Posts labeled Book Reviews
Review - Broken Halo by Michaela Grey
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Micah is a rather neurotic germaphobe, and a submissive, whose last relationship was with a jerk of a Dom who seemed to enjoy humiliating him. Quite by accident he meets Devon, a mechanic who is far nicer to Micah that he thinks he deserves. Devon persists, and as their relationship grows, so do Micah’s insecurities. “Broken Halo” is a rather sweet kinky tale with a few surprises. There are lots of hints as you read the story about where the plot is going, which appears to be down a rather predictable path.
Review - Sorting Out by Silvia Violet
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Mason, Gray and Jack are making a three-way relationship work, but things can’t stay the same forever. Gray wants to go after a promotion to detective, which means he wouldn’t be Jack’s partner anymore. It would also mean they could be open about their relationship with each other, as well as Mason, but Jack isn’t sure he’s ready to be out at work. He’s not too sure he even wants to continue being a police officer.
Review - P.O.W. by Max Vos
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Marines Sam and his best friend Benoit are on their way back to their base in Afganistan when their helicopter is shot down. As the only two walking survivors of the crash. Sam and Benoit are taken prisoner by the taliban. The two are tortured and subjected to humiliating sexual abuse. The only ray of hope for Sam is the blue eyed Abbas, an Oxford educated Afghan forced to act as interpreter for Sam’s captors.
Tags: Non-Consensual Military
Review - Claimed Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne
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Kindly note: It’s impossible to review this second book in The Cubi series without revealing how the first volume, Untouchable Beauty ends. If you haven’t read the first book, and hate spoilers, I suggest you skip this review. This sequel to “Untouchable Beauty” picks up just moments after the first book ends, with Daniel accidentally dosed by his master Seldon and discovered to be a changeling, a human that has the genetic make-up to be converted to a incubus.
Review - Farm Fresh by Posy Roberts
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Jude is a senior student at Portland State University, studying environmental science. He was raised on a farm, but escaped his abusive ultra-religious parents as soon as he could. Although he identifies as gay, Jude has been so traumatized by his parents that he has had trouble forming any kind of relationship with another man. Jude enjoys visiting the farmers market held on campus every Saturday, and especially enjoys talking to Hudson, who operates a booth for Kaleidoscope Gardens.
Tags: Portland
Review - Fragments by Zen DiPietro
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The second book of the Dragonfire Station series picks up right where the first book, Translucid, left off. Fallon has reunited with her team, although not her memories, and together they have set off to earth to try and solve the mystery of why her team was split up, and her memories seemingly erased. This middle book in the series gives us a lot more insight into the main characters, although there’s no shortage of action as well.
Tags: Lesbian Science Fiction
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.
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