Review: read Harper Fox!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2012
I've read a TON of mm romances over the last year, and this remains one of my favorites of the genre -- even though it's a shorter story, which I normally don't much like. Harper Fox has a real talent for prose that one rarely sees in romance authors, and she is able to outline vivid characters with few words.I've read this story three times now, and I'm still very impressed with the way Fox is able to show us Matthew's despair and dissolution at the beginning of the story. In fact, I would challenge authors of *any* genre to do much better than Fox in the first part of this novella. It's hard for me to adequately express just how much better her writing is than what you'll see from most romance writers -- you'll have to read it for yourself -- but trust me, she creates a gripping image of a life on the edge without wasting a lot of pages to do it. In fact, her skills at building characters and emotions carry throughout all her stories. I don't always like her plot lines (the plot in this one is just fine, btw), but the characters and their emotions are always great.Anyone who appreciates both mm romance and good writing should not miss Life After Joe.