Review: Meh.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2012
John Springs, <strong>Hot Tales, vol. 1: Sex on the Beach</strong> (DesertDreaming.com, 2011)First off: <em>Sex on the Beach</em> doesn't actually contain all that much sex, though that which does occur does, in fact, occur on (or at least near) a beach. It feels like setup, which led me to go and check out the other stories in the Hot Tales series to see if this was actually a <em>series</em>, rather than just one guy attempting to brand his stories. And it seems that's the case, so this really IS setup for later in the series. Not an awful idea, but it stretches eleven stories as I write this, and if each is as slim as this, by the time we hit novel length you will have paid a lot more for these than you would have a paperback. The writing is decent enough that, if it stays at this level and we get some characterization eventually, I'll end up recommending you skip the shorts and plunk out for the full-length collection, if and when it's released, but what's here is pretty shallow so far. **