Amy Lane, Amy Lane, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
1. I love the cover of Chase in Shadow. It is more "real" looking than I have seen from you in the past. It is also dark and a little scary-looking. Just like the inside of Chase's mind!
2. I love that you have created more characters that are (to quote Donkey from Shrek) like onions. They appear to be solid, but as you masterfully remove one layer after another, we see that they are made up of thin, sometimes pellucid parts that only make them appear to be whole.
3. I love that you have given us a behind-the-scenes look into the world of gay porn. Who knew so many of the men involved claim to be straight? That gives a girl hope! You put alot of hot, steamy sex into a book that is at it's heart a story about healing and becoming the person you were meant to be before all the shit in the world surrounded you.
4. I love that you generated men who are true friends to each other. They are able to see through the layers to the solid core an know that in that place is the essence of the man. They know that sometimes the layers, no matter how ugly they are, are worth dealing with to get to the man inside.
5. I love that you brought back Doc Stevenson and his knitting. Only your fans will get him and his Talker reference. It was an appropriate example for him to use with Chase. And it made me smile to remember another set of human beings you created out of thin air for us, your demanding consumers (because we demand that you write more books for us to consume) to love.
6. I love that we see another gay man for whom the closet, however excrutiatingly painful it may be, seems a better place than any other. We see that Chase's inability to conceive of a world without that closet has far reaching effects. Those effects aren't glossed over in an effort to get to the HEA. The work that Chase has to suffer through to be able to become whole is hard to read about. I found myself cheering for him when he wanted to give up and go back inside his head. I found myself wanting to shake him when he wanted to go back inside his head. I found myself crying with him when the door was smashed to pieces in the safety of Doc's office. The pain which causes Chase's (bad) decisions pays itself forward and we are able to witness how it changes everyone in his life. We see the work that they must all do to get to the other side of the havoc that has been wreaked in their lives.
7. I love that not everyone comes around. That is real. It is sad. It is true.
8. I FLOVE that Chase got the bike(s) and the action figure.
Thank you Amy for another novel that falls into many categories, but is very much NOT limited to the M/M genre.
1. I love the cover of Chase in Shadow. It is more "real" looking than I have seen from you in the past. It is also dark and a little scary-looking. Just like the inside of Chase's mind!
2. I love that you have created more characters that are (to quote Donkey from Shrek) like onions. They appear to be solid, but as you masterfully remove one layer after another, we see that they are made up of thin, sometimes pellucid parts that only make them appear to be whole.
3. I love that you have given us a behind-the-scenes look into the world of gay porn. Who knew so many of the men involved claim to be straight? That gives a girl hope! You put alot of hot, steamy sex into a book that is at it's heart a story about healing and becoming the person you were meant to be before all the shit in the world surrounded you.
4. I love that you generated men who are true friends to each other. They are able to see through the layers to the solid core an know that in that place is the essence of the man. They know that sometimes the layers, no matter how ugly they are, are worth dealing with to get to the man inside.
5. I love that you brought back Doc Stevenson and his knitting. Only your fans will get him and his Talker reference. It was an appropriate example for him to use with Chase. And it made me smile to remember another set of human beings you created out of thin air for us, your demanding consumers (because we demand that you write more books for us to consume) to love.
6. I love that we see another gay man for whom the closet, however excrutiatingly painful it may be, seems a better place than any other. We see that Chase's inability to conceive of a world without that closet has far reaching effects. Those effects aren't glossed over in an effort to get to the HEA. The work that Chase has to suffer through to be able to become whole is hard to read about. I found myself cheering for him when he wanted to give up and go back inside his head. I found myself wanting to shake him when he wanted to go back inside his head. I found myself crying with him when the door was smashed to pieces in the safety of Doc's office. The pain which causes Chase's (bad) decisions pays itself forward and we are able to witness how it changes everyone in his life. We see the work that they must all do to get to the other side of the havoc that has been wreaked in their lives.
7. I love that not everyone comes around. That is real. It is sad. It is true.
8. I FLOVE that Chase got the bike(s) and the action figure.
Thank you Amy for another novel that falls into many categories, but is very much NOT limited to the M/M genre.
