Don Allmon

It feels like this story was written with my specific demographic in mind. After decades of reading science fiction and fantasy, I know all those tropes, and I've spent two years reading mostly m/m romances since my own novel's MC went and fell for one of his teammates - I needed to learn a new set of tropes. This book: orcs and elves have entered the world, science and magic conflict, the main orc's a techie, his former lover's an elf, and when they try to rescue part of a friend (yes you read that right), nothing goes right. Best of all, there is way more here than the plot, or the conflict between the two guys. And best of all that? The end is left swinging over a possible HEA, and the epilogue is intriguing. Without making me feel at all cheated. Beautiful!

So, yeah. If you fit the demographic or want something unusual, this is good.

*I read it via NetGalley, so if you're on there, request the ebook. It's one of the few free books I'd happily read again before I read the second book.… (mais)

So, I read #1, and now I've read this one, and while some of the back and forth in time was a little confusing, it wasn't like I missed any major plot points that I could tell. I skipped #2 to read #3 because it was available via NetGalley, and free fits my current budget. I have to say, finally seeing these two sort out their Happily Ever After, despite piles of trouble only Austen and JT could generate, was awesome. If you enjoy weird, funny, touching and wild fantasy, this is your series. (Those words also apply to the nookie, this one including a dose of tentacle, just fyi.)… (mais)

I read these out of order. But! Despite my less-than-stellar memory, leaving #2 until last just means events in #3 have realigned a little - and this illustrates Don Allmon's talent. Each of these novels can be read alone, if you don't mind leaving elements hanging, or if you don't mind not quite grasping some of the solutions in #3 until you've filled in some backstory. It's a wild, bizarre, gritty and sexy race to the end. This trilogy is VERY highly recommended.

I look forward to reading these in order, some day when I've forgotten enough about them. It'll be awhile.… (mais)