Review: Good characters in an interesting new world
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2012
Nice story and for a shorter novella,  it hit a lot of notes.  Runt is striving to make a better life for himself,  terrafarming HardCell's newest world.  I actually really liked the world building which felt believable and cynical and smart.  And I felt for Runt,  who is working so hard but going nowhere. And then Ox arrives.  Who is he,  what is he and what are his intentions?  We see everything from Runt's POV,  and Ox never even speaks,  but the story as it unfolded was actually sweet and moving and I believed the two men.The only criticism that I have,  is that the descriptions of the sex were a little odd for me and definitely not hot.  But the romance worked and in the end,  that carries more...1664 locations, so definitely on the shorter side,  but I rate it a keeper and a reread.