I can truthfully say I was blown away by this book. I have read some of this author's other books and was not impressed. I am not sure if it was the setting, I am from Louisiana, or the characters or the writing style, or maybe all together. But for some reason this book I could not put down. My ...
There's a lack of depth in the characters, but then again whoever who picks up this book is surely not one expecting such. This is as said by several comments - Hardy Boys meet Indiana Jones. The good part is that the leads are gays - hot, studly gays. I think sometimes there are way too many cha...
The book title grabbed my interest right from the beginning. I used to “collect” pens once upon a time. The use of that “habit” in this story was fascinating as both an analogy, and as a way to introduce the characters. Not only did it move the story along in an interesting way, it gave me som...
As the locomotive curved and climbed higher and higher, the temperature dropped lower and lower. In the engine compartment, however, Xi had worked up a sweat. He climbed on top of the mountain of coal and dug his shovel into the black nuggets, scooping a load into the basket. Beneath the coal, so...