Don't Look Back by Josh Lanyon
Title: Don't Look Back
Author: Josh Lanyon
Type: Novella, Male Slash, MM Romance, Mystery, Drama, Suspense, New Relationship, Established Relationship
Length: 113 pages
Size: 228 KB
Rating: Okay
Blurb: He was chuckling, a deep, sexy sound as he pushed Peter back on the satiny cushions. Was this for real? Was he going to go through with it? Peter blinked up as his tie was unfastened, tossed aside, his shirt unbuttoned, laid wide. The evening breeze -- scented of smog and jasmine -- felt cool against his overheated skin, like the lightest breath.
Peter Killian, curator at Constantine House in Los Angeles, wakes in the hospital to find himself accused of stealing a Tenth Century Chinese sculpture. Peter knows he’s not a thief -- but that’s all he knows. Why is hot and handsome Detective Mike Griffin so sure he’s guilty -- and so bent on seeing Peter arrested?
And why is Peter having these weird dreams about an unseen lover who somehow reminds him uncomfortably of Michael Griffin?
I must admit that I am somewhat ambivalent about this title, over all. I would not go so far as to say that is bad, because it is a well written story. I have not yet been able to quiet figure out why I simply did not get into this novella as much as many of Lanyon's other works.
I think it's mostly because it was slower than I was in the mood for. As slow as a novella can be anyway. But again, that's not precisely right. Quiet a bit happens over the course of this work and it isn't slow, in the sense that nothing happens. In the end I did not find myself caring about the characters or what happened.
The story it's self is an interesting concept and I liked the underlying idea of the work. However, I simply did not get drawn into it the way I wanted to.
So in the end do not let me dis-way you from reading this title. Though if you are looking for hot and heavy sex this isn't the place to do it. And please if anyone else has any thoughts on this one, feel free to share. :)
Author: Josh Lanyon
Type: Novella, Male Slash, MM Romance, Mystery, Drama, Suspense, New Relationship, Established Relationship
Length: 113 pages
Size: 228 KB
Rating: Okay
Blurb: He was chuckling, a deep, sexy sound as he pushed Peter back on the satiny cushions. Was this for real? Was he going to go through with it? Peter blinked up as his tie was unfastened, tossed aside, his shirt unbuttoned, laid wide. The evening breeze -- scented of smog and jasmine -- felt cool against his overheated skin, like the lightest breath.
Peter Killian, curator at Constantine House in Los Angeles, wakes in the hospital to find himself accused of stealing a Tenth Century Chinese sculpture. Peter knows he’s not a thief -- but that’s all he knows. Why is hot and handsome Detective Mike Griffin so sure he’s guilty -- and so bent on seeing Peter arrested?
And why is Peter having these weird dreams about an unseen lover who somehow reminds him uncomfortably of Michael Griffin?
I must admit that I am somewhat ambivalent about this title, over all. I would not go so far as to say that is bad, because it is a well written story. I have not yet been able to quiet figure out why I simply did not get into this novella as much as many of Lanyon's other works.
I think it's mostly because it was slower than I was in the mood for. As slow as a novella can be anyway. But again, that's not precisely right. Quiet a bit happens over the course of this work and it isn't slow, in the sense that nothing happens. In the end I did not find myself caring about the characters or what happened.
The story it's self is an interesting concept and I liked the underlying idea of the work. However, I simply did not get drawn into it the way I wanted to.
So in the end do not let me dis-way you from reading this title. Though if you are looking for hot and heavy sex this isn't the place to do it. And please if anyone else has any thoughts on this one, feel free to share. :)