My First M/M Book

I just finished reading Fair Game by Josh Lanyon and I'm glad I did. He's a very good writer who can tell a very good story. I did think the mystery reveal happened sort of suddenly, but that might be because I'm used to longer mystery books that have more room to work with.

I liked both the protagonists. They were distinctly different men. The story is told from Elliot's POV, so the reader gets to know him well, but Tucker is also well fleshed out. I enjoyed their tentative steps to reconciliation, and about the time I was thinking 'well, get ON with it - talk!', they did.

The sex. Well. It wasn't too over the top and there wasn't too much of it, but ... I'd just as soon there was none, or that it was behind closed doors. Sort of like your parents. You know they had sex - you're the proof - and you know they probably still are, at least every now and then, but it's just something you don't want to picture or even think about. You can love them without knowing all the intimate details of their lives.

That's how I felt about this book. I reveled in the emotions, loved the storyline, but for me it wasn't necessary to go into these men's bedroom. The nurse in me immediately went into overdrive. It was enough, for me, to know they loved each other and found their HEA.

I expect I'm in the minority, because these m/m books are very popular. I don't know that I'll try another. I suspect my first m/m book will also be my last.

Oh My Goodness!

Dear Lori,

We now own our very first m/m book, and I want you to promise to read it, because it takes place in Seattle and evidently cooking is involved to a small degree.

Yes, I finally caved. I couldn't help myself. Everyone has nothing but good to say about Josh Lanyon's writing and the book in question, Fair Game, has 4 and 5 star ratings on Amazon. It's a mystery and I do love my mysteries.

I hope the sex isn't too overt; I don't think it is, from the reviews I've read. But then I hope that for most every book I get. It's a real crap shoot out there now. I want to read a good, strong plot, with good, strong characters, with the sex coming in a distant third. Their sexual orientation doesn't matter, as long as the Romance is there.

So, I'm excited and a little nervous about reading my first m/m. Please read it too, so we can discuss.

We may be two old farts, but even such as we can change and change can be good. :-)