Posts labeled Book Reviews
Review - The Weekend
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A year after his lover Tony passed away, Lyle returns to the country house where he died, with a new boyfriend, Robert, in tow. The house belongs to Tony’s half brother John and his rather unstable wife Marian. It’s an uncomfortable weekend for everyone, especially outsider Robert. “The Weekend” harks back to old school gay novels, where all the homos are tragic characters that can’t be happy. Of course, almost none of the characters in this story are happy.
Tags: novel
Review - An Arrow's Flight
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In the old legend of the Trojan war, Pyrrhus is the son of Achilles. After the death of his father, Pyrrhus is drawn to Troy and plays a part in the ultimate fall of the city. This retelling of that chapter of the classic tale sets the story in recent history and translates many elements of the story into cultural terms that almost any reader (especially gay ones) will understand.
Tags: Ancient Greece
Review - Magic By Button
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Joe has it all, a successful career as an artist and the love of a man who adores him. The only problem is that, lately, he has been distracted. The ideas for his latest project just aren’t flowing as smoothly as he would like. Although he is barely conscious of it, the source of that distraction is his friend Button. A trip to the southern English countryside that inspired Joe’s latest project seems to be just the thing, and when Button invites himself along, Joe’s fate is all but sealed.
Tags: Novelette
Review - The Green Storm
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In the 1900s, William Guillory builds a home for his wife and two sons on a small island off the New England coast. It’s an idyllic existence at first, but then they lose one of their sons to the sea. William’s wife, in particular, is devastated by the event and it is not until a few years later that she recovers and bears William a daughter. Tragedy strikes again when both wife and daughter disappear into the ocean.
Review - The Lord Won't Mind
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Charlie Mills just about has it all: He is young and handsome and well hung. He can have his pick of any man or woman he wants. In the eyes of his rich eccentric grandmother “C.B.”, he can do no wrong and she lavishes him with money and attention. All Charlie has to do is keep within her good graces, follow the path she has set out for him, and he is set for life.
Review - Rarely Pure and Never Simple
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In the not too distant future, a new genetic breakthrough has eliminated most diseases and congenital disorders. But in an unanticipated side effect, some children are born with special talents, like the ability to find people or create fireballs. Many of these ‘variants’ join The Guild, which cultivates and makes use of their powers. However, these powers also seems to come with their own drawbacks, from psychological to political. Damien Hazelwood is an extreme example of the double-edged sword of being a vari.
Tags: Science Fiction
Review - Catch Me If You Can
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Things are looking up for Caesar Romano. The opening party for the new show at the gallery where he works is looking to be a huge success. With that under his belt, he can quit his low-paying job and apply for a much better paying job at a much more prestigious gallery uptown. The only fly in the ointment is the presence of his former boyfriend Shep, a closeted actor who can’t seem to stay away.
Review - Fall Hard
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After eight months of recovery from a fall which killed his lover and nearly took his own life, Englishman Paul returns to Iceland to pick up the pieces of his academic career, and try to recover the memories of the year leading up to the accident. Although he lived and worked there for a year, Paul can’t remember his colleagues, the places he visited or even, most worrying of all, his lover Sven.
Tags: Mystery
Review - The Affair of the Porcelain Dog
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In Victorian era London, former rent boy Ira Adler is living the high life as ‘secretary’ to Cain Goddard, also known as the as the Duke of Dorset Street, a notorious crime lord, although his activities are kept well away from the genteel house on York Street where he has brought Ira to live. In the two years since Goddard invited him into his home, the illiterate child of the streets and workhouses has learned to read and write, and speak like a gentleman.
Tags: Victorian Era Historical
Review - For the Love of Leon
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Leon has a comfortable life in a small English seaside town. The only thing missing is someone to share it with. He has had his share of relationships, but none of them have lasted very long. He just hasn’t clicked with anyone, and many have simply left him without a word. One night in the pub, he spies obviously new-in-town Simon. The two hit it off, but Leon has his guard up against being involved in yet another relationship involving hot sex, and nothing else.
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