Emma Sea’s Reviews > Mercy Most Tender: A darkly erotic gay love novel > Status Update

i have literally no idea where this is going. that's not a bad thing

"For the first time in my life, I have somebody to stand beside me. Someone who says he loves me. Someone who really, really wants me. Evan loves me. I know he does. He’s the other half of me."

And this is why it's all going to go horribly wrong (as if it wasn't wrong enough already).

well. i can't say it's taken a dark turn, because Ev was always sketch as hell. But things are getting nasty.

although it's a raw voice, there's something kinda of authentic and compelling about the two MCs and their relationship with their world. The writing is very filmic, the descriptions of movement almost like stage direction. The first scene where Ev confronts Joey in his bedroom made me think of Tennessee Williams. It's unlike contemporary fiction. Perhaps the author is older? Perhaps from Joey's era?