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Review at AudioGals

February 2, 2018 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of The Hookup by Kristen Ashley, narrated by Stella Bloom and Lance Greenfield. I absolutely loved this one. Highly recommended.

Monthly Mini Review

Wow! by Sean Kennedy – B+. This brand new release from Sean Kennedy feels like a little bit of a departure – for one thing, it’s a bit hotter than I’m used to from him (not a complaint). Although it’s not super explicit there are certainly more than kisses.

Mark Hodges works in a bank during the week, but on Saturday nights, he dons drag and becomes “Allotta Moxie” who struts her stuff on stage at a local gay bar, lip-syncing to ABBA, Kylie and other icons. In the past, revealing Allotta to a boyfriend has led to the demise of the relationship so he’s cautious about who he tells and when.

Mark has a crush on Joel, a new employee (not a direct report so nothing icky here) at the bank but he’s shy and lacks confidence. Allotta has a distinct personality. While the book does explicitly confirm that Allotta is an aspect of Mark’s personality it is also clear that Mark only lets that side of himself out when Allotta is on stage. Outside of that, he’s a shy boy. Allotta, however, is a maneater. Continue reading

Review at AudioGals

January 25, 2018 / Kaetrin

Edited 11 March 2018. Given the events of the last week. I won’t be reading or reviewing Santino Hassell’s work again. Go here for more information and, if you have a spare hour or ten, here and here.

Review at Dear Author

January 13, 2018 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with a review of The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren. Ms. Loren takes on a tough subject but handles it with care and sensitivity.

Review at AudioGals

January 9, 2018 / Kaetrin

While I was on holidays I had a review up at AudioGals of How To Date a Douchebag: The Learning Hours by Sara Ney, narrated by Josh Goodman & Muffy Newtown. After a less-than-stellar beginning, I ended up liking this one quite a bit.

December Round Up

January 2, 2018 / Kaetrin

Monthly Mini Review

Team Phison by Chace Verity – B- One of my friends recommended this novella to me on Twitter and as it was only 99c I bought it (I’m cheap). While I didn’t connect with it quite as well as she did, I liked this story about a 55 year old guy who meets a 27 year old young man online when they both play a (fictional) MMORPG (that’s Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game for the non-geeks in the room) which also has some FPS (first person shooter) aspects to it. Phil Hutton is a grumpy gay restaurant owner in Provincetown who broke up with his long term partner a little while before the book began. He’s lonely and looking for love but not having much success. Tyson Falls is a young bisexual man working as a server in a pizza and burger place in Georgia. Over time, they become friends and then more, eventually having to deal with the distance between them to get their HEA.

The story is told entirely from Phil’s POV so I found Tyson to be somewhat opaque at times. While the age difference didn’t bother me, sometimes I was a little concerned about the relative power differential between them – Tyson doesn’t have much money, Phil is quite well off, relatively speaking. Continue reading