Grave Desires - William Holden

It's [a:William Holden|2900084|William Holden|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1448465037p2/2900084.jpg]. One of those numerous great authors that are still remained- unfortunately- undiscovered by the majority of MM readers. WHAT A SHAME.

It is [a:William Holden|2900084|William Holden|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1448465037p2/2900084.jpg], who is FOR ME one of the best authors of a historical gay erotica. But actually his home field is HORROR. And I NORMALLY don't watch and read horror. I got used to this thought. BUT, on the other hand, as a teenager I was VERY fond of Stephen King. Why do I avoid the genre NOW?! Why not to try it again? Besides...*see above*

Conclusion: Are you sure you can blindly trust your life partner?

"I am everything you desire. I am everything you fear." Vampires of another art. I'm safe. As a woman.

Eye for an eye.. That was very bloody. But without any sexual context. (I'd go up to the end.)

The porniest until now. Everyone got what he wanted or did I understand it wrong?!

It was a proper revenge (in name of all hurt EXs). VERY BLOODY MESSY revenge.

Orgasm as an energy supplier. HOOOT.

An old regular vampire family. But a bit different ending. Why not?

An old acquaintance, but a different victim...

Probably the best story of this anthology.

That was pretty disgusting insecting!

Here's the ANSWER why I don't think pumpkins are tasteful!

1) don't like/don't read/don't understand GAY EROTICA

2) want a sweet mm-romance. IT. IS. NOT.

3)If you haven't read Secret Societies, ended. Thomas fled from London, the city that gave him not just a roof over his head but a caring and loving home that he had never known in his life and that then cruelly took it away from him. He made his way towards Paris full of hopes for a new life with Pierre Baptiste, an attractive wealthy trader from France, whom he had become acquainted with at the Mother Clap's establishment. But don't expect a sweet reunion of the both in a city of love - buckle up!

[a:William Holden|2900084|William Holden|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1448465037p2/2900084.jpg] stays true to his writing style. His erotica has nothing to do with clean bed linens and washed bodies. He shocks, provokes, surprises and wows readers with graphical descriptions and animalictic sex scenes. Sex made by William Holden is often dirty, unclean, rough, aggressive and reeking. You frequently find shit and seed on the same line. And there is much of this kind of sex.

It is not about LOVE, it is about LUST, SEX and FUCK. (Did I mention that we're talking about GAY EROTICA here?) Of course it is also about relationships and building partnerships, though not in a candy-manner way.

What I found really great in this series: Along with many sex scenes (sorry if you feel being violated by it- but it is a requirement of the genre), it has also a lot of well thought out plot and a very intriguing storyline, that kept me glued to the pages. And the language, the word building!..*sigh* What a pleasure this gentlemanly dirty talk out of 18th century! The author succeeded in creating a credible historical ambience.

[b:The Thief Taker|18342353|The Thief Taker|William Holden|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1384260419s/18342353.jpg|25897687] has more twists and turns than the first book. One of the author 's specialities - you never know who is a good guy and who is an evil. It could happen that on the next page one of the most likeable characters suddenly turns into an insidious traitor. And vice versa. Totally unpredictable.

I like the ending. We left our hero in good hands, full of hopes on the threshold of new beginnings. I can't talk about a cliffhanger, because it ends well and solved, but some questions remained unanswered. That also considers that a new sequel will be coming and that makes me happy!

Even if I'm an addicted kindle reader, I pay many attention to the covers of my books. The second book, also like the first book, provides a very atmospheric and beautiful cover, that unfortunately also the reason for a wrong interpretation of its genre.

All in all, a solid historical erotica, that just needs to be invented by the right readers.


Recommended.



*** This review has been crossed posted to Gay Book Reviews

Roman Holiday is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's a wonderful feelgood movie and Audrey Hepburn together with Gregory Peck make the movie truly marvelous. Sabrina is also a good movie, but I have always preferred Bogart to Holden so I've never really cared that much about his role in the movie, but someone that cared very much was Audrey Hepburn, she fell in love with him. But their romance was doomed from the start...

This book has been lying and waiting to be read since I requested it from Edelweiss and today did I pick it to read by chance. It's a fast read, started to read it this morning when I was out walking my cat, read 10% of it during the "walk", well Caesar was mostly lying on the grass. Thank God for the kindle app on my iPhone!

I never thought I would give the book 4 stars. I thought 3-3.5 would perhaps be sufficiently when I started to read it, but it was such an enjoyable book. Sure most information about Audrey Hepburn and William Holden can you find on the internet, there are no big exposes in this book. But it's a great book about a doomed romance between two iconic movie stars. 

I recommend this book to fans of the old Tinseltown. To people like me that love the old movies, the old movie stars.

William Holden and Audrey Hepburn may never have gotten a happily ever after life, but they got for a while during the filming of Sabrina a great time together.

I received this copy from the publisher through Edelweiss in return for an honest review! Thank you!

Reading going steady. I already knew much about their relationship, but it nevertheless great fun reading a book about Audrey Hepburn since I adore her!