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Sky-Rat
Henry Toben needs the sky like his ancestors needed the sea. He works as a certified master boilerman aboard a luxury airship, taking wealthy folks from Kansas City to San Francisco, until the day his ship crosses the path of Captain Meriwether Volentine and he is taken aboard as the Captain's personal prisoner.
Henry discovers that he needs his new lover as much as he needs the sky, but a maelstrom of plots and alliances threaten to separate them forever.
Henry discovers that he needs his new lover as much as he needs the sky, but a maelstrom of plots and alliances threaten to separate them forever.
110 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 6, 2010
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January 3, 2013Steampunk is a popular genre in fantasy and I have to say that the cover artist did a fantastic job with this cover, enticing but also subtlety sexy. If I have to be sincere, I’m not a big fan of fantasy in general, but this particular subgenre, Victorian/futuristic setting, appeals to me; most of the time, like in this case, the author introduces some fantastic element (in this case an airship) maintaining the historical accuracy. Aside from flying instead of sailing, our heroes don’t have anything else of modern.
Henry is a simple hand on a luxury airship, he is no fancy officer, he comes from a poor background and learned a job that is allowing him to live but probably not to comfortably retire when it will be time. He for sure has no money to marry, even if he was incline to this option; but Henry prefers the company of men, a secret he hasn’t shared aboard, something he satisfies on the brief time he is allowed ashore. When his airship is hijacked by pirates and he lands in the hands of handsome pirate captain Volentine, he is not really happy, not until he doesn’t see that being the pet of an handsome captain can have its advantages.
Alone in the captain cabin, Henry can free his hidden desires, he can satisfy all of them, plus he can quill his sense of guilty thinking he is forced by Volentine. But actually Henry doesn’t put up much resistance, and he is soon a willing partner to Volentine.
If I have to be sincere, while Volentine plays the role of the sadistic captain, I really didn’t perceive him like that; he is quite kind and sensitive, always worrying of Henry’s needs, sometime even having them in mind before his owns. He always tries to find the solution that will bring less danger to Henry, and even when he finds Henry in a compromising situation, he is ready to believe his words, without questioning too much. To me, Volentine was everything other than ruthless, and the ending, while funny, was actually quite in line with the idea I had of this man.
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Henry is a simple hand on a luxury airship, he is no fancy officer, he comes from a poor background and learned a job that is allowing him to live but probably not to comfortably retire when it will be time. He for sure has no money to marry, even if he was incline to this option; but Henry prefers the company of men, a secret he hasn’t shared aboard, something he satisfies on the brief time he is allowed ashore. When his airship is hijacked by pirates and he lands in the hands of handsome pirate captain Volentine, he is not really happy, not until he doesn’t see that being the pet of an handsome captain can have its advantages.
Alone in the captain cabin, Henry can free his hidden desires, he can satisfy all of them, plus he can quill his sense of guilty thinking he is forced by Volentine. But actually Henry doesn’t put up much resistance, and he is soon a willing partner to Volentine.
If I have to be sincere, while Volentine plays the role of the sadistic captain, I really didn’t perceive him like that; he is quite kind and sensitive, always worrying of Henry’s needs, sometime even having them in mind before his owns. He always tries to find the solution that will bring less danger to Henry, and even when he finds Henry in a compromising situation, he is ready to believe his words, without questioning too much. To me, Volentine was everything other than ruthless, and the ending, while funny, was actually quite in line with the idea I had of this man.
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February 24, 2013
When I checked out the gay steampunk stories list, this book looked and sounded like it would have more steampunk elements and less erotica in it. Not that I have anything against erotica, but I want more than the token gear and corsets most writers think constitutes steampunk stories, dammit!
It has more erotica than steampunk, yes. Although there are dirigibles, knife fighting, and clothes enough to have made me happy. It's cute, I guess. The sex scenes are hot enough--and realistic enough, give or take Henry's masochistic tendencies--, but I don't feel like I care enough about the characters to make it worth my while.
The climax was hurried (unlike the sex scenes), and there was too much telling and not enough showing.
Main problem with it is that it's too short. I would have liked to know more about these characters and then maybe I'd care about them.
Minor problem is the choice of similes (which I kept referring to as metaphors in my updates. Forgive me?). I have no idea if the are chosen to be funny and if that was the intention--some racy novels are intended to be racy. They're funny and sexy and if they're a bit hurried, so what? It was fun. I have no idea if Sky-Rat is one of those or if I should treat it more seriously. The similes tell me it should be funny, but I have no idea, guys.
All in all, it was an ok read. I certainly don't feel bad I spent money on this.
It has more erotica than steampunk, yes. Although there are dirigibles, knife fighting, and clothes enough to have made me happy. It's cute, I guess. The sex scenes are hot enough--and realistic enough, give or take Henry's masochistic tendencies--, but I don't feel like I care enough about the characters to make it worth my while.
The climax was hurried (unlike the sex scenes), and there was too much telling and not enough showing.
Main problem with it is that it's too short. I would have liked to know more about these characters and then maybe I'd care about them.
Minor problem is the choice of similes (which I kept referring to as metaphors in my updates. Forgive me?). I have no idea if the are chosen to be funny and if that was the intention--some racy novels are intended to be racy. They're funny and sexy and if they're a bit hurried, so what? It was fun. I have no idea if Sky-Rat is one of those or if I should treat it more seriously. The similes tell me it should be funny, but I have no idea, guys.
All in all, it was an ok read. I certainly don't feel bad I spent money on this.
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