Books: "Scarred" by J. M. Snyder
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katikatSo, to think about something else, I decided to finally write the review that was long overdue. On with it...
A couple of weeks ago, I finished reading this amazing book: "Scarred" by J. M. Snyder. This book is self-published (though there are no tons of mistakes or bad grammar or similar things that you sometimes find in such books) and it contains four gay stories, two sci-fi and two set in our present time.
"VR Palace" tells the story of a man who falls in love with a boy from virtual reality. The main part of the plot is about how real virtual reality can be because suddenly, the boy doesn't react as the program tells him to...
The whole story is told from the 2nd person POV (you go, you are...) and it's quite interesting, hot and gentle, sad and happy and confusing...
"His Song" tells the story of the shy Dane and his boyfriend Krish who is convinced that Dane has everything necessary to become a big star singer. But when the local bar singer Randy offers to help Dane, Krish is not sure what his real motives are.
This was my least favorite story. It dragged a bit and nothing actually happened, only Dane lost his illusions. Fortunately, he didn't lose Krish :)
"Windows" tells a hot story about Thom who gets a new neighbor, the queeny gay Bradley. But Thom's last boyfriend hurt him terribly by cheating on him and so Thom is not sure if he could ever accept Bradley's his promiscuous lifestyle. Or if Bradley would ever change.
This was quite an interesting story because these days, the authors usually accentuate how manly a gay man can be. Here, Bradley is the cliché of a gay character and Thom likes it :) Cute.
"Scarred" is the novella take gave this book its title. It's the longest and also the best story. It's set in the near future where after a war, the streets of the town are controlled by the so called Regulators, biker gangs. The main hero, Dae, owns a little bistro with his sister. And to protect her from the Regulators, he lets them do anything they want to him. One of the leaders, McBane, takes liking to him and he abuses him and hurts him terribly, leaving terrible scars on his body. But then the young Coby with his gang appears and he wants everything: McBane's district, his men and his "Bitch" Dae. But what starts as a contest turns into love.
That was my most favorite story out of these four. Dae is scarred and terrified but he longs for love so much that your heart simply aches. Another thing that I adored was that Coby was like five years Dae's junior :D Yes, I love my bottoms older - in fics that is :P
So, all in all, amazingly well written book and I will definitely watch out for more stuff by J. M. Snyder. Five stars out of five! :)
A couple of weeks ago, I finished reading this amazing book: "Scarred" by J. M. Snyder. This book is self-published (though there are no tons of mistakes or bad grammar or similar things that you sometimes find in such books) and it contains four gay stories, two sci-fi and two set in our present time.
"VR Palace" tells the story of a man who falls in love with a boy from virtual reality. The main part of the plot is about how real virtual reality can be because suddenly, the boy doesn't react as the program tells him to...
The whole story is told from the 2nd person POV (you go, you are...) and it's quite interesting, hot and gentle, sad and happy and confusing...
"His Song" tells the story of the shy Dane and his boyfriend Krish who is convinced that Dane has everything necessary to become a big star singer. But when the local bar singer Randy offers to help Dane, Krish is not sure what his real motives are.
This was my least favorite story. It dragged a bit and nothing actually happened, only Dane lost his illusions. Fortunately, he didn't lose Krish :)
"Windows" tells a hot story about Thom who gets a new neighbor, the queeny gay Bradley. But Thom's last boyfriend hurt him terribly by cheating on him and so Thom is not sure if he could ever accept Bradley's his promiscuous lifestyle. Or if Bradley would ever change.
This was quite an interesting story because these days, the authors usually accentuate how manly a gay man can be. Here, Bradley is the cliché of a gay character and Thom likes it :) Cute.
"Scarred" is the novella take gave this book its title. It's the longest and also the best story. It's set in the near future where after a war, the streets of the town are controlled by the so called Regulators, biker gangs. The main hero, Dae, owns a little bistro with his sister. And to protect her from the Regulators, he lets them do anything they want to him. One of the leaders, McBane, takes liking to him and he abuses him and hurts him terribly, leaving terrible scars on his body. But then the young Coby with his gang appears and he wants everything: McBane's district, his men and his "Bitch" Dae. But what starts as a contest turns into love.
That was my most favorite story out of these four. Dae is scarred and terrified but he longs for love so much that your heart simply aches. Another thing that I adored was that Coby was like five years Dae's junior :D Yes, I love my bottoms older - in fics that is :P
So, all in all, amazingly well written book and I will definitely watch out for more stuff by J. M. Snyder. Five stars out of five! :)
