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Xavier Axelson

Autor de The Incident

9+ Obras 43 Miembros 9 Reseñas

Obras de Xavier Axelson

The Incident (2011) 8 copias
Tricks of the Trade: Magical Gay Erotica (2013) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
Velvet (2012) 6 copias
Dutch's Boy (2011) 5 copias
Lily (2012) 3 copias
Earthly Concerns (2017) 3 copias
The Birches (2011) 2 copias
Lavender (2017) 1 copia

Obras relacionadas

Best Gay Erotica of the Year: Warlords and Warriors (2016) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
Best Gay Erotica 2015 (2015) — Contribuidor — 6 copias

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Reviewed on Hearts On Fire... http://heartsonfirereviews.com/

This well written though sometimes melodramatic historical novel brings to life the intrigues of the court and the secrets of the heart. Virago has just become the new royal tailor after his father is run down by a carriage. He has always been a friend of the prince although Virago's blind brother, Sylvain, has always been shunned. The King is killed in battle and now Prince Duir is set to take the throne. The dynamics of the small kingdom begin to change and Vigaro suddenly finds himself a servant to Duir instead of close friend. This also happens to Therese, the madam of the largest whore house in the kingdom. Therese is bitter over her rejection and makes a subtle yet deadly move against Duir. It is through this plot that Virago meets Seton, a musician who takes Virago's heart even though it is a crime to lie with another man. A delivery arrives at Sylvain and Virago's house which turns out to be three swaths of velvet. Virago shows the gold velvet to Duir who orders that his coronation vest be made of this sensual and totally new fabric. Duir automatically makes it law that only royalty and the aristocracy may wear velvet. The changes in his court position, his love for Seton and fear for his life brings about many close calls in the few days prior to the coronation. I enjoyed the way Mr. Axelson used an old lyrical verse in telling the story as it brought the time period alive. The shifting power plays between the once amiable Duir and his friends to the power hungry soon to be King and his new group of noble friends was woven into the story subtly at first then heavy handedly was extremely well done. The insta-love between Virago and Seton moved too fast for me but perhaps that was the way it was back in that time. I found it amusing that while homosexual love was punishable by death, the plague was spread through heterosexual sex. The plot and subplots fit together well and the story read smoothly. There were some places where the story got bogged down in all the preparations for the coronation but the story picked up speed again. This was an enjoyable historical novel that any lover of gay historical romance will devour.… (más)
 
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Connorz | otra reseña | Jan 4, 2023 |
Not your everyday home on the range cowboy story. This one pits a father's will against that of his son's. Well done story.
 
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Connorz | otra reseña | Jan 4, 2023 |
A wonderfully written short story set Christmas Eve 1943. Mr. Axelson manages to re-create a moment in time and allows us to take a glimpse into the warm and festive interior of The Powers That Be Cafe as families and lovers are saying farewell to soldiers bound for war. Nat, the proprietor, 4F'ed out of military service, does what he can to make the wait for the train as pleasant as possible for everyone, including Kent, a very young soldier, half frozen and hungry in the alley behind the cafe.

I couldn't give 5 stars because of the very end...I read it as Kent deserting but then it just ended. Did they run or did Kent end up in Leavenworth or what? See - too many questions left for me to give it 5 stars.

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Bookbee1 | otra reseña | Jun 23, 2020 |
3.5 Stars

A well written, coming-of-age story that I thoroughly enjoyed... until the repetitive homophone misuse, which should have easily been picked up in editing, tore me out of the story time and again. Such a shame.
 
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Bookbee1 | otra reseña | Jun 23, 2020 |

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Miembros
43
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#352,016
Valoración
½ 3.7
Reseñas
9
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14