โ Scribed by Michael, Sean
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
CB Potts, editor of Play Ball, writes : Let me tell you a little something. You might think you know Sean Michael. After all, there are Jarheads stories without number. The athletic eroticism of the Going for the Gold Series -- especially Personal Best. All good, all well-written, all reasons why Michael has a loyal and devoted fan base.
You see, there's a certain amount of 'suspension of disbelief' inherent in what we as erotica writers do. Are there happy homo trios of former Marines bouncing around somewhere, enjoying themselves beyond all reason? Probably not too many -- but we let that go, because the Jarheads line is so good. And if a Coach takes an above average interest in his athletes, chances are he's going to be sanctioned, not lauded, by his peers. But it doesn't matter, because we're focused on the relationship aspect of the story. It's one of the tropes that makes erotica work.
And you know what? This story is real. We feel Ardie's heartbreaks, as his family dissolves around him and he's forced to shoulder a load no child should have to bear. We see West struggle to understand his place in a world where he doesn't really fit. We witness the first flickers of mutual attraction.
It's all real, it's concrete, it's the type of writing that sucks you in and keeps you glued to the page. West has a few misadventures along the way, wrong steps and tragedies that actually cause the reader pain -- we suffer along with Ardie, who sees the man he loves in pain and doesn't know what to do to make it better.
These are the best, most complex characters I've seen out of Michael yet. The prose is smoother, the dialog more natural, the complex cast of characters handled deftly. There's a grasp of country stoicism to Ardie that will resonate with anyone who knows real farmers -- and a passion in the bedroom scenes that won't surprise anyone who knows what really happens in all them haylofts.
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