Review: patchy
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2012
As other reviewers have pointed out this is not your typical M/M romance.First it is dark. Ms Black is not afraid of the unlit corners of the human mind and it shows.Second the passion is raw. The three lovers (yes, three, because Anna is always with them) join in sexual acts that are animalistic in the first place. The need Will and Tyler have for each other is often primal, even selfish, full of sharp, cutting edges.Yet, though the atmosphere is heavily passionate, there are not many sex depictions.What is not good is that such a complex psychological mess is not dealt with clearly, beginning with the sheer editing.There are dialogues where it is actually impossible to understand who is speaking which line. Flashbacks and dreams constantly enter the narrative flow, but unfortunately they do it clumsily and it takes a while to understand which we are faced with.Another point is that happy moments are skipped over as if they did not interest the author at all and then we come to an abrupt ending. And yet there is a lot that needs explaining, first of all how two friends, supposedly straight, start developing feelings for each other. It is better to omit than to be sappy but Ms Black has not even tried.