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Bark at the Ghouls
Bark at the Ghouls rated it 9 years ago
Gr Cleanup Originally Read in June 2011 Henri has just graduated high school and has been spending the warm summer nights hanging out in the bayou, enjoyably ogling a young black musician. He knows what he’s doing spells trouble, it’s 1959, he’s gay (and in the closet) and racial tensions are stro...
Nina Schluntz's Blog
Nina Schluntz's Blog rated it 10 years ago
A homosexual black man who can morph into an alligator? Who has an affair with an eighteen-year-old white boy? In Louisiana? In the 1950s? There was so much potential to this plot set up I couldn’t help but read it. Sadly, the story fell short of my expectations. The whole alligator shape shifting d...
Bark at the Ghouls
Bark at the Ghouls rated it 11 years ago
I read this awhile ago and am still fixing/updating my GR reviews one by one and will probably be 90 or so by the time I finish this project! I’ve read and reviewed two of Val Kovalin’s m/m romances and enjoyed them both but this one is hands down my favorite. It’s sweet, romantic, sexy and perfec...
Romance and other things
Romance and other things rated it 11 years ago
REVIEW WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT DEAR AUTHOR Christmas vacation 1984 is far from festive at the house of eighteen year-old Alejo Sandoval. His parents teeter on the verge of divorce. His final semester of high school looms ahead. He has just found out that his trickster cousin Martin has vanis...
Anke1028
Anke1028 rated it 12 years ago
Preparation for GRL 20123.5 stars
Sharing Links and Wisdom
Sharing Links and Wisdom rated it 12 years ago
This was a good book. It had an unusual plot that was interesting and exciting, the characters were well written, and the scenery was amazing. I loved reading all about the Mardi Gras and pagan details. I learned a lot of interesting things along with enjoying the story. My only complaint is that th...
Ami's Hoard
Ami's Hoard rated it 13 years ago
2.5 starsWhen I rate a story, it always comes back to the core question "do I like it?". While this story is a nice appetizer for the upcoming full-length novel, my answer to that question would be "not so much". My reason comes from my dislike over the writing style or how the story is structured. ...
Tami
Tami rated it 13 years ago
Nice writing, but logical holes to drive eighteen-wheelers through: no selfrespecting hitman who is hired to kill a witness in a mob trial would "stalk" this guy for weeks. Dude, if the professional hitman is so stupid that he watches the guy instead of killing him outright, you should ask for your ...
Tami
Tami rated it 13 years ago
A very very good one. It is the story of a life long love, very well written and really moving.
Romance and other things
Romance and other things rated it 13 years ago
I love this author's stories, but when I bought this one for some reason hearing that this work was inspired by "Brokeback mountain" made me put it aside and only pick it up today. Oh I had no doubt that this author will give all the necessary credit to the work of art that inspired her and will cre...
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