Review: Impressive character study remarkably done within the simplicity of the story....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2013
This work reminds me of Mary Renault's PERSIAN BOY where the narrator describes the events of an experience. The pace, characters, transitions were smooth. One becomes absorbed in the story without restlessness or wanting to wander to the next scene. The story is between an artist and his art, a lover and beloved, an older and younger man and possibilities. It has a delicacyallowing the reader an intimate view.There wasn't a concern of domination/submission but the letting go of roles. It was just being and acceptance one's nature. The need for descriptive erotic details was not necessary. One felt the connection and only had to follow the unfolding of this work of exceptional prose.So why not a 5 rating. I'd give it a 4.5 rating. It didn't flip me out but  it was close. Naturally, we all have our different subjective experiences.