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A review by scarletine6
Special Forces - Mercenaries Part I by Aleksandr Voinov, Vashtan, Marquesate
2.0
Well, I am sadly amazed that i've found an m/m book with TOO MUCH SEX! 2/3rds of this book is great. An emotional rollercoaster of a relationship, but the last 150 pages ANNOYED THE HELL out of me and i ended up hating Dan McFadyen. After Dan and Vad's wonderful time in Thailand it all went downhill. I actually got... bored...there,I said it...with all the sex. I get it, Dan is a promiscuious bastard, but seriously...all that infidelity was TOO MUCH! I won't even begin to say how much i hated Jean! (Take deep breaths...and relaaax!)
It caters for the myth that 'all gay men are attracted to ALL other gay men and want to have sex with everything with a pulse' This is by no means the case. There are millions of loyal, devoted gay men out there, to whom the relationship, the love is sacred. Dan talks the talk, but is full of Crap. Gone was the 'm/m romance' and what followed was a depressingly indulgent 150 pages of shagging anything with a hole. It did not move to story along at all, less of a m/m romance novel, more of a script for a tacky '70 porn flick.
I did initially care about their relationship,I invested my time in reading 2 books about these guys. But when the Dan said he was not going to stop shagging around just because he loved Vadim, I just didn't care anymore. Personally, I hate infidelity. I don't get the 'I love you's' and then shagging other men. I don't get how Dan could fight and grieve for his lost love , get him back and then shag around as if it was as simple as a game of football.
It makes all of the depth and tenderness a lie, especially with Vadim being so vulnerable and messed up in the head...Yes, Dan that's the way to make a man who has been mind fucked and spat out by the KGB feel secure, Good one! All Vadim wanted was Dan and all Dan wanted was Vadim...and every other avaliable hole...that is not love! That is an unhealthy sex addiction and nothing to do with love.
Dan is due a wake up call- a nasty STD or HIV scare. Call me old fashioned, but I really wanted Dan to keep it in his pants and be monogomous! So very Disappointing! I am so mad that, after all the time i've invested in these guys, the story took this turn, i'm relucatant to start part two...Rant over! ;-D
It caters for the myth that 'all gay men are attracted to ALL other gay men and want to have sex with everything with a pulse' This is by no means the case. There are millions of loyal, devoted gay men out there, to whom the relationship, the love is sacred. Dan talks the talk, but is full of Crap. Gone was the 'm/m romance' and what followed was a depressingly indulgent 150 pages of shagging anything with a hole. It did not move to story along at all, less of a m/m romance novel, more of a script for a tacky '70 porn flick.
I did initially care about their relationship,I invested my time in reading 2 books about these guys. But when the Dan said he was not going to stop shagging around just because he loved Vadim, I just didn't care anymore. Personally, I hate infidelity. I don't get the 'I love you's' and then shagging other men. I don't get how Dan could fight and grieve for his lost love , get him back and then shag around as if it was as simple as a game of football.
It makes all of the depth and tenderness a lie, especially with Vadim being so vulnerable and messed up in the head...Yes, Dan that's the way to make a man who has been mind fucked and spat out by the KGB feel secure, Good one! All Vadim wanted was Dan and all Dan wanted was Vadim...and every other avaliable hole...that is not love! That is an unhealthy sex addiction and nothing to do with love.
Dan is due a wake up call- a nasty STD or HIV scare. Call me old fashioned, but I really wanted Dan to keep it in his pants and be monogomous! So very Disappointing! I am so mad that, after all the time i've invested in these guys, the story took this turn, i'm relucatant to start part two...Rant over! ;-D