[Menage Amour Erotic Alternative Paranormal Menage a Trois Romance, M/M/M, vampires, public exhibition, sex toys] To say Caleb has had a rough life would be an understatement. Dumped on the steps of an orphanage as a baby, he doesn't even have a last name. Being friends and fellow warriors with the Marius brothers, Caleb learned what he wanted in a family. He just has to find his mate first. Sent to Ireland to help search for missing vampires, Caleb is shocked to find he has not only one mate, but two. Identical twins Liam and Lorcan O'Hagan want nothing more than to touch their mate, Caleb, when they meet him and cement their bonding. They can't imagine why the big warrior would be trembling and hiding behind others, afraid to even see them. Can the two of them show Caleb that they can give him the family he so desperately desires? Or will Caleb's fears drive him away before they can claim him? ** A Siren Erotic Romance
We all know that I think Jan Irving's Uncommon Cowboys series is the best Grade A Crack-Attack material out there. We know that...
BUT, and oh is that a big but, in the background, skulking around, is Joyee Flynn's body of work. If Joyee's Flynn's stories were manifested as a person they would be that twitchy, itchy, skinny guy that whispers at you from dark alleyways, saying things like "Hey, man, my stuff is goooood stuff, man. Come on, the first taste is free."
And, like the addict I am, I went into the alleyway and tried that twitchy, itchy, skinny guy's stuff. It was not good stuff. No, it was not good stuff at all but (and oh, that's another big but) I kept going back.
This series, and this book in particular, is like shooting up a Joyee Flynn 8-ball. I laughed my ever-lovin' ass off right before I OD'd.
Caleb is a big, supposedly tough warrior who cries every time there's a breeze. He travels to Ireland to help out his warrior friend and it's in Ireland that Caleb meets his mates, Liam and Lorcan. Twins.
Here's the thing, it's not really the premise of the story alone that matters. It's not only the fact that Caleb hooks up with two twinky twins. It's not just the way Caleb hides and sobs all the time like a little boy who gets his lunch money stolen everyday by the school bully who he happens to have a crush on. It's not even the fact that Caleb's past comes out of left field and smacks you in the face with a big WTF.
No, it's not just all of those things. It's all of those things PLUS the absolutely, positively, horriffically bastardized abomination of an Irish accent that Liam and Lorcan have.
It's Irish ebonics. There's no other way to describe it. Irish ebonics.
"Ye be bein' me that be bein' ye that he be bein' with ye and me."
Oh. Man.
This book actually broke me I think and, unlike with Jan Irving's stuff, I can't recommend these stories. I can't.
I'm going to stay away from that twitchy, itchy, skinny guy and his stuff. Take my word for it when I say that you should too.
What can I say about this book without laughing? Nothing! It was hilarious! From the onset, where this HUGE vampire 'warrior', Caleb, hides behind another vampire because he is afraid that he is SO BIG that he will hurt his mates (yes two, twin mates, but there is no twincest). Hence the title A Caleb Footlong. *surpresses giggles*
There is warrior crying, smex, twin crying, smex, giggling and smex, mood swings and smex, panic attacks and throwing up, and smex and did I mention there is smex? On top of that is EXTREMELY VERY BAD Irish brogue speak throughout the whole book. Now, I'm not Irish but I seriously doubt they speak like they know Ebonics and are from the ghetto side of town. All the "we be having", and "we be doing", and "we be wantin'"killed me. I laughed at EVERYTHING. Not that it's that 'serious', but it was dramedy.
And I noticed that some of Caleb's background was eerily similar to another character in a very popular vampire series that I am a hard-core fan of (I made reference to that series in another summary). You probably wouldn't know what series I'm talking about unless you've read it. My girlfriend laughed our heads off while we discussed the similarities.
Anyway, I read these kinds of books to break up all that 'really serious' pnr stuff I read (ha ha) and it's a good filler while waiting for that book in the other series I'm a hard-core fan of to come out.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
I think Miss Flynn needs to stop fantasizing a bit, sleep less with her dog and go out and GET A REAL MAN AND SOME REAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX before she puts her misguided fingertips to the keyboard once more.
My little girl cousins are manlier than her heroes. *rolls eyes* I think it's nice how her fans can see deep plots that aren't even hinted at or suggested, not even by meager subtext. I suppose some people's minds do that as a coping mechanism to justify wasted time and money.
It's just like with Einstein. He said since the mathematicians took over his theory he can't make sense of it. I wonder if Joyee Flynn on reading the DEEP meaning ascribed to her works (like by Mar 14, 2011 Judy & Marianne from The Long and the Short of It) even contemplated any such thing? Because on reading her "works" I get the feeling that (often kinky and unrealistic sex) with cheap melodrama are her sole foci the entire time.
That awful dialect was extremely painful to read. A little can be fun but half of the sentence??? No!
Add to the fact the this writer used the same little sentence and trick in all her book's ('dirty, dirty little mate', the spanking, the butt plug to always be ready, etc).
And Caleb! Grrr, did he stop crying at one moment? The guy's a warrior for god-sake. He even let everyone decide for him, totally incapable of making one single decision y himself.
ok so i read the first book in "the o'hagan way" series and i liked it a lot, but then this book is just absolutely annoying. the dialogue is a pain to read and the story is kind of weird too. half way thru the book i could swear caleb had cried more than i have in my entire life. seemed just a little cheesy. oh well.
I got a taster of this one in book 1 and I rushed to buy this one, and boy was it worth it and lets be honest the tittle had me wanting to know if it was true!! What I got was an intense story of family and belonging and how the perception of self can have a profound effect on how you react to things. I wont harp on about the hockey accent because I did that in my review of book 1, but I will say that this book took the most unexpected turn and it was intriguing watching Caleb and his mates working their way through the minefield of stuff thrown at them. This one really did sail on the verge of 'no f*cking way' but I seem to be able to forgive quite a bit when there is hot men involved!!
so...it took me quite awhile to write an actual review for this book. I dont like to be downright mean in them that's why. Even if it didn't "speak" to me its still someone's hard work and I take that into consideration.
Okay I honestly liked the idea of the story. Orphan royalty and such finding out the truth of whom he really is. Having two mates all for himself. Etcetcetc. I liked all of that, but what I didn't like was the brogue dialect in it. Don't misunderstand me though. The actual dialect is quite..well..beautiful when you hear it. But when you read it...uh...not so much. Plus I don't really remember those I encountered who do speak brogue saying "be" quite so much. It got a point where I would automatically ignored the "be" after every word in my mind. I actually don't mind when a big guy needs some extra help, a shoulder to lean, or whatever you want to call it. Heck I think it adds something to a story to see that some supposed tough guy busts out a tear. What I didn't like was that he freaked out constantly. Panic attacks and such. *sigh* even I would start rolling my eyes after awhile. I really wanted to like this story though. I just couldn't really get into it. :(
Like the first volume, I really enjoyed this story. It tells Caleb's story, which is one I've been waiting to hear for a while.
Caleb has never known his own family, but longs to have one as soon as he can find his mate. When he does, it's a bit of a shock to find out he has two, on top of which Caleb believes he has no idea how a family works. It takes him a while (and a few mistakes) to figure out that he's had the perfect example in the Marius family. The fact that he also turns out to be an important person doesn't help his struggle.
Liam and Lorcan are somewhat focused on making sure Caleb is theirs. They're farmers, but in the end, loyalty to their new mate wins out and they follow him.
This is a book about finding one's place in an unexpected situation and with unknown people. Caleb is a very flawed character, which made the story more interesting. This is a vampire story that revolves around the people involved rather than what it means to be a vampire.
I liked this one, I like where the story line is going....but at times the dialect is a little thick. After a while I had to skip over a lot of "ya be bein', me's" And I like accents.
This is going to be the book that starts the Ireland-US war, and the American Revolutionary War was clearly started so that such atrocious butchering of the accents can never occur.
Okay, I know it is not great literature, and that in a series there can be some inconsistencies. I can even deal with the horrid accents. but the snickering. Sweet holy hell, the snickering. these people are apparently nuts, snickering all the time. every second page. in my mid forties I may have legitimately snickered a handful of times in my life. but Caleb snickered, between sobs. Elena snickered, as did both Caleb's mates, their mother, father's and pretty much every character in the book. I found the lack of a thesaurus, or even knowledge of the meaning of the word, extremely distracting.
Imagine you wake up one day and everything you believed turns out to be a lie. How would you react? For Caleb, he is doing all he can to keep his head above water.
Caleb was introduced in the Marius Brothers series. He was characterized as the joker of the bunch, light hearted and fun to be around. So when I read his story I was a little taken by surprise by all the inner turmoil this character was suffering through. I found out that even the strongest of warriors have their breaking point.
On a trip to Ireland to meet up with his warriors friends for a mission he gets some unexpected surprises thrown at him. Upon arrival he discovers his mates, twins Lorcan and Liam. Caleb has never known love and acceptance from a lover before, so he is unsure how to treat his new found mates.
Liam and Lorcan have only known love in their life and couldn’t be more thrilled to show that love to their mate. All these two men want to do is love Caleb and put light into his world of darkness. After learning of Caleb’s past Liam and Lorcan will stop at nothing to show their big strong mate the unconditional love he deserves.
Caleb starts to let his guard down and accept the love and affection from his mates only to be blindsided with information from his past. All Caleb believed to be the truth about his life turns out to be a lie. Only question for Caleb now is to accept his fate or run from it.
This is a touching story that proves no matter how much life pushes you to the brink; love can always bring you back. Liam and Lorcan were to me the unsung heroes of this story. They may not be warriors but they have a warrior’s heart. For the love of their mate they will stand by his side through any obstacles thrown his way.
The dynamics between these characters was excellent. When push came to shove they always had each other’s backs. I feel comfortable recommending this book to anyone who enjoys ménage themed storylines or even to those who don’t. This is not a story about the sex but about the love and respect these three men have for one another.
Let me start by saying that I have already read the majority of the books in this series and was following it for a long time. I lost track of it and realized recently that I had about 4 new books in the Marius World Series to read. But it has been a long time since I read some of them, and I couldn't really remember much of the overarching plot. I also hadn't read much of the "Beyond the Marius Brothers" stories and never even added the ones I read onto Goodreads. I decided to take up the challenge of re-reading all the books (21 so far) in this series chronologically and writing a few thoughts on each. So I will set new dates to the "read date" section as I go along.
What I liked about it: - It was nice that a Warrior was the one needing all the support and comfort from his mates, and not the helpless tiny mate. It was refreshing. I liked how forward Liam and Lorcan were in the beginning, it was hilarious. - I liked that Caleb, who thought he had nothing ends up being the “Grand Pumba” and two awesome mates - I liked Liam and Lorcan’s “Gifts”
What I Didnt like: - Oh God! The repetitive SEX!!!! Can you people keep it in your pants for 2 PAGES PLEASE!!!!!!! - Since I read the previous book, () hours earlier, reading the meeting between Caleb and the Twin mates was BORING! I admit that I just skimmed through it. - Why is everyone into getting spanked? I thought it was fine that one twin liked it, but maybe Joyee Flynn should have let the other not like it that much. It would have provided some much needed differences between the identical twins. - I HATE THE PHRASE “tight little ass”. I mean, who refers to their OWN ass as “tight little ass”?!!!!!
Read for a challenge but I'd already bought it, so the precis had already pulled me.
What a disappointment. The writing is exceedingly disjointed.
Admittedly I hadn't read any other books in the series and this definitely contributed to my rudderless reading; but I never read books in a series together, so I am often trying to piece together information that may have been read a year ago. I generally can read them pretty well whilst only remembering the bare bones of the previous story. This book gave me nothing in terms of background or prior character relationships. Not even a brief sentence to put something in perspective.
And really - it's just smexing and the author trying to make you have pity for MC Caleb, or his mates, or Caleb again etc etc etc.
typical joyee flynn serial romance. nothing fantastic, nothing so bad it can't be finished. what is typical joyee flynn? imagine a shorter harlequin romance but with no t&a (see, i was going to write no surprise pregnancies, but... yeah.).
out of sheer laziness, i will be using this as my template for all books by : joyee flynn sunny day lynn hagen stormy glenn scarlett hyacinth carol lynne gabrielle evans
unless otherwise noted. i'd apologize, but i'm not sorry. i figure it's about as much time as they put into their books. dammit! well, i made it all the way to the end being rather moderate in my assessment. that's a win
I like the story and Caleb is very nice character but there was something that caught my attention.
In the book of Micah, in the first chapter when Micah and Caleb hunted, described how Caleb uses his gift: "As they reached a chamber in the cavern, Caleb used his gift, which was multiplying himself. They all gave off the same signature, but only the real Caleb could be hurt."
So in this book it turns out that he has no talent: "“I don’t have a gift, actually,” Caleb admitted as he stood up. He had a hand out to each of them as he stared down at them. “You still want your mate without a gift?”"
¡¡¡Caleb!!! La historia de este muchacho me hizo querer golpear a unas cuantas personas. A pesar de toda la situación dramática al principio de su relación, la historia de Caleb, Liam y Lorcan resulta muy bonita, y más al ver como los tres tratan de vivir una vida repleta de amor y felicidad, enfrentando todo lo que se les cruza en el camino. Al principio me pareció que los miedos y dudas de los protagonistas se resolvían con demasiada rapidez, pero luego, con la relación consolidada, resultó todo más romántica y realista. Recomendable.
This is a series set in Ireland. The family has sets of twins. So when a mate is found he has two mates. This is not like three mates. The twins are just mates with the same man. There are lots of funny scenes and other great scenes. Love this series. Joyee Flynn is a great author. I love reading all the books.
After reading all the Marious books the switch up with twins is fun, but as I start the next book why do all the sets of twins have the same traits? Small with short red hair and silver eyes, I'm kinda feeing like only the mate and the names change for these guys. Still I really enjoy the Marious worlds and that this time the biggest has moments of insecurity.
Funny and sweet though there was not a lot of conflict like the first book. I can NOT wait for the next one OR Victor's story. Bad Bad Joyee throwing in that reference in there and not giving hints lol.