Fire of the Four Seasons

by Scarlet Hyacinth

[Ménage Amour ManLove: Erotic Alternative Fantasy Ménage Romance, M/M/M/M/M]

A slave of his sister Eva’s whims, Alexei is shocked when, in the process of getting her a gift, he meets four men who sweep him off his feet. Zimah, Visnah, Lyetah and Ohsyn are unlike anyone Alexei has ever met. They control the power of the seasons, and they agree to help Alexei. Their affection and generosity soon morph into passion and love, and Alexei allows himself to surrender to desires he had kept hidden for many years.

But when Eva’s unreasonable requests continue, Alexei refuses to take advantage of his men’s magic once again. His decision sets him, his sister and his lovers on a course of events that leads secrets of the past to be revealed. The hidden fire inside Alexei is about to burst out, and the love of the four seasons may not be able to extinguish it.

Genres: Fantasy, M M Romance, Menage, Romance, Multiple Partners, M M Fantasy, Paranormal

94 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 19, 2011

About the author

Scarlet Hyacinth was born in 1986, in a Romania still struggling under the weight of the communist regime. As a young girl, she started studying the English language and fell in love with books.
After a childhood spent devouring hundreds of pages of fantasy literature, Scarlet found her calling. While at uni, she discovered with the help of a dear friend that she had a knack for writing. The rest, as they say, is history, or rather, lots of hard work and sleepless nights. Today, she can only say with a smile that nothing is impossible and that no matter what others say, you can achieve your dreams if you work hard enough.

Reviews

[Tamarrion Lash · Rating 1 out of 5]

Хоссади, найдите уже автору русскоязычную бету.

[Amber · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think one of the most important things when doing a polymorous story especially one with more the three people is to spend some time with each character. Give them a vivid personality so each character is memorable and isn't easily mixed up with each other. This book epicly fails to do that. The whole concept of the story with Alexei and Eva's birth and the four seasons in interesting and could have been a really great book. Yet the "four seasons" all blended together and really weren't very interesting. I keep mixing them up and none of them stood out. The love factor between the five is laughable at best. It was more like a set up to get them into bed. Eva was a complete stereotype that just didn't have any dimensions to her at all and took up more than her fair share of the meager 94 pages of the book. The book could have really use some time spent on getting to know the four season guys and Alexei's relationship with them instead.

[Ale Rivero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo primero a tener en cuenta de esta historia es que es un romance paranormal homoerótico. Luego de haber dicho eso es interesante resaltar que la autora mete un poco de cultura rusa en la historia a través del cuarteto que representa a las estaciones -Zimah, Visnah, Lyetah y Ohsyn-.
Lo que más me ha gustado de la historia es la ternura que aporta Alexei, el protagonista principal, y que a pesar de lo que podría sucederle siempre está dispuesto a complacer los deseos de sus padres y de su hermana Eva. Hasta que llega la ocasión en que se encuentra con os cuatro hombres que estarán dispuestos a complacer sus deseos.
El poco de dramatismo que rodea a los protagonistas hace que la balance se equilibre bastante bien entre este, el romance y el erotismo. Muy recomendable.

[Ana · Rating 2 out of 5]

I gotta say I spent most of the time it took me to read this completely confused. One because the Russian words were completely foreign, including their names. I was never able to identify who was who. Two because I didn't know the tale from where this came from and it went right over my head. Nothing was familiar except the whole Eva in ice thing being reminiscent of sleeping beauty but even that seemed quite forlorn and odd. The sex...was just confusing too. I couldn't tell who was doing what and, after a while, I didn't even care. I just wanted it all to end.

[Omega696 · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Snow White mixed with a tale about a Dorothy and 12 months. Thought we do not have a Dorothy here and twelve months became four seasons instead.

It was a nice read and quite well balnced. I liked the characters thougth the length of the book didn't alow us to learn much about them.

The russian language was a bit weird but it didn't bother me all that much.

[Cole Riann · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

So-so. I never much got into this one, and I thought it a bit strange that this obvious fairy tale has one of the secondary characters learning the grand lesson of the story. I probably would have enjoyed it more if it were smuttier :D

[Davina · Rating 3 out of 5]

i could rip eva cold heart out and the mother talk bout hot and cold

[Clover · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was a nice story. I remembered the russian fairytale except that it was a girl and the 12 months of the year.

[Tj · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, fairy tale like.

[Gwengwel · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars