Posts labeled Book Reviews
Review - The Love Song of Monkey by Michael S. A. Graziano
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Jonathan is dying of AIDS (as unusual as that would have been in 2008, when this book was published). In a last-ditch effort to save him, his wife takes him to undergo an unorthodox, and largely untested, procedure that might cure him, if he can stand the pain. The procedure sets the man on a journey of introspection that makes for quite and adventure. “The Love Song of Monkey” construction is a very different kind of story-telling.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - Brobots by Trevor Barton
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While out walking his dog, professional programmer and amateur tinkerer Jared comes across a discarded robot. It’s the latest model of sentient androids from Brobotics, and seems to be suffering from no more than a dud battery. On a whim, Jared takes the junked ‘Byron’ home to try and fix. He has no idea that his little act of kindness is effectively the start of a revolution that will uncover dark conspiracies.
Tags: Speculative Fiction
Review - Fitting In by Silvia Violet
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Mason is tending bar when two police offers come to investigate several robberies in the neighborhood of the pub. Jack and Gray are both stunning in Mason’s eyes, and their appearance is enough to fuel several fantasies. The cops return several times over the next few weeks, but Mason is too afraid to do any more than stare at them when he thinks they’re not looking. Finally Gray and Jack make a move and eventually get Mason back to the house they share, where the sex is even more mind blowing that Mason’s fantasies.
Review - Untouchable Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne
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Daniel is a beautiful high school senior. His parents expect him to go to college and study business, but Daniel thinks he can have a successful career as a model or actor. He’s had some success as a model, but not much as an actor. With typical youthful enthusiasm, he doesn’t take his setbacks as any sign of a lack of talent, and believes that he can get by on his looks.
Review - Translucid by Zen DiPietro
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Emé Fallon wakes up the infirmary of Dragonfire Station after a minor shuttle accident. Her injuries were mostly minor, except for a head injury that seems to have robbed her of some of her memories. She remembers how to do her job as security chief but she doesn’t remember anything about her past, her coworkers, or even her wife of six months. As she returns to work and tries to relearn her past, she begins to feel that things don’t add up.
Tags: Lesbian novel Science Fiction
Review - Bullet by Garrett Leigh
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The blurb for “Bullet” is a little more concise than usual, so I’ll dispense with my own summary and go with the author’s: Levi Ramone entered the gay porn market for one reason, and one reason only: he needed the cash to pay his momma’s spiraling gambling debts. Seven years later, he’s a veteran with a reputation as one of Blue Boy Studio’s most ruthless tops, and when his boss suggests it’s time for a change, he finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun.
Review - The Curse of the Blue Scarab by Josh Lanyon
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In this retelling of the original 1912 classic “The Mummy”, Dr Quentin Armiston is a middle-aged physician whose Edwardian-era London practice consists mainly of the cooks, chauffeurs, housekeepers and other assorted servants of the upper classes. He is single, but has never really felt lonely, and besides, his true desires are the kind that could land you in jail. One day, a young gentleman comes to get Armiston to attend the death of his friend.
Tags: Thriller Mystery Historical
Review - The Closet Boy by Sean Michael
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Way’ra (“Way”) is thrown out onto the streets when his extremely religious parents catch him kissing another boy. Way manages to land a job as a janitor at the gym, but with no money except what he had on him when kicked out, he doesn’t have any place to stay, so he’s been living in a disused closet at the gym, and hoping nobody will notice. But gym member Neal notices Way, and is quite captivated by the younger man.
Tags: D/s
Review - Soulseeker by J.C. Owens
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Rian’s life is not exactly that of a story-book prince. He is abused sexually and physically by his brother the king, with almost no hope of escaping. The last person to try and help him was mercilessly slaughtered right in front of him. After his latest attempt to flee the country, the king hires foreign mercenaries to watch over him. The Hawks are known as fierce and ruthless warriors, but they are also a deeply spiritual people.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - Acquainted with the Night by Tymber Dalton
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A few centuries in the future, humans are at war with an alien race called the Algonquans. The government passes strict laws about who can marry and who can breed, and of course conscripts poor young men to fight their war. Dale is one such young man. One moment, he’s a lowly technician on the flight deck of a Terran spaceship, and the next thing he knows he is in the hold of an Algonquan ship where has been taken prisoner.
Tags: Erotica Menage Science Fiction M-preg
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