Greatest Poet Alive

For me, poetry must take me places, either kicking and screaming and bound in chains or quietly into the abyss with childlike humor. Words mean something, and if you can spin those words into webs of crystalline beauty which ensnare, you've won me over as a reader.

This book of erotic poetry is one that I wasn't expecting, and therefore enjoyed immensely. GPA is a poet on the extreme, who indulges without being crude, who smoothly guides the reader's mind to entertain, and who knows his craft.… (més)

This is the abbreviated review. For the full, extended review, please check out The Review Board.

Technically this is a 3.5 but I wasn't swayed to give this a 4.

This is one of the trickiest reviews I have ever had to do on a work. This review is based on two elements:

1. How well this work was visually executed
2. How well the content was executed

I was disappointed in the visual composition of "Revenge of the Orgasm" for quite a few reasons.

1. The author should have taken time to insert a proper copyright page after the title. That really surprised me, considering how many works he has under his belt.

2. Reviews, reviews, and more reviews, oh, my! There were about eight to nine pages of reviews. It took me a moment to realize that all of the reviews weren't for one book but an array of reviews from different books. The writer didn't take time to type out the thoughts, but just did print shots, copied, and pasted. It didn't look uniformed or professional.

3. What the font? The sizing and types of font were all over the place, sometimes within the same poem. At first, I believed maybe some of the mishaps were intentional for emphasis, but even that theory didn't hold water.

The content itself fared much better, and there were a few that definitely caught my attention. I'll mention some here:

1. Obsessed: The scenes were conveyed well-the right balance of intensity, fan fare, and torture.

2. Chocolate, Strawberries, Powdered Sugar: Reading that piece made me hungry, yet I could identify with having naughty thoughts with the other person being none the wiser.

3. Enough: Finger snaps on the rhythm. I dug the classy yet uninhibited nature of the female and the strong, suggestive aggression of the action.

The S&M pieces served to flex his overtures of sesquipedalism and were admirable, yet bordered dangerously on being overkill. I was appreciative of the metaphors used throughout his work. In addition, he still gets kudos in rhythm, the surprise factor, and painting out visuals.

Did I find the disappointing Kindle display enough to overpower his approach with the overall work? This is the crucial conflict.

I highly suggest not just for this work but in the future, he holds the same regard for the presentation of his works than he does in the creating of the stanzas. This could have scored a lot higher if he would have done just that, making the reader's reading experience just as orgasmic as his adventures.

Overall, "Revenge of the Orgasm" still serves as a good read for those who love poetry that's on the spicier side of erotica.… (més)

The story begins with a gruesome murder of Miles Livingtson's second wife and his two little girls. The main character, James Gordon, is called to the scene of the crime as Miles' attorney. As James tires to get to bottom of the grisly murder, he uncovers a secret that his best friend, Miles, was hiding. Unfortunately, Miles' secret correlates very closely to what James is going through in his own personal life. As James tracks down the murderer, what he learns makes him doubt his own choices in life.

I really enjoyed this story. It's written in first person, which makes it easy to identify with the main character. It's fast paced, and I couldn't wait to read to the final reveal. Like all good thriller's there are twists and turns and I didn't figure out the villain until I was supposed to. Which for me, is pretty good, as I usually figure out the plot acres way before most readers.

My one complaint is the terrible formatting. Dialogues are tun together, paragraphs where there shouldn't be and none where there should be. Normally I'd lower my rating by 1 star with issues like this, but I was drawn into the story so much, I'm going to make an exception. I highly recommend this book and give it 5 feathers.… (més)