The Blood of Kings by John Michael Curlovich

[maderr]

I'm going to hazard that a lot of his Egytology is hard to the whack side of the scale. He explains a bit in the end, but all the same.

That aside, the story was interesting if not wow amazing. The author seems to suffer from kill-everyone-in-sigh-itis, but as he's a horror writer I guess that's to be expected. Though on that note, this book wasn't really horrifying. Bu then again when you grow up with a mother who reads you Stephen King for bedtime stories not much is going to seem horrifying.

I like how everyone in history wass gay and had a sekkret true love. If he can slash that many people in 250 pages I'm going to stop worrying about how unrealstic my number of pairings is ^_~

I *will* give him props for a character who saw what was coming, knew on many levels it was wrong, wavered a bit and then remembered he had balls and went with it. None of this I'm good after all and you're bad even though I love you crap. Ugh that annoys me. So full props there. I wish they hadn't killed Justin; that seemed uncalled for. It would have been just as solid to see Peter be on the level and him and Justin make it.

Overall I liked it. Wasn't ground-breaking or anything, and first person almost always makes me twitchy, but 'twas good.

If anyone wants to borrow, let me know.

Comments

[thecookietheory.livejournal.com]

You know, I read that post now, and it looks like it should be a bulleted list or something.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't get the correlation b/t gay and horror. I'm sure someone is trying to say something...

Danilo, you mean? He was pretty vanilla for a notevil! love interest.

Maybe the pioneer or mystery book will prove a better read.

[thecookietheory.livejournal.com]

How Like an Angel? *pokes* It looks interesting. *money to blow at BOOKSTORES, OF COURSE!*

[maderr.livejournal.com]

How Like An Angela nd Fingering hte Family Jewels are both mysteries. Hopefully one will prove interesting.

[thecookietheory.livejournal.com]

OMG YOU MEAN NOT HORROR?

GASP.

/sarcasm.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Alas, no. There's only so many times you can buy The innocent boy was seduced by the (notso) hawt older man and then lived together in vampiric orgasmic bliss until they got busted hardcore and the (notso)innocent boy went on with his own (now immortal) life.

So I guess I'll have to settle for redneck gays solving mysteris in north carolina or a broke detective solving mysteries for weird cults. I have such a hard life.