Starfire

Oh, lovely. Yes, lots of sex, explicit and non, but this is most definitely a story about building a relationship. Luca is willing to settle for a husband, since all the women he's considered are too well trained as submissive idiots - he needs a marriage partner who can stand beside him. Noe is actively gay, attracted to Luca, and very interested in the sort of partnership in marriage Luca is offering. They're already friendly acquaintances; Luca tests the waters of this gay stuff with a date... And things go well and better and best. But they've both got family and cultural opposition to deal with, and their own trained responses to same - both of them have to make some changes in order for this relationship to work. Some real idiots, show more some great supporters, and some true friends around them. And an utterly lovely HEA (with lots of hard work attached). It's also incredibly funny - I was laughing at so much of it. The banter between them, and Ren and Arman, and Luca's men, and...A perfect AJ story. The only thing is... Looking at the book lists in the back, I've _read_ all but one of AJ's books (and that one's here waiting)! One more coming at some point. Ah well, I'll just have to reread until the writing catches up - having read this, I of course want to reread the first two, and then all the rest over again...(All the names, not just AJ. They're all good).
Yes. It's a quick reread (a whole month later, almost), but the story's a lot richer when I've just read the first two books. Worth it. show less