Arsenic and Rio by D.J. Manly

When I bought this ebook earlier this night, I didn't either look at the lenght, it was by D.J. Manly, an author I like very much, and he is in my to buy list automatically. But well, when I set down to read it and opened the file... 400 pages and more!!! it's one of my nightmare, begin a book so long by night knowing that it will sure end in two ways: or I like it and after 200 pages or less I will need to close it to sleep and I will finish the book the day after, or I love it and I will finish sleepy but happy in the little hours of night... Well know it's 1.30 in the night and I just spent the last 150 pages crying! Do you know that slowly but continuous crying that you neither bother to dry, since two seconds later you are up again in the same situation? When you have a lump in the throat and you need to blow your nose but you are too taken by the story to have the time to find a Kleenex? When I find a book like this, I don't know if blame the author or what.

Marshall is an abused child. At twelve years old he ran away from the foster house where they put him when his mother was interned for trying to kill him, and obviously the only chance he had was to be a whore. Actually he even found a "decent" pimp, a man that, when not selling him for money, took care of him, giving him an house, food and dresses. But before his 18 years, the man died and Marshall was sent in a correctional home, a place where he was supposed to complete his education and build a life. Instead he remained involved with Hal, who again whored him, but in a far worst way than before: he used Marshall to blackmailed closeted gay men. Finally Hal plans the big deal: Angelo is a rather young and wealthy man who lives in an isolated coffee plantation in Brazil. Hal wants for Marshall to seduce Angelo, to convince the man to draw a will in his favour and then to kill him. At first Marshall doesn't realize exactly what Hal is asking, and then Angelo is one more man to foul. But Angelo is kind and gentle and he really loves Marshall, so much that even Marshall starts to love him back. But the boy is too much involved with Hal and he seems to not see a way out of the situation.

All the book, yes all the 400 pages, is about Marshall; about his life before, during and after Angelo, about his journey to become a man. Ab absurdo, the tale of how Marshall will lose his innocence: yes since, even if he was a teen whore, and he made a lot of nasty things, till the main event of this story, Marshall was still a young boy, even naivee sometime. With the right care and proper psychological help, he would had a chance; and instead he met Hal, and he started his fall to Hell. And Angelo has the very right name, since he is the Angel who tries to help him, he is the man who holds out an hand to Marshall, who tries to show him another world, a world where he can be safe and happy. But Marshall needs to fall deeply and badly to understand that.

Even if Angelo is the victim, my tears are all for Marshall. Not that I don't like Angelo, he did very good thing and till the end he proves to be a very honest and full-hearted man, but well he is like an icon, the icon of love for Marshall, and instead Marshall is flesh and blood.

Really, I think D.J. Manly is becoming better every books he writes. This one is a real treasure. 

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Arsenic and Rio by D.J. Manly

When I bought this ebook earlier this night, I didn't either look at the lenght, it was by D.J. Manly, an author I like very much, and he is in my to buy list automatically. But well, when I set down to read it and opened the file... 400 pages and more!!! it's one of my nightmare, begin a book so long by night knowing that it will sure end in two ways: or I like it and after 200 pages or less I will need to close it to sleep and I will finish the book the day after, or I love it and I will finish sleepy but happy in the little hours of night... Well know it's 1.30 in the night and I just spent the last 150 pages crying! Do you know that slowly but continuous crying that you neither bother to dry, since two seconds later you are up again in the same situation? When you have a lump in the throat and you need to blow your nose but you are too taken by the story to have the time to find a Kleenex? When I find a book like this, I don't know if blame the author or what.

Marshall is an abused child. At twelve years old he ran away from the foster house where they put him when his mother was interned for trying to kill him, and obviously the only chance he had was to be a whore. Actually he even found a "decent" pimp, a man that, when not selling him for money, took care of him, giving him an house, food and dresses. But before his 18 years, the man died and Marshall was sent in a correctional home, a place where he was supposed to complete his education and build a life. Instead he remained involved with Hal, who again whored him, but in a far worst way than before: he used Marshall to blackmailed closeted gay men. Finally Hal plans the big deal: Angelo is a rather young and wealthy man who lives in an isolated coffee plantation in Brazil. Hal wants for Marshall to seduce Angelo, to convince the man to draw a will in his favour and then to kill him. At first Marshall doesn't realize exactly what Hal is asking, and then Angelo is one more man to foul. But Angelo is kind and gentle and he really loves Marshall, so much that even Marshall starts to love him back. But the boy is too much involved with Hal and he seems to not see a way out of the situation.

All the book, yes all the 400 pages, is about Marshall; about his life before, during and after Angelo, about his journey to become a man. Ab absurdo, the tale of how Marshall will lose his innocence: yes since, even if he was a teen whore, and he made a lot of nasty things, till the main event of this story, Marshall was still a young boy, even naivee sometime. With the right care and proper psychological help, he would had a chance; and instead he met Hal, and he started his fall to Hell. And Angelo has the very right name, since he is the Angel who tries to help him, he is the man who holds out an hand to Marshall, who tries to show him another world, a world where he can be safe and happy. But Marshall needs to fall deeply and badly to understand that.

Even if Angelo is the victim, my tears are all for Marshall. Not that I don't like Angelo, he did very good thing and till the end he proves to be a very honest and full-hearted man, but well he is like an icon, the icon of love for Marshall, and instead Marshall is flesh and blood.

Really, I think D.J. Manly is becoming better every books he writes. This one is a real treasure. 

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The Nameless God by Emily Veinglory

In a fantasy medieval world, Fisk is a simple peasant, but all of sudden, without him knowing why, a nameless God chooses him as vessels for his messages. The God starts using Fisk as his prophet, but with every vision, Fisk loses part of his body strenght, becoming almost crippled. To help Fisk in his duty, the God makes he meets Levin: Levin is a Protector Knight, an order which is devoted to protect for life the people they are assigned to. Levin's master, one of the men blessed by one of Fisk's vision, assigns Levin to Fisk: Levin's duty is not only to protect Fisk, but also to look after every his needs, included his physical desires. At first Fisk is almost embarrassed by Levin's attention, above all since he is a man that till now has avoided every sinful urges of his body, but then the God says to stop fighting, both Him than Levin.

The world Emily Veinglory recreates is very interesting, a form of feudal government where every small town is an independent keep. Above all them, Gods order people around, but not with an agreement between them: every God acts like an independent sire, and envy and little friction led their actions, and when a God is displeased, the consequences are tremendous.

Fisk reminds me a bit of the old saints of Christian's history, men like S. Francesco or S. Antonio, born in wealth but who chose to be poorer among the poor; the only difference is that Fisk is already poor, but he chooses not to improve his status thanks to the vision's gift. He is an humble man, and he underestimates himself. He believes Levin to be the important man in the story, and instead even Levin in the big design of God will not be able to see the right thing to do, only Fisk will be able to do that.

As often in Emily Veinglory's stories, sex is not the main event in the story, but this time sex is a bit more erotic and "clear" than in other books I read by the same author. In the previous books, the erotic encounters often are disguised in a bigger reason than the mere sexual act (Father's of Dragon, Wolfkin...): they are tools to reach a scope. In this case, Fisk and Levin make love for the pleasure, and they steal their time in spite of the God's will; there is also a time in which Fisk thinks, more or less, "at least I have this".

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The Nameless God by Emily Veinglory

In a fantasy medieval world, Fisk is a simple peasant, but all of sudden, without him knowing why, a nameless God chooses him as vessels for his messages. The God starts using Fisk as his prophet, but with every vision, Fisk loses part of his body strenght, becoming almost crippled. To help Fisk in his duty, the God makes he meets Levin: Levin is a Protector Knight, an order which is devoted to protect for life the people they are assigned to. Levin's master, one of the men blessed by one of Fisk's vision, assigns Levin to Fisk: Levin's duty is not only to protect Fisk, but also to look after every his needs, included his physical desires. At first Fisk is almost embarrassed by Levin's attention, above all since he is a man that till now has avoided every sinful urges of his body, but then the God says to stop fighting, both Him than Levin.

The world Emily Veinglory recreates is very interesting, a form of feudal government where every small town is an independent keep. Above all them, Gods order people around, but not with an agreement between them: every God acts like an independent sire, and envy and little friction led their actions, and when a God is displeased, the consequences are tremendous.

Fisk reminds me a bit of the old saints of Christian's history, men like S. Francesco or S. Antonio, born in wealth but who chose to be poorer among the poor; the only difference is that Fisk is already poor, but he chooses not to improve his status thanks to the vision's gift. He is an humble man, and he underestimates himself. He believes Levin to be the important man in the story, and instead even Levin in the big design of God will not be able to see the right thing to do, only Fisk will be able to do that.

As often in Emily Veinglory's stories, sex is not the main event in the story, but this time sex is a bit more erotic and "clear" than in other books I read by the same author. In the previous books, the erotic encounters often are disguised in a bigger reason than the mere sexual act (Father's of Dragon, Wolfkin...): they are tools to reach a scope. In this case, Fisk and Levin make love for the pleasure, and they steal their time in spite of the God's will; there is also a time in which Fisk thinks, more or less, "at least I have this".

http://www.loose-id.net/detail.aspx?ID=752

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