by Jessica Freely
awk cuz I read this a while ago.I liked it. I thought the idea of a varnal was interesting and it was something I hadn't really encountered before. Joam was adorable. Blake I don't remember pissing me off to any extreme. The villains weren't completely stupidly melodramatic.Yeah.
Ok, I know short stories cant really be full of detail and plotline, so I guess I shouldnt be that surprised.. but damn.. this is bad..Its a shifter story, and the premise is Ok, but the writing... *shakes head* Just the fact that the two boys, Blake and Joam, "fall in love" 2 seconds after they mee...
Sometimes, for me, my love for one or both characters can win over "weird" setting or scenes. This is one examples. I love Joam (the abused varnal / shifter) and Blake (the young gay hustler) so much, I'm willing to close my eyes on a couple of things that bothers me: the lack of world building (thi...