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New Rainbow Reviews

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 New Rainbow Reviews up early today! So go check them out.. I have my usual spattering and it’s been a better week so that’s good. They include:

Eyes of Desire 2: A Deaf GLBT Reader by Raymond Luczak (editor)

In the Closet by Clare London

Reunion by Vic Winter

Spoken by Sean Michael

Strictly Halloween by Stephanie Vaughan

As for my favorites of the week they include the following. Angels of the Deep was a rare 5 star review for me and it was fabulous. Due to the inherent mystery I couldn’t tell much about it but I managed to find something to say. I highly recommend it.

A Roof for the Rain by Katrina Strauss

Without Sin by J. Tomas

Angels of the Deep by Kirby Crow

 

New Rainbow Reviews

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New Rainbow Reviews are up this week! I had a bit of a low week as didn’t exactly like a lot of the stories I read this week.

 

Blood Brothers by Barbara Sheridan & Anne Cain 

Dragon & Fenyx 1: Called by Power by Auburnimp and Michael Barnette 

Hell Dogs Squadron 2: Angle of Attack by A.R. Moler 

Homesteads and Horseradish by Kiernan Kelly 
Hungry? by Helen Louise Caroll 

Venom’s Bond by Nica Berry 

 

Favorite of the week was definitely:

Photo Shoot by Addison Albright 

 

In other news I was asked by Wave over on Reviews by Jessewave to contribute dueling reviews on occasion. As I’m pretty busy reviewing as it is, all I could offer was an occasional contrasting (or agreeing) review so we’ll see how that goes.

Remember folks – it’s just my random opinion so you all can ignore it if you want :).

M/M Challenge update!

22/40 done! I’ve read more than that clearly but my list is full of older books that don’t all go to review so as I get through them they’ll go on the list. Always up for tweaking it though too, if anyone has good suggestions.

New Rainbow Reviews and Amazon Rank Fail

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 Amidst Amazon Rank Fail, Twitter Outcry Mania of #amazonfail, and #glitchmyass – another busy week with reviews and the new ones are out over on Rainbow Reviews. I had a mixture of longer and shorter stories with some of my M/M challenge stories thrown in and even a collection of poetry. What I know about poetry is sad so I feel for the authors.

M/M Challenge Stories:

Stealing Life by T.A. Chase

Child’s Prey 1: Orange Moon by Anne Cain & Barbara Sheridan

Child’s Prey 2: Winter Song by Anne Cain & Barbara Sheridan 

Personal Demons by Jay Lygon

The Elegant Corpse by A.M. Riley *

*best book of the week 

Playing The Field: Tee’d Off by J.M. Snyder

Sutcliffe Cove by Ariel Tachna and Madeleine Urban 

A Fostered Love by Cameron Dane

Phoberia by H.B. Kurtzwilde

 

Surprisingly good poetry:

Gaytude by Albert Russo & Adam Donaldson Powell

Short Stories:

An Evening With The Rush Hour Hero by J.M. Snyder

Restraint by Teresa Noelle Roberts

Favor by Alex Draven

 

M/M Challenge Update!

16/40 stories read. I’ve actually read/reviewed 32 m/m romance stories since I signed up but only 16 were on my official “list” – which I still reserve the right to change. One or two on my current list may change and be filled in with a new story. 

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A Face Without A Heart by Rick Reed

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A Face Without A Heart by Rick Reed

Blurb:
A Stunning Retake on the Timeless Themes of Guilt, Decadence, and Despair in Oscar Wilde’s fin de siecle classic, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Amidst a gritty background of urban nihilism, a young man bargains his soul away, while his painfully beautiful holographic portrait mirrors his each and every sin and each nightmarish step deeper into depravity … even cold-blooded murder. A Face Without a Heart takes you on a thought provoking tour of the darkest sides of greed, lust, addiction, and violence.

I liked it better than the original

New Rainbow Reviews

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 It’s Sunday again and new Rainbow Reviews are posted. I had a good week and liked most of what I read, in addition to some really interesting reviews from the stable of readers for the site. My contributions:

Still, Life by Vivien Dean

Jake’s Regret by Shawn Lane

Object of His Desire by Ava March

Consort by Nicca Berry

I forgot one! Not sure what I was thinking but I read the Reflections of Love Anthology by Dreamspinner Press. I found a few new authors I loved: Sean Kennedy, Chrissy Munder and G.S. Wiley (though I already knew she rocked).

There is a great, glowing 5 star review for StarCrossed 3 by Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine by Carole.
I really liked this review and those who stumbled across my review might be interested in another take, even if both of the reviews are positive.

There is also a brief review of Glad Hands by Angelia Sparrow and Naomi Brooks.
I bought and read this last night and have been writing my review as it’s very different than this one. I had some serious problems with the story and would have thrown my reader at one point except .. well expensive electronics + wall is never a good combination. I have to wonder sometimes if I’m overly critical on books I read but everyone’s a critic I suppose.

Primal Red by Nicole Kimberling

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Primal Red by Nicole Kimberling

Blurb:

Peter Fontaine is a reporter writing for a free weekly newspaper in the quirky little town of Bellingham. Nick Olson is a reclusive painter with questionable past and a studio in the Vitamilk Building. Peter has a knack for choosing to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In this case that place is the Vitamilk Building and the time is the moment that Shelley Vine, local art professor and rising star of the art world, is stabbed to death.

Determined to understand why Vine was killed, and convinced that breaking the story could jumpstart his career as an investigative journalist, Peter begins his own investigation into her death. As Peter uncovers more information about Vine, Olson, and the interconnected lives of the rest of the artists at the Vitamilk Building, he finds himself falling in love with Nick.

Peter wants a story but he also wants Nick, and it looks like he’s going to have to make a choice before the two can paint the town Primal Red.

Quirky but not wholly satisfying..

In Their Own Skins: Shifting Sands by Kiernan Kelly

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In Their Own Skins: Shifting Sands by Kiernan Kelly

Blurb:

Shapeshifter Dakota thinks he’s the only one of his kind in the whole world. Then he meets Jax and the sparks ~ and fur ~ flies. Convinced now that there must be more like them, Dakota and Jax seek out other shapeshifters and bring them all to the Shifting Sands ranch, where they can be free to be themselves. Where the restraints of cities and people can’t hold them back.

But what if not all shifters are content to just subsist side by side with humans? What if there are predators out there from time long past who consider themselves to be the top of the food chain? There may be forces at work looking to take the Shifting Sands ranch out of the picture. Can Dakota and Jax save themselves and the world from the predators? Or have they bitten off more than they can chew?

Shifting Sands includes two bonus stories in the same universe, The Sound of Home, and Mother Blue’s Bar and Grill. Get all three of these great stories in one volume!

Crazy, insane, but imaginative at least..