Before heading out on my holiday, I took a risk and read the
entire series of New Haven (that is out so far) by Nicholas Bella (Genre:
Horror, LGBT etc). I must say that if
you are at all of a sensitive nature, don’t touch it with a barge pole. There are warnings enough in the description
to know what you’re getting into, so it’s not like it’s going to hit you
between the eyes were you to come across something you might consider a bit
distasteful. A lot of it could be
construed as distasteful.
Apparently, I’m not of a sensitive nature, or at least, not
as sensitive as I thought. As I said, I
read the whole thing (three seasons, between four and seven novelettes – 25,000
words or so – per novelette) so I can’t be.
It was both appalling, titillating, raunchy, gory - and hot. I shall never judge Ancient Roman’s again for
their addiction to the blood-thirsty goings on in the Colosseum, or their
flagrant taste for orgies. Apparently if
I’d been around at that time I’d undoubtedly have been one of those salivating,
screaming members of the audience, high on blood-lust and death. Eek, hard thing to admit.
These are books like no other that I have read before, and
seriously other than for this foray into this genre, I probably won’t read Horror-LGBT again (although I will probably read straight - haha- LGBT because somehow guy on guy action is hot), but this story has me a
little bit hooked even though some of it actually is a bit stomach churning. Weird, aye?
Some premises espoused in the story seem to be pure gay fantasy,
at least it appears that way to me (not being gay, and not being a guy, I really
couldn’t say how close to reality this fantasy line would prove, but it doesn’t
seem to be borne out by statistics so it’s anybody’s guess). I’m also not much into how there is an undercurrent
of disdain for women in general. But, these
characters are vampires, and they really are arseholes to humanity (which is
how it should be – no sparkling in the sun for these dudes). By the end you both love and hate them, root
for them and want to see them overthrown.
What starts out as loathing for Theoden (Head of the vampire family in
question) is morphed into uncomfortable allegiance by the end of Season three
and you find yourself really disliking Deacon (Alpha werewolf and total asshat).
My curiosity is piqued, I want to know how it ends (I can
tell you already though – humanity ain’t gona win, so no holding my breath for
that outcome).
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Sydney Whyte
Rating Chart
«……………….A no goer
««……………Alright, but not a re-read
«««………..Liked it
««««…….Loved it
«««««…Amaze-balls – ticks all the boxes!!!
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