Review: I expect better from this writer.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2014
Compared to the writer's other works especially Black Dog Blue, this is a disappointment. The two main guys lack depth of character and chemistry. Wolf is the usual smirking  alpha and Tristan is the usual sheltered geeky beautiful blond virgin. And speaking of blond, the writer's constant reference to Tristan as "the blond" just irks this reader. The guys' almost instant  love thing is yawningly boring, starting with the usual sexual/lustful arousal musings/references littered about. And when they get to their first sex it dragged on for 350+ locations, the second sex scene occupying one whole chapter. Thankfully there were only 2 major scenes. Their relationship could have been more interesting if their initial hostility towards each other was prolonged without the usual instant attraction/lust thing.This is easily a 2 stars rating if not for a few refreshing ideas in the plot. Tristan receiving his ghostly guests,  the haunted little red ball and the little twist at the end up this one to a 3 stars, a bit of a sympathetic rating because I did like this writer's previous work. Other than that I thought this supernatural plot played out like a B grade haunting movie, the humor attempt during the action scenes falling flat, sometimes coming across forced and foolish. As for the secondary human characters, the het pair of Matt and Gidget are totally unnecessary and annoying as well as irritating with their lovers bantering. I could think of quite a few other mm writers who excel in this kind of story line, Jordan Hawk's excellent  Whyborne & Griffin series being one of the few.  I really expect better from this writer. Maybe it is suppose to be a comedy but it is nothing memorable in the end.