Dreamlands
In one terror-filled moment, prisoner Keno Inuzaka is being attacked, and in the next, he's standing in the Dreamlands, a mirror of ancient Japan. To his surprise, he finds shelter in the magical world among strangers who swiftly become comrades.Among them is Samojirou Aboshi, a handsome scholar...
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In one terror-filled moment, prisoner Keno Inuzaka is being attacked, and in the next, he's standing in the Dreamlands, a mirror of ancient Japan. To his surprise, he finds shelter in the magical world among strangers who swiftly become comrades.Among them is Samojirou Aboshi, a handsome scholar who treats Keno with unexpected care and respect while openly pursuing his affections. To Samojirou, Keno is the embodiment of perfection, a man who could be his companion and lover forever.When Samojirou offers him life and love as his companion, Keno realizes he may have finally found a home... but all that is threatened when a commando team from the real world arrives to steal the power of the Dreamlands and Keno's chance for a future of his own choosing.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781615810277 (1615810277)
Publish date: August 24th 2009
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Pages no: 284
Edition language: English
Series: Dreamlands (#1)
It would have been absolutely terrific with more subtlety in the characterization and care in the general plot, but “Dreamlands” still managed to be an entertaining read whose best asset is its crossover-world building. Imagine...Take a fantasy yaoi in feudal Japan with slave fic vibes, but set i...
ASAP a full reviewJust some thoughts. I liked it. It's a dark fantasy (IMO), with monsters and most of all... A traumatized main characters (Keno). He can even be touch without trigger in him memories of something horrible that happen (I'm talking about rape). I liked it and I'm giving 4 stars beca...
I have a thing against m/m book set in Japan (much like my thing against M/M dealing with athlete, musicians - of the pop sort - and sometimes GFY stories)...Ah, well. We'll see how it goes.
I pretty much flew through the first half of this book. I loved the balance between the fairly dark storyline involving the Trust and Samojirou's attempts to win Keno's trust. I loved pretty much everything that went on in the Dreamlands: the way Tamazusa and Samojirou interacted, Keno getting used ...
I thought this book was very well developed. I loved how even though Samojirou didn’t have to, he still acted like a gentleman and allowed Keno to get used to him instead of just taking what he wanted from Keno. He allowed Keno to make his own decisions on whether they would be intimate and always u...