Review: Disappointed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
This book was good enough. I don't regret buying it.But it's not what I expected. It's well-written and edited enough, resulting in a polished and driving book.But it's not vintage Lanyon, and that may be the problem for me. None of his wonderful dry wit. None of his effortless twisting of plot and characters. And, most definitely not Lanyon, it is rife with gay romance conventions and formulas.Dear God, can anyone write gay fiction, any more, without a tear-jerking hospital stay or handicapped heroes? Not to mention the gratuitous "need to be dominated" theme that seems to have grown out of the market popularity of 50 Shades of Grey?Honestly, it seems such a waste to squander such lush characters and fast-paced writing on 20-page sex scenes and trite (but apparently obligatory) M/M romance memes.Fortunately, this was an early work (Kindle edition published 2009) and Mr. Lanyon's subsequent writing was neither conventional nor trite. I'm so glad he found his voice and gifted us with such wonderful books.As for this one, had I known what it was, I would have gladly given it a pass.