Review: Josh Lanyon, so glad you are 100% back !
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2013
I finished this in one go. So easy as the story simply pulls me in until the very end. Being a yaoi fan, I appreciate all the yaoi elements weaved effortlessly into Josh's own original and absorbing style. I can so picture this one converted into a yaoi manga with lovely artwork and effective dialogue by a Japanese manga-ka then licensed into English. Being an Asian I am always wary of western writers writing about the Eastern culture but I have nothing to complain here. Josh pulls it off marvelously, with the depiction of Kai's predicament with his family. References to "bebeautiful" is kind of nostalgic as we yaoi fans know what happened to this yaoi publishing company which gave us so many fantastic translations.  I like the romance and so get Torres' doomed love for Kai and how Ryo feels he could never measure up. The story of Kai's manga of the same title of doomed love is such a nice period yaoi touch. The crime and thrilling excitement with automatic guns blazing towards the end is vintage josh. I also like that the story is told from the "more hunk" MC viewpoint, not often the case in Josh's stories. What more can I say except that I am totally absorbed by josh's writing. Characters and story with depth and yes sensual too. So glad that Josh is 100% back with more releases this year.