book rec

[maderr]

So today I got some books in the mail. One of the was Oleander House by Ally Blue. Now I've read stuff by her before and was very meh. But this one I liked. It's a bit awkward, I think sometimes people who write contemp try too hard to make their chards sound normal and stuff, but no major major complaints. The book doesn't resolved, since it's only the first of what I assume is a series (I haven't looked for the others yet). For that I do give her mad, mad props. The one char is closeted and married, a premise that really leaves me cold but she does do it well -- and that they're not fucking like bunnies at the end please me muchly.

Definitely worth picking up. I'm glad I didn't give up on her entirely.

Comments

[flamebyrd]

Did you see that review on Amazon saying they didn't find the characters very 'likable' and that one needs to be more "alpha" and the other needs to be more "sensitive and vulnerable"?

I do like yaoi/shounen-ai, but really... that's not right.

[flamebyrd]

Er, I just realised that was rather incoherent. What I mean is, those character archetypes are basically the seme/uke thing, which... yeah. People shouldn't go around expecting everything to adhere to those stereotypes, that's what I mean.

I just thought it was interesting, is all.

[gossymer.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec! Ended up buying the book on Amazon :) Man, I wish there were more slashy fantasy books in stores...just read Hero by Perry Moore and it just got me all flaily *__*