Product Description

In the luxurious Middle Eastern kingdom of Kassina, Takeyuki, "The Desert Hawk," kidnapped by bandits for his beauty, in turn kidnaps Said, the young man with the blue eyes. With eyes that no one's heart can escape from and a voice that sends chills down spines, it must have been him Said spoke so rudely to on the plane to Kassina. Has Takeyuki been chasing him ever since?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81645 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781569700723
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

A good way to pass an afternoon
I liked this one. I've read most of the yaoi novels June has put out, and honestly didn't expect much from this one. I figured it would be a torrid desert romance like that other sheik book they released. But I was pleasantly surprised. The uke was still a stubborn wimpy guy, but the story was more interesting. Much of it takes place in the desert on a fairly realistic journey. You can tell the author did her research because the details were more gritty than romanticized (and I appreciated her addressing the fact that the Muslim religion forbids homosexuality).

I liked the couple. The seme was the cool, powerful, sexy kind I like, and the sexual tension was pretty hot. There wasn't much sex, but then I'd rather have well written sexual tension than a bunch of sex scenes slapped together. The uke, while annoying at times, was someone I wanted to see tamed so that was entertaining too.

Also, I have to say the illustrations added a lot to my enjoyment. I love Ai Hasukawa's Love Control, and her pictures here continued her tradition of sexy men that enhanced the story. So I'd recommend this for someone looking for a decent BL novel that will take you away to another land.

An OK Read
I've read almost every yaoi novel published here in the U.S., and this novel wasn't the worst, but certainly not the best. One thing I did like was that the attraction between the characters is drawn out. There is a lot of one sided sexual tension, and the only love scene is at the very end. It does have the traditional color page, which was gorgeous. It really is an okay read. Apparently its part of a series of books with similar themes, but I've yet to find out if the others have been published here in the States.