I did a swag post on the promotional items I got from GRL so it’s only fitting I compare to the swag bags from Rainbow Con.
Month: April 2014
Review: Treasure
Treasure by Megan Derr
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I picked up Treasure at Rainbow Con due to the cover and nothing else. I was suckered in at the table (those ladies are serious sellers) and I like high fantasy. So beyond the fact that clearly it takes place on the water somehow I knew nothing about the story. It’s a pretty decent high fantasy book with excellent world building and a good story arc that can easily be played out over the entire five book series. My problem is simply I never connected with either couple and so the end left me cold. I can appreciate it intellectually and admire the quality writing but as a romance it did nothing for me. I’d probably recommend this more to high fantasy fans who can appreciate elaborate world building and an incredibly complex plot than to romance fans per se. Continue reading
My panels at Rainbow Con 2014
I was initially excited and honored when SMP invited me as a guest to rainbow con. They obviously know who I am and welcome my opinions, no matter what those are, but would anyone else care? I honestly didn’t worry about it overly much. I was more concerned with prepping for my panels. I wasn’t sure what to expect with each panel, both those I was participating in and those I wanted to see.
You can see a full listing of all the panels and descriptions here – SCHEDULE
This is what my pamphlet looked like that I carried everywhere.
Poor thing! Beat up, spilled on, tons of notes stuffed into it.
Rainbow Con 2014
Where to start! Well I am confident that every author, blogger, and person in attendance will post their own versions so I’m hoping readers and everyone who missed out will get an overall feel of the convention from several different sources.
Here is my experience. I flew in Thursday morning and checked in with registration (and my awesome roomie Gryvon!) easily and dumped my things in the hotel. A side note on the hotel – NOT recommended. But rooming with easy going and cheerful people, Gryvon and Ann Anderson, made it much more pleasurable. Plus the conference will be at a different hotel next year.
I checked the restaurant in the hotel but it didn’t really have any options for me so I walked down the street to Panera. It did me good to stretch my legs anyway but I remember thinking “oh god I should just go home, I don’t know anyone here!” SMP was nice enough to invite me, Grayvon and Ann were great roommates, and I met another reviewer Lisa but everyone had people to hang out with and were busy. Thankfully I had panels! Continue reading
Review: Defeated by Love
Defeated by Love by Samantha Kane
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
It’s been years since I’ve read a Samantha Kane book but I vaguely remember enjoying her Brothers in Arms series. However, to be fair, I only read the first four books and remember absolutely nothing from them, except they were m/f/m threesome books. Oh and reading her books made me long for m/m only instead of the predictable female that was always interesting but pretty much the same. So I chose this Kane book because it’s advertised as m/m and I knew the writing would be good. The book is indeed well written as expected and has some interesting twists to keep the action moving. However, the focus is on the erotica between the main couple – Daniel and Harry – and a secondary couple – Christy and Simon. Because of that I didn’t really care about either couple very much but enjoyed the author’s writing and sense of humor anyway. Continue reading
Back to reality
Hello everyone!
I’m finally back from Rainbow Con 2014, which I’m sure readers even forgot I was going to. No worries I’ll have tons of posts coming up to fill everyone in on the greatest convention they missed. And all the reasons everyone should come next year. Hint – Tam, Chris, Jen, Kris, Leontine, Tracy, Janna *cough* Not trying to push anyone or anything of course! Just saying you all missed some epic jello shot action.
I also want to welcome anyone I met at the convention that actually found a my blog. Considering I was (literally ) the only blogger without business cards or a recognizable blog I’ll be surprised if many people could find my little corner. Or if anyone does. But for the one devoted person who’s new here – seriously welcome. You mean a lot to me!
Likewise I’ve also set up a Facebook page – yes finally – as it seems it’s yet another thing everyone should have. I also did a facebook page because honestly I’m not entirely sure what the difference is. If anyone knows and can tell me? Thanks. I’ve no clue which one people are supposed to go to. My meter on caring tapped out after dealing with that.
Here is my page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-AM-Reviews/774547979246093
I’ve also spent time updating my blog links (how sad that some people are not around! Must stalk Kris is on my to-do list). I’ll be doing some other blog updates over the next few weeks to tidy things up and dust off the shelves a bit but don’t worry… Three am will remain an obscure blog! At heart this is the essence of a blog for me. It’s not meant to be anything but a record of my reviews and random thoughts as they occur to me. I’ll be posting quite a bit about Rainbow Con in the coming weeks as well as an extensive list of my books that I now want to read after meeting authors and/or hearing raves about the work. I’m always interested in what people think about the books and whether they’ve read them or not.
I’ll leave you with a teaser
Geoffrey Knight @ 1am after jello shots!
Review: A Nightmare Come True
A Nightmare Come True by Sage Marlowe
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
A Nightmare Come True is basically porn in written form. It has a weak storyline to set the two men up but the focus is on the sex and an equally weak ending to give the characters some kind of an ending. Or not an ending since I guess this is a series. It’s not the worst thing ever but it’s inane and boring and lacks any kind of plot structure. It’s a vehicle for lots of sex, which may be what some readers want. I’ve reader hotter and better erotica/porn in the genre so I wouldn’t recommend this. However I also didn’t want to throw it across the metaphorical room so that’s why I gave it another half star, rounded up. Continue reading
Review: Going Up
Going Up by Amy Lane
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Lately I haven’t been in the mood for m/m books but I chose this because it’s Amy Lane, usually a sure fire hit for me. It was a cute, sweet enough story but kind of boring. I find Lane’s greatest books come with heaping amounts of angst. When she tries to do sweet or light, it never hits the mark for me unfortunately. This is a novella so it was quick to read and innocuous but I forgot it almost while I was reading it and never really engaged in the story. The meet-cute was sweet but it lingered in nowhere for too long and then I never really bought into the chemistry between the two men. I’d probably recommend it for someone that likes very sweet renditions of fairytales. Continue reading
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