Review: An interesting world, but really an M/F book with the pronouns changed
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
What is the point of this being labelled an M/M story, it just reads like an M/F book with changed pronouns? The names are basically uni-sex, Taka and Kyo are always referenced as pretty/beautiful, virginal, with long hair, never described in any masculine terms, wear necklaces, are only referenced in terms of spreading their legs and getting f***ed, never a masculine active role.  Conversely, Kin/Raiden are described in complete opposite terms.  (Is the repeated references to them visiting whores supposed to make them more attractive?)  So the characters are pretty much locked into standard male/female roles, not even M/M top/bottom.  And all the characters are constantly smirking (which by definition is not a positive) and rolling their eyes, so they are not really very endearing, they are all pretty insufferable.  There is an actual plot to the story, and the world is somewhat interesting.  The writer mixes up Kin and Kyo many times, a better editor would help.  And, I always wonder why "brat" is such a popular description in romantic fiction, even though it doesn't really apply.