Review: Very, Very Satisfying
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2013
I loved this story.  Very exciting from the beginning to the end.  Though it is a series, there was nothing left open-ended (though one of the villains escapes). The characters, all of them, are very well fleshed out.  The manservant Merrick is amazing.  And the villagers are crazy and angry . . . so well written you could FEEL it.  And the villains.  Ah the villains were very, very crazy and evil.Crane and Stephen were amazing.  This is the first m/m book I have read (and yeah I read a lot) in a long while, where I like both main characters.  There is no young, virginal, feminine guy waiting to be rescued or dominated.  There is no tall, angry but silent manly guy forcing himself on the other, who submits.  These were two men, both comfortable in who they are and experienced in what they do and what they want.  In fact, Stephen is the rescuer!  I also liked that they did not play around with expressing what they wanted.  Stephen, though short, was a huge powerful man, focused on doing justice even when he does not want to.The ending was AWESOME.I want to read more because I want to see how Crane and Stephen grow.  I also want to visit Merrick.I was quite satisfied when the book ended.  I smiled when I turned to the last page. Not because I was happy it was over, but because I enjoyed it to the last word.  I'm keeping it on my list to re-read when I need to get the taste of poorly written and unimaginative other books out of my mind.  I can't wait to read the rest.  More, please!!!