Review: A ronde
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2012
Ethan Haney knows his genre.  His writing seems to be selective - gay erotic stories of rather brief length and offered periodically via Kindle readings.  Whether or not he writes other literature under a separate pseudonym is not know, but the fact is that he writes very well indeed. After a while, if it is his goal, it will be interesting to see how he would manage longer stories that require a slower building arc and resolution, bt for now he condenses that energy into short stories and in a matter of a few pages he is able to create credible characters, well fleshed out (or in the flesh!), gets to the heart of his tale and completes the ronde like a pro.Coming of age is an erotic encounter between a lad and an adult and that (at this particular time of newsworthy events)  is dangerous territory.  But Haney avoids that knife-edge of taste by making his lad a newly turned 18 year old, home form a night of drinking with friends for his birthday party, returning home  (his smother is gone)  to the punishment by his alpha male macho beefy stepfather who exacts an extensive physical punishment - but is one that the lad discovers has secondary gain: it is his sexual awakening of coming out - and the story ends with a smile and a sigh of satisfaction at the discovery.  Yes, there is extensive erotic content but it is well written, unlike many erotic authors who are more interested in gross language extreme borderline activities. It seems as though Ethan Haney has a career established.  Let's see where he takes it! Grady Harp, July 12