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The Huntsmen #2
Bareback
The Huntsmen; Previous Lights Out!
LGBT Urban Fantasy Shifter
Bare is back without brother. Brian's new in town. He's also a bareback, a jinx, an untwinned huntsman nobody in his right mind would rely on. Meanwhile, everyone knows he's the straight-up cop standing fast in the moral heart of his beloved hometown. Joe's life is perfect--except for the serial killers, the mysterious twins, and his new love being a guy...who needs sex to stay human. When the dark side of the cops--vigilantes gone outlaw--joins with the monstrous dark side of the huntsmen, lovers must become brothers to strike at the heart of evil.
Huntsmen, hydes, and humans! In the blood-drenched, condo-cluttered Florida landscape, a hero takes a stand, and a man loves a man.
Publisher's This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find Male/male sexual practices, strong violence.
LGBT Urban Fantasy Shifter
Bare is back without brother. Brian's new in town. He's also a bareback, a jinx, an untwinned huntsman nobody in his right mind would rely on. Meanwhile, everyone knows he's the straight-up cop standing fast in the moral heart of his beloved hometown. Joe's life is perfect--except for the serial killers, the mysterious twins, and his new love being a guy...who needs sex to stay human. When the dark side of the cops--vigilantes gone outlaw--joins with the monstrous dark side of the huntsmen, lovers must become brothers to strike at the heart of evil.
Huntsmen, hydes, and humans! In the blood-drenched, condo-cluttered Florida landscape, a hero takes a stand, and a man loves a man.
Publisher's This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find Male/male sexual practices, strong violence.
376 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2008
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September 20, 2010
I chose this one because I like Amber Green and wanted something different. I haven’t read any of the other books in the series but found this easy enough to pick up any important background. The story is decent and the characters well developed for the most part. Yet something feels missing as my attention kept wandering. The characters and the plot itself feel rushed and the ending had me reading twice since it didn’t make much sense. There seems to be a lot of accepted facts made without much logical reasoning or background. I don’t think the issue is because it’s part of a series so much as the characters just make a statement and move on.
Part of this goes into the problems with the plot. Brian is new in town and comes upon a gang murder. He’s then put into the path of local cop Joe. Now Brian is a werewolf type creature that feeds on sexual energy and happens to be gay. Joe is a straight cop with a family of huntsman but he doesn’t know it. Joe and Brian get it on with Joe happily getting into the sex and there is no angst about “oh I’m gay now” he simply is. This is a bit of a stretch since the beginning is all about Joe saying no no no and then suddenly he gives in and starts petting Brian in public. The switch was abrupt and jarring, which contributed to not really connecting with either character.
The murder mystery aspect feels rushed with too many missing pieces. Not to give any spoilers there are a lot of people involved in the gang or covering up for the gang and it involves both the cops and the huntsman groups. There is a scene at the end that tells you little to nothing, yet a lot happens. I couldn’t quite figure out what was going on and how the final resolution came about but then again the murder mystery never really gripped me either. I like the author’s writing and the character of Brian but everyone else felt empty and bland.
Part of this goes into the problems with the plot. Brian is new in town and comes upon a gang murder. He’s then put into the path of local cop Joe. Now Brian is a werewolf type creature that feeds on sexual energy and happens to be gay. Joe is a straight cop with a family of huntsman but he doesn’t know it. Joe and Brian get it on with Joe happily getting into the sex and there is no angst about “oh I’m gay now” he simply is. This is a bit of a stretch since the beginning is all about Joe saying no no no and then suddenly he gives in and starts petting Brian in public. The switch was abrupt and jarring, which contributed to not really connecting with either character.
The murder mystery aspect feels rushed with too many missing pieces. Not to give any spoilers there are a lot of people involved in the gang or covering up for the gang and it involves both the cops and the huntsman groups. There is a scene at the end that tells you little to nothing, yet a lot happens. I couldn’t quite figure out what was going on and how the final resolution came about but then again the murder mystery never really gripped me either. I like the author’s writing and the character of Brian but everyone else felt empty and bland.
June 25, 2011
3.5 stars
This is the only m/m book in Huntsmen series (the others are m/f/m), but you can read it as a standalone.
This is a fun, light read. You'll have to work out all the connections between the characters, because there are so many of them. I liked the premise and I liked the protagonists very much. There was no angst on Joe's part about being gay (or bi) - once he decides he wants Bri, nothing else matters. This isn't exactly realistic, but so what? It was quite refreshing and it was believable considering Joe's personality, profession and, especially, his family (you'll have to trust me, being gay wouldn't phase anyone in his family). Brian was a mixture of inhuman strength and appetites and all-too-human insecurities. Quite endearing. You can also see that this was author's earlier work. The story could benefited from some trimming, some characters could have been introduced sooner to make the story clearer and there was a moment or two where the story meandered a bit, but overall it was very, very entertaining. Sometimes, this is exactly what we need. ^^
This is the only m/m book in Huntsmen series (the others are m/f/m), but you can read it as a standalone.
This is a fun, light read. You'll have to work out all the connections between the characters, because there are so many of them. I liked the premise and I liked the protagonists very much. There was no angst on Joe's part about being gay (or bi) - once he decides he wants Bri, nothing else matters. This isn't exactly realistic, but so what? It was quite refreshing and it was believable considering Joe's personality, profession and, especially, his family (you'll have to trust me, being gay wouldn't phase anyone in his family). Brian was a mixture of inhuman strength and appetites and all-too-human insecurities. Quite endearing. You can also see that this was author's earlier work. The story could benefited from some trimming, some characters could have been introduced sooner to make the story clearer and there was a moment or two where the story meandered a bit, but overall it was very, very entertaining. Sometimes, this is exactly what we need. ^^
January 10, 2010
This was chosen for me for my monthly pick-it-for-me challenge. I hadn't read the first one of this series & don't usually like reading books out of series order, but this could be read as a stand-alone story.
I started this with a sense of forboding - absolutely convinced I wouldn't enjoy it, but... It took me in. I finished it in one sitting. Complex story, engaging characters - witty, odd, charismatic. You can believe the deepening relationship - & no flowery prose to distract. A few loose ends hanging at the end. Will now read the first in the series, but think I'll pass on the third - see it's an m/f/m - why do authors do this?!
I'm glad that I did read this for the challenge - I probably would have avoided it otherwise & missed a great read.
I started this with a sense of forboding - absolutely convinced I wouldn't enjoy it, but... It took me in. I finished it in one sitting. Complex story, engaging characters - witty, odd, charismatic. You can believe the deepening relationship - & no flowery prose to distract. A few loose ends hanging at the end. Will now read the first in the series, but think I'll pass on the third - see it's an m/f/m - why do authors do this?!
I'm glad that I did read this for the challenge - I probably would have avoided it otherwise & missed a great read.
March 25, 2011
3.5 Stars
I did enjoy this but I have to agree with another reviewer in that it does tend to be confusing at times.
I did enjoy this but I have to agree with another reviewer in that it does tend to be confusing at times.
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April 14, 2009I can clearly say that this book is very good, but sometime I feel a little of confusion, maybe cause it's a second in a series and I haven't read the first. Some of the element that maybe the author considers obvious, cause they were in the first book, in this second appears from nothing and leave you a little disorienthed.
Brian is an Huntsman, a special human who fights against the evil with only his human body. The huntsmen feed on energy, energy they get from sex. They are always in pair of twin, but Brian is survived to his twin and now he is a "bareback". A bareback could be an instable element in the hierarchy of the huntsman, so if he doesn't find his balance he will be terminated. Brian is not skettish, he likes both women than men, so maybe for him is more simple to find a partner?
Not really. In his first day in a new town he witnesses to a murder and the cop he goes is Joe. Joe is a big and straight man, but when Brian implores him to have sex (like a drugs addicted in need of a dose...), Joe can't say no, even if he doesn't know that it is not only sexual relief Brian is searching.
But then around them the world seems to explode and the murders pile one after another. Plus Brian has to prove he is not an unstable element to the matriarch of the huntsmen.
Between an homicide and a race in various moving machine (trucks, vans, bycicles...), Brian and Joe manage to share some hot momentd together. Jos doesn't put much force in denying the life elixir to Brian, and he soon sets his mind in peace to the "straight" question.
The book is not at all short, 230 pages, but still reading it you have the feeling to be on a roller coast: the pace is very fast and you have never a moment of peace.
http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/22...
Brian is an Huntsman, a special human who fights against the evil with only his human body. The huntsmen feed on energy, energy they get from sex. They are always in pair of twin, but Brian is survived to his twin and now he is a "bareback". A bareback could be an instable element in the hierarchy of the huntsman, so if he doesn't find his balance he will be terminated. Brian is not skettish, he likes both women than men, so maybe for him is more simple to find a partner?
Not really. In his first day in a new town he witnesses to a murder and the cop he goes is Joe. Joe is a big and straight man, but when Brian implores him to have sex (like a drugs addicted in need of a dose...), Joe can't say no, even if he doesn't know that it is not only sexual relief Brian is searching.
But then around them the world seems to explode and the murders pile one after another. Plus Brian has to prove he is not an unstable element to the matriarch of the huntsmen.
Between an homicide and a race in various moving machine (trucks, vans, bycicles...), Brian and Joe manage to share some hot momentd together. Jos doesn't put much force in denying the life elixir to Brian, and he soon sets his mind in peace to the "straight" question.
The book is not at all short, 230 pages, but still reading it you have the feeling to be on a roller coast: the pace is very fast and you have never a moment of peace.
http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/22...
October 3, 2011
2.5
I'm really not sure what to think of this book or how to rate it. On the one hand I really liked the characters and found the story engaging. But I also found myself flipping back several times and re-reading segments in an effort to make sense of it all. I wondered how much more sense it might have made if I'd read the first book in the series, but even so, usually in series key points are explained again. And I found Joe's easy acceptance of a male partner, and everyone else's easy acceptance of Joe's male partner, more than a little unbelievable. Still, it held my interest.
Then a lot happened at the end, the typical fight of good-vs-bad with good triumphing. But we only got miniscule snippets of information, which made it really difficult to understand exactly what happened. And then it was suddenly over, in what seemed to me the middle of a scene. And yet, it also really pulled me in.
I'm really not sure what to think of this book or how to rate it. On the one hand I really liked the characters and found the story engaging. But I also found myself flipping back several times and re-reading segments in an effort to make sense of it all. I wondered how much more sense it might have made if I'd read the first book in the series, but even so, usually in series key points are explained again. And I found Joe's easy acceptance of a male partner, and everyone else's easy acceptance of Joe's male partner, more than a little unbelievable. Still, it held my interest.
Then a lot happened at the end, the typical fight of good-vs-bad with good triumphing. But we only got miniscule snippets of information, which made it really difficult to understand exactly what happened. And then it was suddenly over, in what seemed to me the middle of a scene. And yet, it also really pulled me in.
January 3, 2014
Not bad but not good either. Kind of weird. It's not gay erotica, not enough sex for that despite one of the characters supposedly needing sex to remain human. Not romance or paranormal 'cause you don't actually get much of either. I don't know. It seemed pretty pointless plot wise. Maybe a mystery? Who knows...Amazingly enough I actually liked Brian and Joe. I just didn't really see a point of those little nagging thoughts Joe seemed to have every few minutes about his sexuality and Brian not being human. Really out of the blue. It appeared as if the author wanted to take us deeper into Joe's emotions about homosexuality and his love for Brian but the book wasn't actually in that kind of spirit. Like trying to give this book two different directions and achieving neither successfully. Pretty disappointing.
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September 12, 2011
I liked the book, but it really does need to be edited. If I have to stop a couple of times to wonder if there is not something missing in the sentence, well that's not exactly an enjoyable.
The story is interesting even if I don't fully understand what a bareback is, because it sounded like a werewolf first but then more like an incubi, so that had me confused.
What I liked were the characters, especial Bri and Joe. It was refreshing not to go through a long and dramatic denial process, because someone "straight" found a male partner.
The story is interesting even if I don't fully understand what a bareback is, because it sounded like a werewolf first but then more like an incubi, so that had me confused.
What I liked were the characters, especial Bri and Joe. It was refreshing not to go through a long and dramatic denial process, because someone "straight" found a male partner.
June 17, 2016
Just re-reading the classics
Amber Green, is one of my favorite authors! Basically, because she writes at a advanced degree level. The research is impeccable, other than The two errors that I caught, one where a mini van turns into a full size van. Usually I'm groaning through errors in this genre both by the fifth grade grammar, and clockwork writing. It's a great read, very fast yet complete.
This is still one of my favorite books,, have read this again in months but here goes another, maybe I should keep track,
Amber Green, is one of my favorite authors! Basically, because she writes at a advanced degree level. The research is impeccable, other than The two errors that I caught, one where a mini van turns into a full size van. Usually I'm groaning through errors in this genre both by the fifth grade grammar, and clockwork writing. It's a great read, very fast yet complete.
This is still one of my favorite books,, have read this again in months but here goes another, maybe I should keep track,
January 29, 2012
I enjoyed this book and the wild cast of characters. Joe and Brian were great together. I liked the was the book read even though there were some loose ends hanging. The idea of twins to keep each other in check was well done. The crooked cops and the hyde had me going for a while. The cover ups were well played to keep the Huntsmen hidden. This was a fun paranormal read.
January 12, 2011
Character-driven with settings so well described the reader can smell them, this book is destined to be a classic.
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