A review by lanner
Rainey Royal by Dylan Landis

4.0

Well written. Can't remember when I last got so far into a character's head, and it wasn't always pleasant! In fact, rarely pleasant. Almost didn't finish because of that, but glad I did. Might even read this again, and I almost never re-read. Made me think a lot about female sexuality and how it can be so much a reaction to male sexuality, not really an independent aspect of a woman's personality, and that bothers me. Well--sex is a reciprocal thing, usually, so the interdependence makes sense...but so limiting! And out of balance. Zero healthily adjusted characters in this novel, and they are so vividly beautiful. Except Howard. Howard was an effed-up mess; not beautiful at all.