Review: Imaginative, but...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
I am surprised by the high marks this received.  The idea was interesting and imaginative, but was not executed well.  The writing was uneven, reaching a playful/fun tenor at many points (this was when it was best), but this tenor was not maintained.  The author relied on a lot of cliches, both in writing style and character development, and could have benefited from a good editor.  Several explanations were repeated unnecessarily.  Finally, the male narrator seemed more like a young female ingenue from a Regency romance as opposed to a man.  I hate to say this because I am a woman and think women are awesome, but I read m/m to enjoy two male protagonists and Dale just didn't seem like a man.  MILD SPOILER: I do, by the way, realize the irony in that last sentence given what happens in the story :-)