跪いて、永遠の愛を誓う。

by 夜光花, 奈良千春 (イラスト)

日常はつまらないことばかりで、何もかもが億劫だ…。

橘グループの御曹司、雄太はその恵まれた環境に甘え、毎日を好き放題に遊び回っていた。そんな雄太を運れ戻しに来るのが父の秘書、古家孝彰。雄太は、冷たくいつも取り澄ましているこの男が大嫌いだった。２人は従兄弟だが、孝彰が同性愛者だと知った時から、雄太は孝彰を避けるようになった。同じような、家が金持ちの連中と粗悪な遊びを行い、ついに最悪な事件を起こしてしまう…。追い詰められた雄太を救えるのは結局孝彰だけだった。だが孝彰は事件を隠蔽する代わりに雄太にとって最も屈辱的な要求をしてくる…。

衝突する激情と異常なまでの執着心。愛と下剋上の物語。

Genres: Japanese Literature

248 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2006

About the author

夜光 花（やこう はな）は、日本のボーイズラブ小説家。
6月2日生まれ、双子座、B型。埼玉県出身、在住。
2004年「月を抱いた」（竹書房 ラヴァーズ文庫）にてデビュー。
ファンタジー、ミステリー、サスペンス、ホラー調の作品を得意とし、シリーズ物も多数執筆。
BL以外の作品は、別名義の〝 花夜 光 （はなや ひかり）〟で執筆。漫画の原作にも携わっており、ジャンルを超えて幅広く活躍している。

Hana Yakou is BL (Boy's Love) author of Japan.
Birthday: June 2, Zodiac signs: Gemini, Blood type: B. Born and live in Saitama, Japan.
First published work: 「月を抱いた」2004.
She writes a different Light Novels works (not BL) by another name " Hikari Hanaya "
※But, the books on English page are considered pirated editions.

Reviews

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this because I had rather liked Yakou Hana's "Bug" series, and always enjoy seeing Naru Chiharu's art.

Yuuta and Takaaki are cousins - Yuuta is the good for nothing son of the owner of the Tachibana hotel group and Takaaki the excellent secretary of his father. Yuuta spends most of his time playing around, partying and taking drugs, much to his father's and Takaaki's chagrin. However, when one party takes a rather dark and dangerous turn, Yuuta find himself relying on Takaaki's help - and consequently finds himself under Takaaki's complete control - both when it comes to work and play.

I wasn't exactly disappointed by the story- it was really fast and easy to read - but the atmosphere of this book was all over the place and so not quite what I expected (which was mostly smut to be honest). Most of the first 50 pages reads like something straight from Trainspotting (without the Scottish accents though), which was extremely uncomfortable. Then there's some kinky sex, which I expected, and then suddenly it's like a coming of age story where the previously good for nothing boy has to learn what real work is. The resolution of it all also is a bit difficult to swallow - I don't want to spoil you for the "big plot twist", but if anyone did to me what Takaaki did to Yuuta I don't see myself forgiving them, ever. I also felt like what happened in the middle felt a little unfinished at the end - she could have done a bit better tying up the loose plot threads.

Still, it wasn't bad. Yuuta actually is a fun character - if handled badly, he could have turned out completely unlikeable, but as it is I ended up caring for him. Takaaki remains rather unreadable until the end (or maybe not unreadable as such but you ordinary clichéd seme). All in all I was hoping to enjoy the switch in power relations a bit more (like in that one short story by Eda Yuuri - *that* was hot and interesting) and I would have preferred a less incongruent atmosphere.

I really did enjoy Yakou Hana's smooth writing style though - it has a nice flow, and I guess that means I'll read more by her (maybe I'll try her current Shy Novels series soon).