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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This fantasy novel by Vaughn R. Demont is a mess… a totally ingenious one! It mixes savage romance with fairy tale with erotica, but it manages to make it all a perfect melting pot. Count Pembroke Kendrick Llewellyn Richard Firemane, Lord of the House of Stone, Knight of the Realm, Viscount of the Benedict Shores, and Custodian of the Azure Blade, Dick for his friends, is a sidhe nobleman, perfect in body and naughty in soul. He has to maintain the estate his father left him, and more important than the property he has to preserve all the artists living inside it. Since Richard is not exactly prone to the mastery of the swords brandishing, he decided for an alternative career that seems to fit him better: he is a porn star! But don’t worry, he is not disgracing his House, since he always tops… on the screen. But when he goes back home, he forces himself on his squires Simaron, imposing him to perform for his master… as a top. Sim is always complaining that what they are doing is not proper, that his sir should not lower himself, but it’s hard to make Richard understand, after all he has always had Sim by his side and you can say that Sim was and still is the only man Richard has really ever loved. Meet Lady Delia Isolde Jennifer Heartwood, Daughter of Countess Isolde of the Emerald Shores, soon-to-be bride of Richard. As Richard himself she has not intention to oblige what nobility is expecting from her, she is after all a knight, and a better warrior than Richard will ever be. When indeed they married, Richard takes the first chance he has to go on a quest, a search that will lead him to discover some unexpected roots in his family tree. The story starts almost as an erotica tale, with Richard first acting in a porn movie and than having a private performance with Sim. Even if the matter was pretty much earthly, the language was flowery and rich, and it was like reading a medieval bard describing a porn movie set. The author is plenty joking on all the common myths about both medieval savage romance than fairy tale, but he decided to turn upside down all of them, or maybe not: Lord Richard is a bored aristocrat who would prefer to sing and write poems all day long, but he has indeed to provide for his people; of course “working” is not in question, and so acting in the porn industry is the best option so far. He is probably in love with his squire Sim, but even if no one will forbid him to have a sexual intercourse with him, to be in love is highly forbidden; servants can be at the same level of cherished pet, but sooner or later he will have to marry with a woman and have an heir or two (one t spare). It is strange because basically the author deals with all the story in a very light and funny way, and then suddenly decided it was time to make Richard pays for all his carelessness: not that he dispossessed Richard and Sim of their happily ever after, but in a way he made Richard pay his toll. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003NX6U1E/?tag=elimyrevandra-20 no reviews | add a review
A modern knight, a noble quest, and a magical sword. What could go wrong? Welcome to the City, where gods run nightclubs, goblins hire out as mercs, sorcerers work their magic, the Fae hold court over every neighborhood...and humanity is blissfully ignorant of it all. For minor Fae noble Richard Stone, life is going well. He has a decent fiefdom (okay, it's a slum), a budding acting career (okay, so it's porn), and one of only five magical swords in the City. An arranged marriage is barely a blip on his worry meter--until his family blade loses its magic. The shame of it puts his noble standing in jeopardy. To regain his status, Richard needs help. Fortunately, his new bride is a sidhe knight and his servant Simaron has, er, his back. Together they embark on a quest to find the demon who slew his father, investigate a conspiracy that goes to the highest echelons of Fae nobility, and discover a secret family legacy that could ruin his House. All while keeping up appearances to a society that demands perfection. And they say a noble's life is easy... Warning: This book contains explicit gay sex, not-so-explicit gay sex, explicitly implied gay sex, routine breaking of the fourth wall, occasional bouts of Pearl Jam fanboy-ism, and plot. Side effects include confusion and headaches, and are best avoided by reading the pages therein in numerical order. No library descriptions found. |
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A few things I found annoying: In this world the fae live among humans, and they have difficulties to procreate - not very original, but ok. But then it is said, that the fae widely encourage homosexuality meanwhile they try to have more offspring. That doesn't make ANY sense. First of all: how do you encourage homosexuality??? Secondly: why should a people which already has problems procreating do it? I didn't like the underlying theory that homosexuality is something to encourage or discourage. Behaviour ok, but preference?? Really? And why?
And then if the fae find it preferable and nearly everybody is homosexual, then why lie about it all the time and keep it as a dirty secret? If everybody does it?
And the last nail in the coffin: It is ok for the noble fae to have homosexual sex with his manservant, but only if the noble is the top - as if your sexual preference must be in line with your social standing. A really strange logic.