Title: Aaron
Author: J. P. Barnaby
Genre: m/m romance
Print length: 238 pages
Publication date: October 7, 2012
Rating: Three Stars
Blurb: I can’t describe what it’s like to want to scream every minute of every day.
Two years after a terrifying night of pain destroyed his normal teenage existence, Aaron Downing still clings to the hope that one day, he will be a fully functional human being. But his life remains a constant string of nightmares, flashbacks, and fear. When, in his very first semester of college, he’s assigned Spencer Thomas as a partner for his programming project, Aaron decides that maybe “normal” is overrated. If he could just learn to control his fear, that could be enough for him to find his footing again.
With his parents’ talk of institutionalizing him—of sacrificing him for the sake of his brothers’ stability—Aaron becomes desperate to find a way to cope with his psychological damage or even fake normalcy. Can his new shrink control his own demons long enough to treat Aaron, or will he only deepen the damage?
Desperate to understand his attraction for Spencer, Aaron holds on to his sanity with both hands as it threatens to spin out of control.
Review:
I wasn't crazy about it. I gave it three stars for effort because it felt like an effort was put in. Even when the dialogue was poor and the emotions somewhat forced, it could not be said that the book was unreadable. The writer obviously saw the characters clearly enough to make them believable for the rest of us. The story line struck me as common in some ways but original in others. Two misfits finding love, overcoming their wounds and fears together, finding happiness at the end of suffering. It's an idea that always sells; props to the writer for putting so much of an effort into the spin of it. However, I can't help but wonder at the opportunities missed. Male rape is often a touchy subject, rarely discussed in today's society. I understand the book was written for entertainment purposes but it wouldn't hurt to educate your audience in the process.
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Title: Mastering The Ride
Author: J. P. Barnaby
Genre: m/m erotica/BDSM
Print length: 42 pages
Publication date: September 13, 2011
Overall reviewer rating: Three and a Half Stars
Blurb: Josh, a young gay submissive with a strong desire to serve, is searching for the Master of his dreams. After being released by yet another Dom, he takes the advice of his trainer and leaves Chicago to accept the invitation of a Montana rancher—a real, live, modern-day cowboy. With his new Master, Wade Mallory, Josh may just find what he's looking for... and more.
Review by Elisa (Top 1000 Amazon Reviewer):
What enticed me to read this novel is to discover why an apparently accomplished young man wanted to be a perfect submissive.
Josh is young, sweet and with a gentle nature. He is also a published author, successful enough to be able to live in a nice Chicago condo and not having to abide to a 9 to 5 o'clock job. Despite this, Josh is craving, literally craving, for a Master; he has even underwent a formal training, but at today he is still without a contract. Usually at the end of the trial period his prospective Masters don't formalize the contract and Josh is always more discouraged, until the day his trainer, Nicholas, proposes him to move to Montana for a trial contract with his business partner Wade.
On the other side we learn Wade's story; from a wealthy family and with a planned life path in front of him, Wade left everything to move to Montana. I think he has not really the core of a true Dominant, he simply wants back the independence he left behind when he decided to agree to his parents's project life for him. Being a Dominant is for Wade regaining that independence.
Josh and Wade click together since, for me, they are not ordinary sub and Dom. A real dominant would have kicked out Josh that first day, when he started to behave badly; a real sub would have never, ever considered to be so disrespected of his Dom's house and rules. To me? I don't care if they are not true sub and Dom, what I like of them is the gentle manners of both, the fact they really need sweetness more than passion; if passion comes along fine, but first of all they need to feel loved and cherished.
Buy it from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-the-Ride-ebook/product-reviews/B005MZHT84/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R11HOW2TECFR9R
More titles from J. P. Barnaby:
Title: Mastering The Ride
Author: J. P. Barnaby
Genre: m/m erotica/BDSM
Print length: 42 pages
Publication date: September 13, 2011
Overall reviewer rating: Three and a Half Stars
Blurb: Josh, a young gay submissive with a strong desire to serve, is searching for the Master of his dreams. After being released by yet another Dom, he takes the advice of his trainer and leaves Chicago to accept the invitation of a Montana rancher—a real, live, modern-day cowboy. With his new Master, Wade Mallory, Josh may just find what he's looking for... and more.
Review by Elisa (Top 1000 Amazon Reviewer):
What enticed me to read this novel is to discover why an apparently accomplished young man wanted to be a perfect submissive.
Josh is young, sweet and with a gentle nature. He is also a published author, successful enough to be able to live in a nice Chicago condo and not having to abide to a 9 to 5 o'clock job. Despite this, Josh is craving, literally craving, for a Master; he has even underwent a formal training, but at today he is still without a contract. Usually at the end of the trial period his prospective Masters don't formalize the contract and Josh is always more discouraged, until the day his trainer, Nicholas, proposes him to move to Montana for a trial contract with his business partner Wade.
On the other side we learn Wade's story; from a wealthy family and with a planned life path in front of him, Wade left everything to move to Montana. I think he has not really the core of a true Dominant, he simply wants back the independence he left behind when he decided to agree to his parents's project life for him. Being a Dominant is for Wade regaining that independence.
Josh and Wade click together since, for me, they are not ordinary sub and Dom. A real dominant would have kicked out Josh that first day, when he started to behave badly; a real sub would have never, ever considered to be so disrespected of his Dom's house and rules. To me? I don't care if they are not true sub and Dom, what I like of them is the gentle manners of both, the fact they really need sweetness more than passion; if passion comes along fine, but first of all they need to feel loved and cherished.
Buy it from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-the-Ride-ebook/product-reviews/B005MZHT84/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R11HOW2TECFR9R
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