Right. I'm going to come right and say this and everyone be damned. I am an Essex girl. Well, an Essex woman actually. So put down the pitchforks, and the flaming torches and stop chasing the monster back into the spray tan booth :)
I do not own a pair of white stilettos, I am pale skinned, am not promiscuous (except in my books with my characters) and I don't believe I'm vulgar (except again in my books. I've never used the F word so much as when my guys are talking or in bed)
So when the chance arose to read this book which is about a young, Essex boy Glitterati model called Darian and a rather needy, clinically depressed yet endearingly sexy and clever Ash, I jumped at it. And disappointed I was not. This is one amazing story. Combining the seriousness of depression and bi polar disorder with the banter and complete over the top fantabulousness (I'm a writer, I can make words up) of the superb character of Darian, I couldn't put this book down. I fell in love with them both. Yes, it took me a while to decipher what Darian was talking about but once I was in, I could almost hear my daughter's young gay friend James speaking the words. He's a bit Darian like himself.
The romance between these two completely mismatched man in everything but the fact that both have a penis, is a joy to watch as it unfolds and the preconceptions you have about the characters fly in the face of what you expect and go off at a tangent to prove people are indeed deeper that skin allows. Darian is an incredibly rich character and surprising in many ways. Ash is tougher than he looks, with a wit that had me sniggering and the two of them together are just incendiary.
The wonderful humour in this book had me in stitches and one of my fave parts was when they were talking about Ash's book 'Through a Glass Darkly'. Ash quotes from the book (something from the Bible) and this is what happens next..
"That's well nice," he (Darian) said, seeming pleased. "I dunno what it means. Cos you can't see frew a glass if it's dark, can you?'
"You're quite right, Essex. I shall complain to the editor." (Ash)
"Isn't that like...God?"
"I suppose it must be."
"Don't fink e's in."
It really tickled my funny bone. I snorted my way past and was soon engrossed in more clever words and writing until the time I finished the book. In one sitting.
So if you want entertaining, well written fiction, with bits that will make you snort your coffee through your nose, make your heart wrench with hurt for Darian when Ash rejects him (OMG,Poor Darian was incredibly noble, I would have smacked Ash silly) and cry with both laughter and joy when things are going well, then look no further. This one will do it all for you. I loved the ending, loved them both. Read this book or your life will be much less the richer for it.If you don't - that'd be bang out of order...Ahwight?
Glitterland: Spires, Book 1
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Susan Mac Nicol
Amazingly well written, characters who simply sweep off the pages and as entertaining as all hell
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2013
CBR
Loved it!!!
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2014