an attack by Neo-Nazi skinheads which is thwarted when the geeky academic is revealed to be a black belt in karate

conspiracies (Eddie's creepy boss is somehow involved in this criminal enterprise) a father who forces his kid to prostitute himself to the other MC (Eddie) so that Fox can steal his laptop and give the info on it to a Ugandan criminal overlord/diplomat a la Idi Amin for some sort of undisclosed but presumably nefarious purpose an MC (Fox) with an alcoholic, practically comatose mother fourteen year-old twin siblings who are mute, house-bound, possibly autistic, and just a little too close for my comfort (handing feeding each other, always touching in some way, sharing a bed, etc.) and an abusive, homophobic, criminally-inclined father who Fox wants to stab repeatedly until dead as a door nail a brilliant but socially awkward 30-year old virgin (Eddie) who insists on referring to his penis as a 'willy' like a five year-old (which makes me feel creepy reading about it). But, c'mon! Am I seriously the only person that thinks this author should be apologizing for the Code Red levels of craziness in this book!? I mean, in the first third of the book alone, we have: Do you really want to spend your precious hours on this book? Really?'ĮDIT: Clearly my left-mouse-button finger had already read Lauraadriana's review and I should listen to it for all major decisions from hereon out.Īs Lauraadriana said in her review, the author takes an unapologetic 'everything but the kitchen sink' approach to this book. The blurb spilled the entire plot: I doubt there's anything left to discover. It's got the words 'penis' and 'willy' prominantly in it. I tried, but my left-mouse-button finger said, ' NOPE. I read the sample, and I couldn't make myself hit the Buy button. I'd give the story a four, but I'm adding a star for cameos from crack assassin team Angel and Kael, and getting to see a whole new side to Stephen Conran. Rentboy is sweet, loving, and funny as hell, and Eddie and Fox are one of my favourite pairings evah. It wasn't till Daniel's review that I gave it another go, and I'm so glad I did. I couldn't get my head around my preconceptions. When I first tried this book I was expecting something just like the Angel and the Assassin series, and I abandoned it after the sample.

Rentboy by Fyn Alexander