more modern notion that it’s not necessary to label things. Gay, straight, and bi are just labels. They may be useful in some situations, but other people may not feel the need for them.
The story is told entirely from Mason’s point of view. He’s presented as an average 18-year-old young man. Mason is one of many young men who just sort of default to straight simply because they've been told anything else was “wrong.” He didn’t have any friends or role models to show him things weren’t always so black and white, although it turns out Mason’s own apparent inflexibility may have prevented him from discovering things about himself sooner.
Alfie is really at the heart of the plot. He seems to be in an almost constant state of arousal, which might be considered standard for an 18-year-old guy, and has developed an anything-goes attitude when it comes to satisfying his needs. It’s clear by the end that Mason is not the first man to succumb to Alfie’s farm-boy charms. While there’s some chemistry between Mason and Alfie, and some of the other guys in town that Mason hooks up with, this isn’t really a traditional romance story with a happily ever after. There is a sequel, so that may still happen. We’ll have to see.
“Farmed Out” is available from Smashwords.