Warlock Masters by Domingo RhodesReviewed by Sandra Scholes

For a short story collection, this has to be one of the shortest I've read in the past few months, but that doesn't detract from the fact that these are very well-written and extremely erotic. There are four in this anthology:

  • Alias Love
  • Big Puerto Rican Brazillian German Cock Summer
  • Beautiful Sadist
  • I'd like Me Some-a That

As you can see, the titles aren't that imaginative apart from Alias Love and Beautiful Sadist, I suppose. And if you had randomly picked this book off a shelf, with the title of Warlock Masters staring you in the face, you would think of some fantasy stories - oh, wait a second - it is fantasy.

Good points:

  • There is a honesty to Domingo Rhodes's work, and it's in his characters and the feel of the stories.
  • They are well written and not just erotica; they are erotica with real stories attached to them.
  • The writing is fresh and comes with some excellent dialect!

Bad points:

  • The story titles aren't that imaginative.

Alias Love: The hero of this story is in love with a girl called Valerie and a guy called Valmon at college, and confessing his love didn't go down too well with Valerie, as she didn't talk to him again, but Valmon did later, even though he wasn't comfortable with his confession. He is an incubite-succubite warlock of the left hand path (try saying that after a few daiquiris) and this particular story is about his life and how unhappy he is with it. He tells the tale of how he got to become the way he is now, and it's an explosive world of drugs, sex and death - enjoy!

Big Puerto Rican Brazilian German Cock Summer: Two guys are enjoying their own company in this one, a Brazilian and a German. He keeps referring to him as "bottom boy," but likes the heat of this fun union. Both men sound sexy and hot.

Beautiful Sadist: Ciro doesn't know the truth of who his lover is, only that he is a ravening male always after his body daily. He wonders what he would do if he found out he was a goat-man, a satyr from a whole tribe of them - well readers get to find out if they read it. This, like the second one gets straight to the sex, but it's a good thing as this is one of the hotter stories in the book.

I'd like Me Some-a That: Tatum and Caine get up to no good at Chuck's apartment, but that's half the fun of this story where Caine learns what discipline is in the realm of BDSM. There is some fun character interaction in here, and it’s just as good as the rest.

Review: These stories are all about dominance and submission in all kinds of different ways, and every one of the stories is very readable, and intoxicating, which is just what you want when you curl up in bed with a book like this. It is recommended for all fans of gay male erotica and one that can be read again and again, at least in my humble opinion.

Rating: ★★★★☆

Buy: Warlock Masters

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hunterReviewed by Lynn Reynolds

Tatyana Petrova is having trouble with her car. She's stuck on a mountain road on New Year's Eve. Annali Templeton seems to be writing in a notebook and Ryce Champion is trying to drag her attention away when Hunter Finn arrives.

Hunter finds out that a friend has seriously been hurt. And then they meet for the first time. After they meet, the action begins. It's a story of warlocks and witches - one is good and one is evil. It's also about family and Jacquelyn has you feeling as if you are a part of that family. We also get to see the building of heat between Tatyana and Hunter.

As I read Jacquelyn's descriptions of her characters, the story plays in my mind as if I'm in the theater watching a movie. To me, this is one thing that makes a great book. As I read, I have music playing and I see the scenes and characters starting to materialize. One of the female characters I can picture being played by Kat Von D - the minute you're introduced to her you just might feel the same. One of the male characters I can picture being played by David Navarro - again, I'm sure you'll feel the same.

Jacquelyn is also good at teasing her readers. You can just about see the sparks flying between Hunter and Tatyana and then Jacquelyn pulls them back. She does this several times but this is what keeps you riveted. I had a very hard time putting this book down - I got this book finished in just over a day (the witches had me bewitched). I had to know if I was just going to feel the heat or was I going to see what we all want to see. Plus who wins the fight - good or bad.

I was disappointed to find that I finished the book - no, there has to be more! Then I was disappointed even more when I couldn't tell that there is going to be a sequel or that there wasn't a book one. She will have a new book coming out in September (writing as Jax) but I don't see that it has anything to do with the Willow Coven. The only thing I can suggest is keep an eye on her web site, http://www.jacquelynfrank.com, to see if she posts anything.

Rating: ★★★★½

Buy: Hunter

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