Product Description

Sam is a broken young man, whose job as a film critic is just starting to take off, even as his personal life is crashing down around him. His relationship with Marcus, God of Fear, turned out to be a horrible mistake, sending him spiraling down into a web of self-doubt and depression. Luckily, Sam has always been a follower of magic, and he knows just enough about how the gods work to keep his head above water until he meets the Dom of his dreams, Hector. Seemingly the perfect match for Sam's impulsive, reckless Sub, Hector soon shows signs of jealousy and need that go beyond what Sam might be able to give. With Hector's motivations called into doubt, Sam has to learn to trust, and to stop listening to the ideas Marcus has put in his head. Sam also has problems accepting his own nature, and his abilities, which leads to more chaos than he, or Hector, could have imagined. Can Hector put aside his jealousy and his desperate desire to be all Sam needs? And can Sam learn that he's strong enough to let go of everything and immerse himself in the lifestyle he and Hector can achieve together?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1374725 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 328 pages

Customer Reviews

Chaos Magic by Jay Lygon
All right, I can't explain well what this book is like and what it has left to me. It's chaotic, energy, fantasy, fear, pain, pleasure... all mixed up in an huge melting pot.

Sam is a twenty-something years old guy who wants with all himself a Master in his life; he needs him, he craves him. He wants sex, yes, but not only, he wants to be dominate by someone, to be controlled. But he is just escaped from an abusive partner, that still manages to influence him and prevents him to find a real partner. Sam, like many before him, thinks he deserves to be beaten, and so he deserves the pain Marcus inflicts to him, and it is not the pain/pleasure he really wants.

Then he meets Hector, a forty-something Dominant, with an high propension to sadism. But Hector is also a caring person, who wants to rule his boy, but also protects him. He is the very daddy Sam wants, if only he manages to go over his fear.

Around them we have an huge set of supporting characters, made of gods, goddess and even a ghost. You will learn that a god is real only if you believe in him, only if you worship him: so a god could be also your neighbour, if you believe in him.

Jay Lygon succeedes in balancing well the delicate relation between pleasure and pain, boy and Master, sex and love, sex and fear...

Just a short hands up
Ah. Just finished the third book, but have to review this one too. It's crazy, it's hard m/m bdsm, it's hot and it has two sequels! Love it love it love it. For me perfect blend of sex, love, angst, character growth, and lovable, lively protagonists. Did I mention that it's hot?

Layered, complex, fascinating!
I loved this book. There's so much going on, and the magical realism is pure delight. Hot sex and magic in urban southern California; who could resist? I've read it twice now, to catch the nuances I missed.

There are so many layers to this book: light comedy amongst the gods (my favourite parts), struggle and strain between Sam and Hector, dark, frightening undertones whenever Fear rears his bristly head. The writing flows, its tone and rythms completely engaging.

I'm looking forward to reading the next two in the series.