I knew before I read Sloan Parker's new, and first, book More that I would love it, but I had no idea how completely it would draw me in. I've read a lot of books that reach out to my heart and my mind and that live on long past the time I read the last page; but More? I"m completely overwhelmed.
It's taken me a couple of hours --and lots of thought-- to be able to even to get to the point of being able to write down how strongly this story affected me. There are so many words running around in my head that it's hard to just pick one and start with it. But I guess I'd have to go with "magic".
Not the magic you find in paranormal or supernatural stories, but the magic that comes to life when you meet someone that changes your entire life, someone that brings out, not only the best, but all that you are. And that is how I feel about this amazing first book by the very talented Sloan Parker.
The story is told through the first-person viewpoint of Luke. He's a man that has closed himself off, except for the superficial, from the rest of humanity. He's got no hope for a life filled with love and he thinks he's fine with that. But the evening that the story opens with will change everything; the men that he decides to spend this one night fucking are far beyond anything he could ever have imagined. In fact, it's the dynamics of the three of them together that changes everything; not only for Luke either. Neither Matthew or Richard were looking beyond the night. And watching as the magic takes hold of all three of these men is, at the very least, enthralling.
I've read other ménage stories and I've really enjoyed them. The titillation factor definitely played a large part in that, but it's always been the emotional connection between the characters that makes a successful ménage. But with More, it wasn't the sex that really got my attention. Yes, the sex was sizzling and über-steamy... but it was the connection between the three men that really makes this story, and ménage, work like no other that I've ever read.
Part of the beauty inherent in the relationship between Luke, Matthew and Richard is that, while they're very different and with varying strengths, they are yet very equal partners. The three of them together are better, and more, than just any two of them alone. They are all totally complementary and utterly necessary to the success of their life together. They each have their own assets that are needed by the whole; there isn't one more dominant partner, although it may appear to be so at times. But being with them as they forge a bond is an amazing adventure and an incredibly rich experience.
Truly, this is a book that enriches the soul as it entertains the mind; and that's not a statement that I make lightly at all.
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More by Sloan Parker
Loose Id, LLC
Genre: LGBT Polyamory (M/M/M), Suspense, Romance
Length: 245 pages (Novel plus)
BUY HERE
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Summary: For fifteen years Luke Moore has lived by three rules: stay off his father's radar, never spend more than a single night with any man, and never fall in love again. But one night of explosive sex and two men whom he can’t get out of his head have Luke breaking them all. Richard and Matthew push him past all his boundaries—both sexually and personally—and now he’s no longer hiding from his senator father; he’s taking him on. And he isn’t just falling for one man; he’s falling for two. If you're going to break the rules, might as well break them big.
But Luke’s father has his reasons for hating how his son lives, and he’ll do whatever he can and use all his power to keep Luke away from Richard and Matthew.
Can this threesome find a way to make their unconventional relationship last with the world around them trying to pull them apart? And will Luke be able to keep breaking his rules for Richard and Matthew, or will he head back to his familiar way of life just when his new lovers want to bind him tighter?
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Male/male sexual practices, menage (m/m/m).
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Yin (and) yang are complementary opposites within a greater whole; everything has both yin and yang aspects. I read books from nearly every genre, but romance is my favourite. Among the sub-genres of romance I read GLBT themed books... just so you know.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
More by Sloan Parker
Friday, March 19, 2010
Some of my favourite authors - OR - What Ethan Day's Gay Day has done to my TBR
I've gotta say that Ethan Day's Gay Day is responsible for the huge increase in my TBR and my TBB; actually before Gay Day last September I didn't even have a TBB list. But there you have it.
The authors that show up on Ethan's Gay Day to tease and tantalise us poor lowly readers are phenomenal. And many of them have become favourites: Ethan Day, well Ethan's been a favourite of mine for over a year and each story just cements his place there. But I've also found other authors (and they're in alphabetical order... no way can I put one ahead of another... they're all my faves for a reason!):
So, yes when I say that my TBR is unmanageable, I have the above authors to thank! And a few more that I've kind of stumbled onto either through my own blind luck or have been led to by others. But that's a whole different story--all about Book Sluts & Book Man Whores. *grin*
The authors that show up on Ethan's Gay Day to tease and tantalise us poor lowly readers are phenomenal. And many of them have become favourites: Ethan Day, well Ethan's been a favourite of mine for over a year and each story just cements his place there. But I've also found other authors (and they're in alphabetical order... no way can I put one ahead of another... they're all my faves for a reason!):
- Adrianne Brennan
- P.A. Brown
- Leiland Dale
- Jason Eddings
- S.J. Frost
- KImberly Gardner
- Andrew Grey
- Jambrea Jo Jones
- Geoff Knight (aka A.J. Ryan, aka Sam Cross)
- AJ Llewellyn
- Clare London
- Lynn Lorenz
- DJ Manly
- Z.A. Maxfield
- Patric Michael
- AKM Miles
- Johnny Miles (still waiting for May 15!)
- Jet Mykles
- Willa Okati
- Sloan Parker (just waiting for it to be released)
- Neil S. Plakcy
- Devon Rhodes
- Jaime Samms
- Lex Valentine
- Nix Winter
So, yes when I say that my TBR is unmanageable, I have the above authors to thank! And a few more that I've kind of stumbled onto either through my own blind luck or have been led to by others. But that's a whole different story--all about Book Sluts & Book Man Whores. *grin*
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tagged for the M/M meme
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Again, not knowing much about the meme thing, I'm not 100% sure about the image / cookie thing but I'm thinking that this might be what you're looking for?
I was tagged today by Sloan Parker ~ thanks Sloan! ~ for the M/M meme (and I hate to admit it but I don't really know what 'meme' is.. or how to say it... or much of anything.... :blush: )
Anywho....
Rules:
1. Answer all the questions below in either the comments here or post it on your own site. If you post it on your own site you have to come back and give the link here so I/Kris can mosey on over and see if you answered correctly have a sticky beak.
2. You have to tag two other people once your done and pester them relentlessly until they do the meme too.
3. Instead of a meme image thing you have to post a cookie, preferably a twofer. It is an m/m meme after all. ;)
*rubs hands together in glee*
Questions:
1. How long have you been reading GLBTQ fiction?
Yikes... checking my records it goes back to... wow!... two years this month.
2. What was the first book you read in this genre?
Amanda Young's Taboo Desires .. I knew it was her!
3. Are you 'out' as a reader?
I am to my family (eg. dh and children) and online friends... I think my from family would stroke out; 'cept my baby brother... he's cool!
4. Ebooks, print or both?
Both... of course. Some authors it's either / or, others it's both as soon as I can get 'em!
5. Do you buy direct from publishers or from secondary sellers?
Direct from publishers whenever possible; except sometimes for print books 'cause shipping to Canada can be a BIG expense... ebooks 99.9% of the time
< 6. Prove you're a Book Slut. How many books would you say you buy a week?
Um... 5? 10? 15? Somewhere there... usually double digits... no triple digits YET thank god.
7. Are you a cover, blurb or excerpt buyer?
Oh shoot... first choice would be blurb... but sometimes it's just the author too.
8. Yeah, you read reviews, but do you actually take notice of them?
Yep! Why do you think my TBR is teeming with books? And sometimes, just to be contrary ~ 'cause I like to be ~ if a review for a book is really bad, I'll get it ... so often what I like and what critical reviewers like are miles and miles and MILES apart.
9. Who's your fave publisher?
Oh drat! Ummm.... Amber Quill Press ~ love getting free books all the time.
10. What about authors? Your top two only!!
Okay this is just mean! How'm I only supposed to pick two? Okay, Amanda Young and Ethan Day; you always love your first one(s) most, right?
11. Is there a sub-genre you particularly dis/like?
Horror is a big dislike ~ most of the time; gory horror stories with horrible stuff I just cannot even be in the same room with. Favourite? Well, romance... any kind!
12. Short or long?? *rolls eyes* And, no, I'm not talking about cocks.
Good 'cause I don't have one! :snicker: Okay, both! Really. Sometimes I want to just lose myself in a long book ~ 200+ pages minimum ~ and other times I just want a satisfyingly filling snack. Probably partly why I love anthologies so much.
13. Anything turn you off about m/m or is all just glorious smut to you?
The only thing that would turn me if is if there was cruelty to any of the main characters caused by another main character... otherwise it's all just glorious!
14. Finish this sentence. You know it's m/m twu wuv when...
Shoot! I can't write.... Uh... they only want each other or, in the case of a ménage, each others.
15. What trope or theme are you heartily sick of in m/m romance?
Nothing... I pretty much love it all... I'm like a sponge, the more I have the more I want.
16. If you could choose any 3 characters for a m/m/m who would they be?
Urk! Um... I'm weak; I pretty much like 'em as they are in their stories.
17. What new GLBTQ release are you most hanging out for right now?
Ohferpetesake... anything that's coming out by a favourite author... but if you're gonna get sticky about it... ummmmmmm.... HELP!
18. What GLBTQ book has completely blown you away this year?
There've actually been a few ~ Z.A. Maxfield's Blue Fire; M. Jules Aedin's Windows in Time; Ethan Day's As You Are; Victor J. Banis' Deadly Mystery series; DJ Manly's Pure Sex
19. What do you think we'll see more of in m/m romance in 2010?
I think paranormal is going to continue to be big, but I'm thinking more suspense / mystery types?
20. Don't you agree that author Josh Lanyon should kill off arsehole character Jake Riordan?
Hey! Adrien's finally getting him where he wants him... most of the time. 'Sides he's HOT!... I guess that'd be a NO!
- - - - - -
* Perpetua (hee)
* Hm... R or C? Rhonda, you're it!
Otherwise I'd have to say Sloan... wait, she's the one that got me into this in the first place. *eyeroll*
Again, not knowing much about the meme thing, I'm not 100% sure about the image / cookie thing but I'm thinking that this might be what you're looking for?
And a bonus!
I was tagged today by Sloan Parker ~ thanks Sloan! ~ for the M/M meme (and I hate to admit it but I don't really know what 'meme' is.. or how to say it... or much of anything.... :blush: )
Anywho....
Rules:
1. Answer all the questions below in either the comments here or post it on your own site. If you post it on your own site you have to come back and give the link here so I/Kris can mosey on over and see if you answered correctly have a sticky beak.
2. You have to tag two other people once your done and pester them relentlessly until they do the meme too.
3. Instead of a meme image thing you have to post a cookie, preferably a twofer. It is an m/m meme after all. ;)
*rubs hands together in glee*
Questions:
1. How long have you been reading GLBTQ fiction?
Yikes... checking my records it goes back to... wow!... two years this month.
2. What was the first book you read in this genre?
Amanda Young's Taboo Desires .. I knew it was her!
3. Are you 'out' as a reader?
I am to my family (eg. dh and children) and online friends... I think my from family would stroke out; 'cept my baby brother... he's cool!
4. Ebooks, print or both?
Both... of course. Some authors it's either / or, others it's both as soon as I can get 'em!
5. Do you buy direct from publishers or from secondary sellers?
Direct from publishers whenever possible; except sometimes for print books 'cause shipping to Canada can be a BIG expense... ebooks 99.9% of the time
< 6. Prove you're a Book Slut. How many books would you say you buy a week?
Um... 5? 10? 15? Somewhere there... usually double digits... no triple digits YET thank god.
7. Are you a cover, blurb or excerpt buyer?
Oh shoot... first choice would be blurb... but sometimes it's just the author too.
8. Yeah, you read reviews, but do you actually take notice of them?
Yep! Why do you think my TBR is teeming with books? And sometimes, just to be contrary ~ 'cause I like to be ~ if a review for a book is really bad, I'll get it ... so often what I like and what critical reviewers like are miles and miles and MILES apart.
9. Who's your fave publisher?
Oh drat! Ummm.... Amber Quill Press ~ love getting free books all the time.
10. What about authors? Your top two only!!
Okay this is just mean! How'm I only supposed to pick two? Okay, Amanda Young and Ethan Day; you always love your first one(s) most, right?
11. Is there a sub-genre you particularly dis/like?
Horror is a big dislike ~ most of the time; gory horror stories with horrible stuff I just cannot even be in the same room with. Favourite? Well, romance... any kind!
12. Short or long?? *rolls eyes* And, no, I'm not talking about cocks.
Good 'cause I don't have one! :snicker: Okay, both! Really. Sometimes I want to just lose myself in a long book ~ 200+ pages minimum ~ and other times I just want a satisfyingly filling snack. Probably partly why I love anthologies so much.
13. Anything turn you off about m/m or is all just glorious smut to you?
The only thing that would turn me if is if there was cruelty to any of the main characters caused by another main character... otherwise it's all just glorious!
14. Finish this sentence. You know it's m/m twu wuv when...
Shoot! I can't write.... Uh... they only want each other or, in the case of a ménage, each others.
15. What trope or theme are you heartily sick of in m/m romance?
Nothing... I pretty much love it all... I'm like a sponge, the more I have the more I want.
16. If you could choose any 3 characters for a m/m/m who would they be?
Urk! Um... I'm weak; I pretty much like 'em as they are in their stories.
17. What new GLBTQ release are you most hanging out for right now?
Ohferpetesake... anything that's coming out by a favourite author... but if you're gonna get sticky about it... ummmmmmm.... HELP!
18. What GLBTQ book has completely blown you away this year?
There've actually been a few ~ Z.A. Maxfield's Blue Fire; M. Jules Aedin's Windows in Time; Ethan Day's As You Are; Victor J. Banis' Deadly Mystery series; DJ Manly's Pure Sex
19. What do you think we'll see more of in m/m romance in 2010?
I think paranormal is going to continue to be big, but I'm thinking more suspense / mystery types?
20. Don't you agree that author Josh Lanyon should kill off arsehole character Jake Riordan?
Hey! Adrien's finally getting him where he wants him... most of the time. 'Sides he's HOT!... I guess that'd be a NO!
- - - - - -
* Perpetua (hee)
* Hm... R or C? Rhonda, you're it!
Otherwise I'd have to say Sloan... wait, she's the one that got me into this in the first place. *eyeroll*
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