I was a fine idea at the time. Now I’m a brilliant mistake

Wishing you a day full of warm and cuddles, with lots of love, ( Collapse )

Lots of hugs and love ♥♥♥

All the cuddles and hugs for you today ♥

And of course, this is nakeisha's fault :P



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Cold Fingers by Amy Spector


Oh, my god! This is... creepy and... romantic? in a very twisted way?

I love having Chris' POV, love how we go back and forth in time while Chris tells us his story. And I love all the secondary characters, particularly Lee :D

Now, I was feeling very dubious of Vic from the beginning but, nevertheless, I keep finding myself liking him, and having to stop to remind me that he was, most probably, a bad guy. But his gift at the end? *points up to the beginning of the review* yep, creepy AND romantic. Also, sweetly chilling :P

Look, I only know that I loved this story, and I'm going to get right now into the next, okay?

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Viajeras intrépidas y aventureras by Cristina Morató



Okay, I started this book with great expectations, and the truth be told, it did not meet them.

There is very little information about these women, in many cases it is just a little more than naming them, when what I was expecting to find here was the voices of all those women who were silenced by history. I also didn't like the way the author presented them: 'the woman of ...', 'the lover of ...', as if they were only an additional part of a man, and nobody by themselves.

And since we are into this, it is easy to distinguish a certain feeling of ... colonialism? when she refers to any of the different cultures that appear in the different mini-bios.

In short: useful to find the names of interesting women, and go later to find more information on them from other sources, but nothing more.

A terrible disappointment: /

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Bitter Legacy by Dal Maclean



I wasn't reading this book for the bingo, TBH. But once I finished, I had to share, because it really is something different.

This is a really amazing book, with a strongly built plot, and complex, deep characters.

The mystery is twisted, but not unnecessarily convoluted. The way we are allowed to see the police' work, how they chase suspect after suspect, the frustration when nothing comes from the few leads they have, the exhaustion and dogged determination to find the culprit it's amazing.

The characters are all so deeply flawed, so hurt... Jamie and Ben's relationship is hard to watch. I love James, and I get his bewilderment and his hurt hopes. Ben, on the other hand... I understood, at the end, why he was the way he was but... shees! he hurts so many people!

And Steggie! Oh, god, Steggie! I really liked him, and as James, I only wanted for him to be happy *sobs*
This is an extraordinary, engaging book, and I'm reading right now the only other book by this author, that's how much I liked it. Fair caveat, though, she seems to have at least one promiscuous character in each pairing of her books, which, even as they never present themselves as anything but what they are, can be distasteful for those who hate cheating. I am one of them, and yet, I couldn't stop reading.

So, there! A new author for me, yay! And it also fits on 'The title begins with the first letter of your (online) name, so...

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El Beso de la Mujer Araña by Manuel Puig



I thought I would use this book for the 'Located in your state/country or written by a local author''s square. But then I remembered that there is a movie based on this book. Bad, yes, but nowhere does it say that the movie has to honour the book, so...

I'm going to be honest here, this is a rereading. I read this book for the first time when I was a teenager, and it's still as wonderful now as it was then. Terrible, of course, but one of those stories that leave a mark in your soul.

Molina and Valentín are, in a certain way, archetypal characters of the Buenos Aires landscape of that time. Valentin, the political idealist fighter, who tries to harden himself, but who in the end is desperately naive, and Molinita, the "loca" (trans) who dreams of a man who will reign over her while finds escape in the cinema, are not as different as in the first instance it would seem.

Two prisoners, one political, the other detained for 'corruption of minors' (code for homosexuality at that dreadful time) passing the time, while one of them recounts for the other one old movies. Two human beings, connecting in hell...

Treason by duplicate, something that seems love, a hopeless hope and death, always close in those times, always closer than they thought.

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Cobalt (Valentine & Lovelace Mystery #2) by Nathan Aldyne




Well, Valentin and Clarissa are now at Provincetown for the summer. Valentin working as a bartender and cruising as if the world was about to end; Clarissa, working in a tourist-trap that sells the tasteless knickknacks that even the evilest person in the Universe couldn't imagine. But at least she had nabbed a hot cop for herself.

Now, if she were to stop finding dead bodies, well... everywhere! that would be nice, too.

This is funny, entertaining and well-written, with Clarissa on the lead, trying to find what's really going on while Valentine refuses to acknowledge any possibility that the deaths are another thing than accidents or suicides.

And it's also a portrait of the gay's summer Paradise, with a lot of wonderful, quirky characters and the particular fashion sense of the '80s. So many padded shoulders!

And believe me, when the end comes, you'll be as surprised as everybody there was :P

A very recommended read.

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Vermilion: Valentine & Lovelace #1 by Nathan Aldyne



This was a surprisingly good read. Set in the early '80s, so beware of an almost unbearable homophobia!

I really liked the pulp format and the portrait of the queer scene at that time. I also enjoyed Valentine and Lovelace friendship, and the fun Lovelace brings to an otherwise dark story.

Valentine is a gay bartender who spent time in prison and now is set in helping other ex-cons. Lovelace is a straight woman, who works in real state and has a refreshing view of what's really important in life :P

Both characters are interesting, and leave you wanting to know more about them.

The mystery is truly well done. I spent most of the book truly convinced that I knew the killer, and was nicely surprised when I was proved wrong :P

I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series :)

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