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Sleight of Hand

by Katrina Strauss (Goodreads Author)

3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 · rating details · 211 ratings · 33 reviews

What if the man of your dreams is also the one of your nightmares?

Edwin Matthews just wants to get some sleep. Traveling by steam train with his family, the melancholic nineteen year old is plagued by restless nights and recurring dreams of a fiery disaster. When a mysterious magician comes aboard, the troubled insomniacs trip takes an interesting turn. Tall, dark, and inc...more

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Jan 21, 2009 Daisiemae rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Paranormal Erotic M/M Romance readers

Shelves: e-book, male-male-romance-erotica, erotica, fantasy, books-read-in-2009, books-reviewed-in-2009

This book has several interesting elements to it. First-ALL of the characters written are interesting and well developed. Second-the mystery of Marco Satori kept not only his future lover, Edwin, and me as the reader on the edge of my seat. Marco's has a wickedly seductive and mysterious quality about him, that is very appealing.

Edwin Matthews has been frail most of his life. Suffering from horrible nightmares, he never allows himself to relax...much less sleep. Because of his insomnia, and the...more

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Mar 27, 2013 Aimee rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: yaoi-mm-hybrid

Still deciding whether to round up 2.75 stars~

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I'm actually not really sure if this was intended to be a yaoi-mm hybrid, but the cover is just leading me to assume so. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong! Anyways, if this IS one, then this falls heavily on the yaoi side in terms of character development. I don't consider this a romance in any way, and if you go in looking for one, you will likely be disappointed. There's very heavy-handed writing to match the historical tone the author is aim...more

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Jan 11, 2009 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: glbt-fiction

Edwin Matthews just wants to get some sleep. Traveling by steam train with his family, the melancholic nineteen year old is plagued by restless nights and recurring dreams of a fiery disaster. When a mysterious magician comes aboard, the troubled insomniac’s trip takes an interesting turn. From Samhain Publishing.

I am not usually a huge fan of short stories or novellas. I read so quickly it is nice if my books last longer than 5 minutes! However, Sleight of Hand does not suffer from being a mere...more

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Feb 08, 2009 Paul Jr. rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: gay-erotica, gay-fiction, gay-romance

The beautiful cover art by Anne Cain hints that this story has a Yaoi-inspired genesis and, after reading it, I have no doubt that the author Katrina Strauss was at the very least intrigued by that genre. For once, I feel that the publisher’s blurb accurately represents the plot, with only one addition needed for the purposes of this review: It is important to note that our hero, Edwin, is traveling along with his mother and sister, the latter having agreed to marry a significantly older man — a...more The beautiful cover art by Anne Cain hints that this story has a Yaoi-inspired genesis and, after reading it, I have no doubt that the author Katrina Strauss was at the very least intrigued by that genre. For once, I feel that the publisher’s blurb accurately represents the plot, with only one addition needed for the purposes of this review: It is important to note that our hero, Edwin, is traveling along with his mother and sister, the latter having agreed to marry a significantly older man — a bit of a lecher, honestly — to better the station of their family. Intriguing, yes. It is. But does it work? Well, yes. And no.

Author Katrina Strauss’ prose is competently written, the period setting made clear by the heightened manner of speech of the characters, and she clearly knows the time period in which she is writing. It all moves at a decent pace, and yet I found myself becoming a bit annoyed early on in the story. What derailed (pardon the pun) the piece for me initially is that while Strauss has a very good eye for detail, she sometimes didn’t know when to stop with the observations. We get incredibly detailed descriptions of the train and its compartments, but in the end it does little to create an atmosphere. Yes, I know how each of the characters are dressed — down to excruciating detail — and I even know where there privy is in relation to each of the passenger compartments. But it all felt rather like a recitation of historical facts rather than a tool to create atmosphere or tension. There are times when I actually found myself mumbling “enough” with the details. It was beginning to feel a bit Ann Rice in verbosity and “info dump,” though woven into the story better than most info dumps.

We are also, during the early parts of the story, so completely engulfed in Edwin’s malaise and internal homophobia that–after a while–he becomes a bit unlikable. It’s nearly unbearable as a reader, his moroseness and becomes the totality of his character traits. Yes, he is there with his sister and mother, but neither becomes more than a prop until later in the story when the sister becomes the plot device. We are — despite the story being told in third person — stuck in his head and, frankly, his thoughts are rather self-involved, especially when we learn more about his sister’s plight, and the result is he turns too whiny and unappealing for my tastes.

When Edwin finally meets the mysterious Satori, we get to see a little passion as he becomes intrigued and then bedded by the magician. Now Satori is a shady character, rather slimly drawn and never really rising to the title of irresistible and charming. He wears a waistcoat and a cravat and speaks in a particularly affected way, but he never evolves into a full character. Now part of that is the appeal…mysterious stranger on a train, so in that respect Satori serves exactly the function he needs to in the story.

The sex between Edwin and Satori is fairly well drawn, a cut above many depictions in the genre, but both characters are so terribly feminine that it it didn’t really feel hot or erotic to me. The characters, both before and during the sex scenes, play much more on the female side of androgyny and miles away from the male. And there was one moment when Edwin is being penetrated by Satori (in a manner of speaking) where, unfortunately, Strauss fell into one of the biggest cliches ever: as Edwin is penetrated the train is going through a tunnel. Have we never seen the incredible spoofs of such imagery? It is, unfortunately, a laugh inducing moment for me and completely shattered any eroticism I was finding.

After the initial encounter, Edwin is hypnotized into forgetting the encounter (but scheduled to return), except that Edwin hasn’t forgotten. Strauss was clearly trying to depict Edwin being haunted by slivers of memory, but it was almost as if he remembered the whole thing. So, the light D/s the author teases us with ends up not quite working for me.

Where the story does start to take off is in the twist in the end with Edwin’s sister. Now this fascinated me and it was a good idea, but right when we get to it, the story ends, rather abruptly. And that is where I got extremely frustrated. This twist was a wonderful, wonderful idea. Where it failed is lack of foreshadowing during the early part of the story, and the fact that Edwin’s sister had been a near non-character until she was needed to bring the story to an end. Had Strauss concentrated a bit more on the sister and mother early on (and thereby got us out of Edwin’s annoying melancholy), the twist would have worked instead of feeling like an afterthought, a way to simply wrap up the story. And Strauss could have ended up with a bit of a treatise of gender roles, both in that time period and now, as a bonus. But the great idea came too late and was over too soon. Or was it simply that there was nothing built into the beginning of the story to make us go “WOW! What a great solution.”

In the end, this short story didn’t really work for me as a romance, a character study, or a piece of dark erotica. But what did work is that hint of where Strauss could go as a writer with a bit more polish and focus. The turns she took with the story I found intriguing, albeit never fully committed to, but in that one brief glimmer I saw enough to make me wonder where this writer could go. It could be exciting places.(less)

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Aug 25, 2012 Paris rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m, kindle

I must say it is not your ordinary MM romance. I wouldn't even call it that. There is nothing romantic about the story or characters, in my opinion. (view spoiler)...more

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May 15, 2009 Elisa Ramblings added it

At the beginning of the twenty century a family of three, mother, brother and sister are travelling by train to reach the future husband of the young woman. It's not a marriage of love, but an agreement: the older man will provide a comfortable home to the two women and will pay the tuition for the young man, too weak and bad illness to sustain himself and his family. It's years that Edwin is weak in body as in mind, having continuous nightmares that don't allow him to sleep and subsequently wor...more At the beginning of the twenty century a family of three, mother, brother and sister are travelling by train to reach the future husband of the young woman. It's not a marriage of love, but an agreement: the older man will provide a comfortable home to the two women and will pay the tuition for the young man, too weak and bad illness to sustain himself and his family. It's years that Edwin is weak in body as in mind, having continuous nightmares that don't allow him to sleep and subsequently worsening his health.

Then at one of the stop the train couples up a private car, that of Sir Marco Sartori, "illusionist, hypnotist and spiritualist extraordinaire", who also offers "tonics and restoratives to cure what ails you". Edwin is drawn both by the man than by his written promises: maybe if this man could heal him, his sister Alma would be not forced to marry a man older than their late father.

Indeed Sartori takes good care of Edwin, immediately understanding what is the "disease" of the young man, and what causes him to not sleep at night; with a simple hypnosis, Edwin reveals his desire for men, and for Sartori in particular, and Sartori is more than ready to seduce Edwin and to benefit of his innocence.

Till now the story could be well a nice and interesting historical gay romance, but there is the problem of Edwin's family, of its maintenance, and the other usual problem in tales like this of the quite impossible situation of living as two male lovers in that age. Katrina Strauss chooses the paranormal way, and I don't spoil the story, since it's in the blurb of the book the publisher decided to post, but for me it's only a nice and "believable" end (for how much believable could be a paranormal twist) to a very nice story. Truth be told, I didn't feel necessary the paranormal twist, probably I would preferred an improbable happily ever after for a "pure" historical romance.

Anyway the setting in a travelling train, and the description of Edwin's past life are really interesting and original, being Edwin not the usual strong and invincible hero, but not being neither a "female in disguise" type of character; on the other hand, Sartori is only hinted (don't forget that the story is only 50 pages long), but when he enters the scene I almost could see the colors and the sparks, and the cheering of the public... he has all the fascinating aurea of Houdini, maybe helped in this by the really nice cover by Anne Cain, almost too pretty for an ebook short story... I hope that the publisher will release something else by the same author and will use that cover for a print edition, it's not often that I see covers that deserve a space on a bookstore shelf.

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Aug 13, 2009 Jenre rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m

This historical, paranormal m/m is set at the beginning of the twentieth century and follows a period of about 48 hours of a train journey. Edwin is travelling across the country with his mother and sister so that his sister may marry a rich elderly man and save them from financial hardship. Edwin is a repressed homosexual which causes him to have periods of depression and insomnia. On the train he meets with Satori, a travelling magician, hypnotist and spiritualist who arranges to have tea with...more

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Nov 18, 2012 LG (A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 4-star, m-m, read-2011, format-ebook, acquired-bought-new

I was browsing a review blog when I came across Sleight of Hand's cover art, which caused my “ooh, pretty” reaction to kick in. I read the review and was intrigued. I was a little concerned by the bit in Samhain Publishing's “warning” that mentioned “dubious consent,” but I decided to take my chances. I'm glad I did.

Strauss is an excellent author, and (disclaimer time) I liked this novella (short story?) enough that I actually contacted her and told her so. To my surprise, she emailed me back, w...more

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Aug 31, 2012 Tammy K. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm-romance, steampunk-science-fiction-fantasy, paranormal, mm-bingo-read-aug-oct-2012, gay-fiction, goodreads-author, fantasy, demons, adult-content, mental-wellness, magic, less-then-100-pages

I give this novella five stars.
Edwin is a troubled homosexual who has yet to come to terms with his sexuality. His failure to do so has produced mental illness and insomnia. He meets a Magician/healer who claims that he can cure Edwin if Edwin agrees to give himself completely over to the healing experiment.
As this short story continues, Edwin faces the secrets that he has hidden deep inside, and must choose to live a life of truth or continue to suffer.
It is nice to find an Erotic story with a...more

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May 05, 2011 Wenj rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2011

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Sleight of Hand by Katrina Strauss is a M/M paranormal steampunk romance that had me captivated from the first page to the last. While short, this novella was able to bring to life a nicely developed world, great characters that I thoroughly enjoyed and a lingering paranormal air that tinted the story with a thrilling touch of mystery that was at times mildly chilling and utterly enticing. But, what definitely kept my interest the most was the sinfully del...more Review provided by Black Lagoon Reviews:

Sleight of Hand by Katrina Strauss is a M/M paranormal steampunk romance that had me captivated from the first page to the last. While short, this novella was able to bring to life a nicely developed world, great characters that I thoroughly enjoyed and a lingering paranormal air that tinted the story with a thrilling touch of mystery that was at times mildly chilling and utterly enticing. But, what definitely kept my interest the most was the sinfully delicious romance between these two wildly different and engaging men. A great, quick read that delivers some wonderful thrills and even a few chills!

What surprised me most about this novella, coming in at just about sixty pages, was how fully Strauss was able to develop not only the world but the characters. While the world building definitely adds a lot to a story, the characters invariably become the main focus. In this case, Strauss was able to bring to life the characters in less time then I would have dreamed possible, creating an interesting history and frailty for Edwin and a mysteriously alluring dominance for Marco. But, what's more important is the chemistry between these seemingly polar opposite characters created within mere paragraphs without feeling in the slightest bit rushed or awkward. This is something that I feel authors tend to struggle with, but in the case, it seemed so effortless. The other part that really surprised me was how erotic Marco seemed when Edwin came off as anything but. In truth I was nervous about how an erotic romance, something I associate with toe curling hot sex, was going to work between someone so...well, frail...and someone so masterful. In the end, I needn't have worried about this either because these two as a pair, oh my!

Also interesting though was seeing the familial bond between Edwin and his sister grow. There's a lovely sense of each wanting to protect the other. Edwin by protecting his sister from a unhappy marriage to a lecherous older man and her desire to protect his health, worrying that his frail constitution will hamper any effort he makes to provide for their family. This comes in to play in the culmination of the novella and I don't wish to go any further for fear of spoiling what I considered to be a nice twist ending. I just wanted to acknowledge this other great aspect of characterization and relationship building within such a short frame of time.

The world building was also first class. The description of the locomotive in which the story takes place built a wonderful atmosphere that was perfectly suited to the mysterious occurrences and paranormal twinges throughout the story. It also managed to convey the tone of romanticism further through the setting which only served to influence the ensuing relationship between the two men more, or at least in my opinion. While the backdrop was secondary, I was no less impressed with Strauss's development of it then of the three dimensional characters and sizzling relationship that she was able to conjure.

Overall, the only thing that I would have liked to have seen in this story that I didn't was simply more! I loved the characters, the world building and the premise and I just would have liked to see it go on for a bit longer. In the end, however, I found this to be a very fulfilling read from an author that I will definitely be reading more from in the future!

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Jan 23, 2013 Jeanne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: yaoi-m-m

Reading a review from Amazon from another author, I decided to read it myself. This is a quick and excellent read. It was very well written, with a plot twist at the end. Edwin has inner turmoil about his true sexual desires. He also has issues sleeping, having the same repeating nightmare each time he falls asleep. This nightmare has plagued him for as long as he can remember. When is awake, he can recall how he felt from the nightmare, but the details of it are just within in grasp.

Edwin is t...more

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Apr 01, 2011 Shira Anthony rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, m-m-slash, smut, short-story, to-re-read

As a writer of both homoerotica and heteroerotica, I read this story with a critical eye and, to be honest, bought it to check out my competition! What a pleasant surprise, to read such a well-written story. True, there are a few spots where the editing could have been a bit better (at one point the main character is lying on his back, then all of a sudden he's on his stomach), but these small blemishes did not take away from the beautiful language of the piece and the clever plot (and twist at...more

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Dec 07, 2011 Peebs rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook

I got this e-book from Amazon because it part of the recommendations Amazon provides. I wishlist a lot of yaoi/BL books.

And then I read it. The book had a certain amount of pages, but was very disappointed that a quarter or more of that was previews for other books. I felt cheated. Yes, lots of books have previews, but run to 2 or 3 tops. This had more than that and I couldn't get to the last page of the novel easily.

The story itself had no depth. The characters were not developed and the story...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Emanuela ~plastic duck~ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: steampunk, rainbow-gay, glbt, keep-in-mind-for-sequel

3.5 stars.

I have to confess that I don't really know what to think. There are a lot of wonderful ideas in this story and I think they deserved more space to develop because some of the situations, especially those on the dream plane, faded to black and then came back too abruptly. Instead of the confusion of the main character, I was left only with a sense of disorientation.

The setting was really fantastic. The story takes place on a train and the other protagonist is a mysterious man, part magi...more

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Dec 05, 2010 Aurora Alexander rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of m/m paranormal romance

Sleight of Hand blends yaoi, steampunk and paranormal elements into a highly addictive cocktail that left me clamoring for more. Good thing that the next one is already “in the shaker”. I love it!

Edwin is beautiful, frail, barely nineteen, and suffering from bipolar disorder (or as he describes it “vacillating between bouts of ennui and restlessness”). When his father passed away, the family was left without support. Edwin was unable to “step up” and fill his father’s role due to his condition....more Sleight of Hand blends yaoi, steampunk and paranormal elements into a highly addictive cocktail that left me clamoring for more. Good thing that the next one is already “in the shaker”. I love it!

Edwin is beautiful, frail, barely nineteen, and suffering from bipolar disorder (or as he describes it “vacillating between bouts of ennui and restlessness”). When his father passed away, the family was left without support. Edwin was unable to “step up” and fill his father’s role due to his condition. In order to secure financial support and stability for the family, Edwin’s sister Alma agreed to marry a much older, wealthy man, who lives “back east”. Alma’s fiancé secured a comfortable trip east for her and her family. Hence, we meet Edwin, his mother and sister in a steam train, on their way to a new life.

Soon after we meet Edwin, the trains stops and a private car is added, Sir Marco Satori’s car. Satori is a mage, “Illusionist, hypnotist and spiritualist extraordinaire”, or is he? Whatever he is, is bigger than life. In truth, we know very little about him. Yet, he blasts into the story and takes over the show. Immediately, Edwin is pulled to Satori like a moth to the flame. When they meet face-to-face, the attraction is instantaneous, or is it? Maybe it was just a dream. All Edwin knows is that Satori makes him feel whole for the first time in his life. What he doesn’t know is that his future is a literal train wreck, and Satori is very much aware.

Sleight of Hand is a treat for yaoi fans. Though not labeled yaoi by the publisher, rest assured that all the elements that we know and love about Katrina’s yaoi stories are present. Satori is a seme to die for. He is gorgeous, powerful and yes, arrogant too. At first, he may come across as a selfish, high handed bastard. Look deeper and you find a lonely man dealing with challenging circumstances the only way he knows how, by taking control. While the paranormal elements of the story are linked to Satori, for the most part they are not in-your-face. Instead, they weave in and out, blending with reality and making the reader wonder where reality ends and the paranormal begins.

Sleight of Hand is superbly written, fabulously descriptive, tightly plotted and HOT. I do not know how Katrina does it. In a few pages, she managed to bring to life an incredibly detailed world and intriguing characters. One thing is clear. Language style is a powerful tool in this story. It is primarily through style that the sense of place and time is built. While character development and relationship development are by necessity somewhat limited (The story is only 50 pages!), the highly visual descriptions really brought the story to life for me. As usual, the characters moved into my head, pulled up a chair and made themselves at home.

While I most certainly loved the story (Did I mention that already?), I must admit the ending caught me off guard. As I turned the last page, I couldn’t believe the story was over. I had to give it time and let it sink in. Once it did, I was left with many questions. Not surprisingly, I immediately emailed Katrina. The first question I asked? “Is there a sequel?” The answer, of course, was YES! So some day we may hear more about Edwin and Marco.(less)

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May 17, 2011 K.Z. Snow added it

Without a doubt, one of the most captivating novellas I've read in this genre. The writing is exquisite, the characters are refreshingly out-of-the-ordinary, and the storyline is pure magic. A unique reading experience all around, and one for which a sequel is long overdue. (That's only my humble opinion, of course -- but it just so happens that even my humblest opinions are the right ones. *g*)

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May 28, 2011 Anna Matsuyama rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011, short-stories, fantasy, m-m-romance

When I saw cover of this book I had to have it because the dark haired man reminded me of Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji. I was pleasantly surprised that Satori had some similarities with my beloved character.

The main character Edwin is likeable as well as his sister Alma. And Edwin love interest is mysterious.

Short and easy, nice story.

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Apr 15, 2013 pbj rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, underwhelmed, the-cover, m-m-f, historical, dub-con, demons-gods

This is written well enough to deserve three stars - but I really didn't like it.
The time period is well established and felt true to the era, but the characters just aren't given time to become more than two-dimensional cut-outs - Especially given the convoluted plot!
This book depressed me...

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Mar 28, 2013 Ayanna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed, favorites, non-pulpy

Weird in a good way.

I think the entirety stuck to its premise really well and maintained the eerie, somewhat disorienting atmosphere.

Quite a nice character piece, imo, and it has some nice mindfuck ^^

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Mar 28, 2012 Juliebookworm rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a really good read. For a short story, the author did a great job in setting up the time period. The details were so crisp and clear, I got pulled right into it. Definitely will look for more by this author.

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Jan 24, 2009 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: man-love, erotic-romance

For a short novella it packed a punch! There was plenty of mystery, interesting characters, hot sex and a very fast paced storyline. I loved it!

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Dec 19, 2012 Amanda rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone who loves M/M

Shelves: read-in-2012, romance-beautiful-handsome-mc, romance-m-m, romance-historical, romance-male-virgins, romance-paranormal-urban-fantasy

Holy shit, this book was HOT! There was just something about it that I really enjoyed. I love the way the author depicted Satori, the mysterious magician who teases and touches Edwin so boldly. I loved the dream within a dream feel to it and how it seemed you could never be too sure if what had just happened was actually real. It was a quick read that I enjoyed immensely.
I have one tiny complaint. I may be wrong about this, of course, but I'm pretty sure Victorians didn't use the word 'privy'....more

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Nov 29, 2012 Greg Rothenberger rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: speculative-fiction, m-m-read

A good read, although I would have liked to see it fleshed out some more. It's engaging enough that I want to read more about the main characters. I will likely read more of the author's work, especially if there is longer material. Not recommended for anyone squeamish about M/M sexuality, though.

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Sep 25, 2011 Sarah rated it 2 of 5 stars

Twas okay. Not horrible, not especially boring, but not that great either. I was surprised that there were several words/bits of vocabulary that I was not familiar with. It's a light piece, with a bit of explicit material (which were pretty good). All in all, not bad, but nothing worth bragging about.

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Feb 28, 2011 Ashley♥Alexis rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned-e-books, paranormal, m-m

I really enjoyed this one. It was a very short read but it told a great story.

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Oct 16, 2012 Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: m-m, read-in-2012

A strange little story, perfect for Halloween.

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Dec 17, 2011 dx rated it 3 of 5 stars

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May 02, 2011 Autumn Moon rated it 4 of 5 stars

I just finished this one and I liked it. My only complaints (if you can call them that) ARE that this is a relatively short book, and that the begining made me think that I might have missed a page or two.

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Oct 24, 2012 Rowan McBride added it

Shelves: m-m, magic-fantasy-paranormal

Beautifully written.

(10-24-2012) Note: I should note that Katrina Strauss is a good friend of mine. I didn't mention it before because my friends list was very small and restricted to people I actually knew, so I figured it would be obvious this is a friend review. Now that I've opened up friend requests to everyone, I realize it's hard to mark actual friend reviews.

That said, it's a fantastic story. One of my favorites. You should read it. ;)

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Oct 15, 2012 Deja Dei rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: brilliant, fantasy, interesting-setting, interesting-profession, nice-cover-art, steampunk

I wish I had read this sooner. It's completely bizarre in the best possible way. Really, really different, which is what I like. The writing and descriptions are beautiful, and the characters are well fleshed out. For sure a unique and different book and one I really enjoyed. I may write a real review later, it deserves one, but for now I will just rec this for anyone looking for something weird, wonderful, and very unique.

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