Review: The Platinum Man
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
I've been thinking for days on how to write this review. I'm not very good at it anyway so I'll just go with it. It's raunchy, funny and descriptive with lots of twists and turns. It's got 70's themed, hip hop/gangsta rap dialogue within a contemporary 21st century setting. It stars Johnny Gellis, an unusually good-looking man who leaves his home in Atlanta to make it as a rock star in Hollywood. He's told to find our other star, Norman Dimond, who is the man to see about a recording contract. Except he's retired...and gay. Actually he's bisexual but he prefers men...well Johnny. He quite literally will move heaven and earth to give Johnny anything he wants. Instant attraction for Norman who sees money signs floating behind Johnny when he hears Johnny sing.Johnny is a hot mess. He's a former gynecologist with sex and alcohol addictions (see his problem?). He will sell his soul to the devil for a stage. And he does. To Norman. Johnny's straight but will do whatever Norman wants him to do just to get to that stage. Norman realizes that Johnny is quite disturbed and sets out to find out Johnny's background so he can try to fix him. But before he can, Johnny tries to fix his own problems in the only manner he knows how, which blows up in his face.I have to mention Drew. Oh I just LOVE Drew. He was Norman's boy toy, a little 20-something-year-old twink that Norman threw out like yesterday's trash to make room for Johnny. Poor Drew! All he wanted was to be loved and he's pushed onto an older, sadistic man all because Norman is selfish and will, again, move heaven and earth for Johnny. Drew's tenacious; we haven't seen the last of him (thank God).This isn't your mama's romance. It's dark, gritty, and in your face. It's got sex, hot, rough sex, but it's not a book where the MCs just fall into bed together. Be warned: it's got a cliffhanger ending that you'll never see coming. You'll have no choice but to download the sequel, The Fix.