Naomi Brooks & Angelia Sparrow ~ Glad Hands
From: Ellora’s Cave
You know what I hate? You know what I really hate?
Here I was reading probably one of the few M/M Scifi Romances I have read lately featuring a hot sexy Native American Truck Driver (I LOVE THAT!) and OK OK so the love interest is this poor abused young runaway kid. The cover while it is hot does not show this huge age difference too well by the way.
Anyway, so it’s a road story with lot’s of miles to cover and it’s excellent because let’s face the fact these can be boring stories but this so works here because of the Scifi stuffs. You guys did a superb job world building and a great job writing these characters with depth and the action parts were fun.
Up to and including chapter 10 I can easily say this story was so getting a Grade B or even the rare Grade A.
Then you tacked on 6 more chapters of WTF.
Why?
I just did not understand why we needed to see all the mundane aftermath and to drag it out like that… I mean who the fuck cares if the runaway kid needs to get tested for STDs? Or how he called into some radio talk show to recount his adventures? Do we really have to see it? Did it really add anything? I don’t think it did.
Could we have wrapped up everything that happens after the heart pumping great escape in a epilogue or something? I hate to be such a party pooper. It’s not like you are the only writers out there that have done this. I was just enjoying the story so much and was disappointed to see it go so far past the natural ending. I skimmed through like the last three chapters and I don’t think I missed anything important. Grade D
Tags: Angelia Sparrow, Ellora's Cave, Gay Romance, Grade D, Naomi Brooks, SciFi
LBea wrote,
SHIT. I was about to buy this based on your GLEE this morning.
Plus I love the glad hand thing.
Link | April 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Angelia Sparrow wrote,
Thanks for the review Teddy.
BTW: It’s Angelia, not Angelina. Common mistake. We have to correct every cover artist about it.
LBea, glad hands are airhose connectors on a semi. The minute my driving instructor used the term, I knew it would be a title someday.
Link | April 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 pm
TeddyPig wrote,
Sorry Angelia,
The truck driving parts were so real and all of it added to the story.
Then the parts where Seven drives the truck to save Chuck rocked.
It’s hard to write good action and that part was wonderful.
Link | April 2nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Angelia Sparrow wrote,
Thanks.
The truck driving parts SHOULD be real. That’s my day job.
Most all of the places are real, too. Been to most of them.
There will be other books, which will hopefully suit you better.
Link | April 2nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
TeddyPig wrote,
I love truck driving stories especially gay truck drivers
Like these
http://www.highmountainranch.com/book/index.shtml
Not very sexy but they are great.
Keep going as I said your writing is strong.
Link | April 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 pm