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Taboo
In his frustration Aiden Kelly made a wish. A wish for change. For something fantastic and magical to shake up his safe and stifled life as a struggling academic. And it did. A dark man appeared in his life with secrets of how Aiden could get every fantasy he'd ever ached for. Follow him on his dark journey of transformation and change to become everything he’d ever considered Taboo…He’s waiting for you. There. Between the covers.
- GenresM M Romance
165 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 21, 2011
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About the author
Hayden Chance
6 books13 followersHayden Chance was born with the insane notion that he came here to bring magic back into the world.
At 30 he discovered, much to his chagrin, that there was not a world of enchantment living behind the dusty shelves of University offices and libraries the way children’s books had sworn there was. What did live there was mold, contact dermatitis, angry women who hated Shakespeare for being a man and pale introverts with non-gender specific names who liked vegetarian Pad Thai.
Unimpressed by these discoveries he decided to leave teaching forever and strike out for a life of adventure!
He believes in showing the numinous behind the mundane. The mystical in the everyday lives of men and women (and animals). And he believes that truth is best received wrapped in a tortilla of laughter. (Did you like that poetic imagery?)
He is a Virgo, is vehemently against political correctness and knows how to kill in three seconds. Seven seconds if he hasn’t had his coffee yet.
At 30 he discovered, much to his chagrin, that there was not a world of enchantment living behind the dusty shelves of University offices and libraries the way children’s books had sworn there was. What did live there was mold, contact dermatitis, angry women who hated Shakespeare for being a man and pale introverts with non-gender specific names who liked vegetarian Pad Thai.
Unimpressed by these discoveries he decided to leave teaching forever and strike out for a life of adventure!
He believes in showing the numinous behind the mundane. The mystical in the everyday lives of men and women (and animals). And he believes that truth is best received wrapped in a tortilla of laughter. (Did you like that poetic imagery?)
He is a Virgo, is vehemently against political correctness and knows how to kill in three seconds. Seven seconds if he hasn’t had his coffee yet.
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January 31, 2015
okay, wow. I went into this book fairly blind. From the title, I was thinking this was going to be some sexual exploration for this man into the taboo. Now, although I was surprised at where this story led, I was not disappointed. It was a fascinating story that left me with tons of questions, so I will definitely be reading book two of this series.
March 12, 2013
Every time I read this I catch something new. Give yourself time and energy to read and re-read this book! It is definitely worth the effort: you will get out of it what you put into it and then some.
February 29, 2016
Just what is taboo? Miserable Aiden Kelly believed that he had it all figured out until he had a date with the Dark Man one night. A tightly woven story of what mat be right and wrong that left me going back and re-reading passages. A real mind fuck of the dark side of fantasy.
March 13, 2013
I really liked this book. I wasn't sure where it was going, but the characters kept getting stranger and more exotic. I thought it might go all "Mary Sue" on me at some point, but it never did. The characters just kept growing, never staying so two-dimensional. I like my fantasies to be... fantastical. Bigger than life, yet still able to be glimpsed in the world I see around me. If I wanted gritty reality, I'd read non-fiction crime. I want gritty fantasy, dammit.
And I found it.
And I found it.
January 10, 2022
Fear. Regret. Insecurity. All these negative emotions surround us all the time. We let them control our lives and our decisions. Guilt. Uncertainty. Doubt. They take up so much time in our headspace clouding our decisions and judgments. We have conditioned ourselves to these states of being for the majority of our adult lives. But what would happen if we just let all of that go. Peeled it back and shed off all of that negativity like a snake shedding its skin. What would we find when we looked at ourselves?
We are creatures of habit and we are creatures of comfort. If change is a terrifying prospect, what happens when you add self-actualization to the equation? These are some of the questions asked by Hayden Chance in his debut novel, “Taboo”. It’s a coming of age story with a twist that asks you to suspend your disbelief as long as you can. And if you’re able to, you are introduced to a world like none other. What starts out as simple fiction, becomes far more than that in a few short pages.
Even though the timbre of his voice is heavier and weightier, the quality of work has not changed. The pace is breakneck and the relationships bloom like flowers in a time lapse video but given the circumstances our characters are in, it’s very believable and thought-provoking. The questions that this book raise are answered but by the end, he has created enough interest that the remaining questions – and there are some – are fine to leave unanswered, for now.
Out of the three books I’ve read by Hayden Chance, this one seems to have struck a nerve with me more so than his other two, “The Year of The Bull” and “Anatomy of A Wish”. I believe it’s because of how grounded the story is in its most base nature. It’s a story about coming to grips with who you are and making the most out of the time you have. Not making the most, really; but owning it, making it your own and undeniably carving your place out in this world.
Do yourself a favor and check this book out. It’s got a dark sensibility to it that lingers in the air after you’re done that makes you desire more. And that’s all we crave in the end, the things we were put here to desire.
We are creatures of habit and we are creatures of comfort. If change is a terrifying prospect, what happens when you add self-actualization to the equation? These are some of the questions asked by Hayden Chance in his debut novel, “Taboo”. It’s a coming of age story with a twist that asks you to suspend your disbelief as long as you can. And if you’re able to, you are introduced to a world like none other. What starts out as simple fiction, becomes far more than that in a few short pages.
Even though the timbre of his voice is heavier and weightier, the quality of work has not changed. The pace is breakneck and the relationships bloom like flowers in a time lapse video but given the circumstances our characters are in, it’s very believable and thought-provoking. The questions that this book raise are answered but by the end, he has created enough interest that the remaining questions – and there are some – are fine to leave unanswered, for now.
Out of the three books I’ve read by Hayden Chance, this one seems to have struck a nerve with me more so than his other two, “The Year of The Bull” and “Anatomy of A Wish”. I believe it’s because of how grounded the story is in its most base nature. It’s a story about coming to grips with who you are and making the most out of the time you have. Not making the most, really; but owning it, making it your own and undeniably carving your place out in this world.
Do yourself a favor and check this book out. It’s got a dark sensibility to it that lingers in the air after you’re done that makes you desire more. And that’s all we crave in the end, the things we were put here to desire.
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