Review: ~ Review by Teresa
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
3.75 of 5 starsFor original review see The Prism Book Alliance Blog onlineA Gay Romance had moments of brilliance!! Layered under puns, satire, spoof and raunchy humor was insightful commentary on all the tropes found in gay romance today. There were so many moments I found my self going “I see what you did there!” and laughing out loud.However, this was not the book I expected. I hadn’t read any reviews and so was looking forward to a humorous novel, not a parody. And subtle this book wasn’t. It was a club over the head. Everything was in your face, cheesy, and overwhelming at times. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to get through the first chapter. It was over the top awful, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. I powered through and found the story smoothed out after that first bit and was more balanced. There were twists and turns, some I figured out, others were a surprise; hot love scenes just this side of being too ridiculous; a whole cast of outrageous stereotyped characters that managed not to be flat; and an actual story.Having read A Matter Of Time by Mary Calmes, I was able to appreciate the parallels between Ram Rage & Kory Pleyes and Sam Kage & Jory Keyes, but I think that it isn’t necessary to have done so to get the humor in their characters.Bottom line: from a random point of view of a plant, a plethora of inventive names for an anus, and coming 22 times in one night to a enemies to lovers plot, insta-love and perfect characters every thing is covered in this book. It is not for everyone, but if you love spoofs and groaners and can get over puns, this book will entertain you!