Review: High quality offering in a sea of mediocrity
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2012
The Male/Male Romance genre is flooded by so much material, it's difficult to rate objectively. After reading so much mediocre stuff, you read an original story or remarkable characters and it's an automatic 5-star wake-up call. Yet, none of it favorably compares with quality, mainstream books. We fans of m/m have lowered our expectations and fail to recognize that it's not a matter of plot originality, good characters, or even genre. Regardless of quality of editing, or lack thereof, no matter who the publisher is, or if it's self-published. It's simply a matter of talent.That is what I found in this story, my first by this author, by the bucketfuls. Talent. A marvelous combination of lyrical writing, original plot, achingly alive charcters, romantic settings lovingly described, historical fact and fiction mixed up so you don't very well know which is which. All in one neat package. It's not edge-of-your-seat reading, it's not a tear jerker, it's not fast paced or mysterious, though one of the characters is a ghost. Still, this story snaps you up and takes you away on a trip you'll be reluctant to come back from.Highly recommended.