Prime: A Novel
by:
Poppy Z Brite (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299205611 (1299205615)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Romance,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Horror,
Glbt,
Queer,
Cooking,
M M Romance,
Gay
Series: Rickey and G-Man (#3)
3.5 stars Didn't like it as much as Liquor; most probably because I felt the story was rather dragging with the investigation on Lenny, that just ended up going, well, nowhere. I wasn't huge on Rickey going to Dallas, be a consultant for Prime, and had the "brush with temptation" with Cooper Stark...
Good, with some parts that were a bit annoying. I felt like the inclusion of any women was rather noticeable, and the email/online chat references were tacky. All right otherwise though and I might read the next book when it comes out.
Prime is the second novel in Brite's New Orleans kitchen/food/restaurant universe. It's two years after the opening of Liquor. G-Man and Rickey are doing okay but Rickey wants to fly on its own and not be in debt still with Lenny. Taking a consulting job that will bring much needed cash, Rickey meet...