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I really wanted to love this book. I read (listened to, really) it mainly for the following reasons:

A. The naked dude on the cover
B. Marshall Thornton gave it 5 stars.
C. Mary Calmes also gave it 5 stars, but somehow I take that less seriously. Sorry, Mary, you're still my favorite I-need-it-like-crack author!
D. If that guy on the cover moves his leg...just a smidge...I could totally see his peen.

Also, though I love any type of novel that involves a cop or a PI,the slew of uber-staight-detectives whose overwhelming pheromones cause women to roll back on their heels, offering up the flower of their womanhood with little to no thought, exhausts me. (Yes, I too, would have that reaction -- show me a damaged man & I'll show him a good time, oh baby! -- but I find it massively annoying in my fictional sisterhood.)

I picked this book up because I felt it only fair to read about a gay amateur sleuth (Mitch) who inspires the same reaction in men. And holy crap did this guy get a lot of butt (I mean that literally). I really wish I had kept track of all his conquests in ONLY 2 days. It would be impressive. If you read this book, please keep a tally, cause I'd like to know.

Speaking of which, I think a sociological/mathematical study should be done of this (fictional) small British hamlet. I mean, how likely is it that so many men in such a small area are either gay or looking for Mitch to come along to show them the joy of their own anus? Not that this book should be read for its true to life qualities -- oh, no -- but I would like to see some research in this area.

I'd also like to know more about lube in 1920s England. My extensive internet research (Google) tells me that Vaseline was first mentioned in 1876. What about olive oil? And wasn't castor oil popular then? My point is that everybody was using spittle in this book.

Um, ow.

James Lear does know how turn a phrase, though:

"They would not trick me so easily again, not even with slim white bodies and man-eating anuses."

"Premature baldness combined with heavy beard growth always seems to me to indicate a prodigious, unfussy sexual appetite."

"How many more times would I have to thrust my way up & down that dark, dank tunnel..."

Very funny stuff, but, and I never thought I'd say this, I was completely bored with the sex scenes about 50% through. They were extremely hot, but it was enough already.

5 stars for the fap material.

2 stars for the rest of the book (which I can't even remember).


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The Back Passage The Secret Tunnel James Lear 9781607516569 Books Reviews

Warning This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.

Disclaimer
* I read books in every genre, but I have a soft spot for romances that are more about feelings than sex. If a book has lots of lust-filled, dispassionate sex, I'm not impressed. If the sex is a manifestation of love, bring it on.

Rating 7/10

Pros
- Good plot. Not quite as twisty-turny as an Agatha Christie novel, but close.
- Funny. As in, FUNNY.
- Several likeable characters, if somewhat simple (this contributes to the story's humor).
- Sex scenes that are (and this is unique, from what I've read in m/m erotica, romance, whatever) integral to the plot.

Cons
- Lots of sex that didn't do it for me. Again, the sex scenes are used as plot devices--and cleverly done--but they are much more graphic than say, those in Alex Beecroft's Captain's Surrender, and much less affecting. Why? Because they're just sex; there's very little feeling on the part of either character in any of them.
- Possible SPOILERS here Tries to be a bit of a romance at the end but fails to create enough backstory between the main character and the other guy to fully succeed. Their sex scene is less than a page, for crying out loud (whereas others with despicable characters are several pages long and quite detailed)!
- I saw a few of the plot twists coming.

Overall comments Worth reading if you like mysteries and either enjoy or don't mind gay sex, sometimes crudely described. Not for you if you're looking for sweet, tender gay romance.
Have to say I was left somewhat unimpressed with this on the basis of the main character's sexual exploits - I expected full out explicit porn and that in and of itself is not my gripe. The sex scenes were well done and duly hot, but after a while a pattern started to emerge that only dampened them...

The story began to predictably unfold with a small portion of the mystery being divulged, only to go straight into a sex scene whenever a suspect or potential ally came into the picture. Most of it was relevant to the plot, although whenever Mitch wants answers from an unwilling confederate... you got it. Cue sex scene. And it was almost all casual sex, which again, I don't really mind, but an entire book based around that was sort of off-putting for me. I did have hopes there would be some romance with "Boy" Morgan to balance it all out, but what little there was devoted to that didn't seem too fulfilling after Mitch goes on throughout about how he wants something more with "Boy". In that regard, I was disappointed.

The mystery was actually fairly good, and I found myself getting interested in the whodunit more than the porn, at times. But I felt like my attention was being jerked around with that pattern of porn/mystery/porn/mystery, etc. It would have been less annoying if the porn was spaced out better because honestly, the two didn't mix very well. So, you find yourself genuinely wondering what happens next and - WHAM - you're smacked out of the story by the porn. Which again, was very casual, and with so many instances of it just didn't do it for me after a while. Not to mention it was ridiculously unbelievable that a man could perform that many times in one day.

The end result of all this was that I just got bored with both mystery and smut, and was just reading to finish it, not because I actually cared what happened next. This book did have its good points, was witty and had an original, fairly well done plot, but that wasn't enough to keep it afloat and because of that, I can't recommend it.
I really wanted to love this book. I read (listened to, really) it mainly for the following reasons

A. The naked dude on the cover
B. Marshall Thornton gave it 5 stars.
C. Mary Calmes also gave it 5 stars, but somehow I take that less seriously. Sorry, Mary, you're still my favorite I-need-it-like-crack author!
D. If that guy on the cover moves his leg...just a smidge...I could totally see his peen.

Also, though I love any type of novel that involves a cop or a PI,the slew of uber-staight-detectives whose overwhelming pheromones cause women to roll back on their heels, offering up the flower of their womanhood with little to no thought, exhausts me. (Yes, I too, would have that reaction -- show me a damaged man & I'll show him a good time, oh baby! -- but I find it massively annoying in my fictional sisterhood.)

I picked this book up because I felt it only fair to read about a gay amateur sleuth (Mitch) who inspires the same reaction in men. And holy crap did this guy get a lot of butt (I mean that literally). I really wish I had kept track of all his conquests in ONLY 2 days. It would be impressive. If you read this book, please keep a tally, cause I'd like to know.

Speaking of which, I think a sociological/mathematical study should be done of this (fictional) small British hamlet. I mean, how likely is it that so many men in such a small area are either gay or looking for Mitch to come along to show them the joy of their own anus? Not that this book should be read for its true to life qualities -- oh, no -- but I would like to see some research in this area.

I'd also like to know more about lube in 1920s England. My extensive internet research (Google) tells me that Vaseline was first mentioned in 1876. What about olive oil? And wasn't castor oil popular then? My point is that everybody was using spittle in this book.

Um, ow.

James Lear does know how turn a phrase, though

"They would not trick me so easily again, not even with slim white bodies and man-eating anuses."

"Premature baldness combined with heavy beard growth always seems to me to indicate a prodigious, unfussy sexual appetite."

"How many more times would I have to thrust my way up & down that dark, dank tunnel..."

Very funny stuff, but, and I never thought I'd say this, I was completely bored with the sex scenes about 50% through. They were extremely hot, but it was enough already.

5 stars for the fap material.

2 stars for the rest of the book (which I can't even remember).