{"id":2372,"date":"2022-03-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/?p=2372"},"modified":"2022-03-13T23:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T23:33:12","slug":"recommendation-of-chronicles-of-the-mighty-and-the-fallen-by-richard-mchenry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/06\/recommendation-of-chronicles-of-the-mighty-and-the-fallen-by-richard-mchenry\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommendation of Chronicles of the Mighty and the Fallen by Richard McHenry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"yasr-auto-insert-overall\"><!--Yasr Overall Rating Shortcode--><div class='yasr-container-custom-text-and-overall'>\n                   <span id='yasr-custom-text-before-overall'>Our Score<\/span>\n                <\/div><div class=\"yasr-overall-rating\"><div class=' yasr-rater-stars'\n                           id='yasr-overall-rating-rater-c64f442d9791d'\n                           data-rating='0'\n                           data-rater-starsize='24'>\n                       <\/div><\/div><!--End Yasr Overall Rating Shortcode--><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"yasr-auto-insert-visitor\"><!--Yasr Visitor Votes Shortcode--><div id='yasr_visitor_votes_d947c2f6d5659' class='yasr-visitor-votes'><div class=\"yasr-custom-text-vv-before yasr-custom-text-vv-before-2372\">Click to rate this post!<\/div><div id='yasr-vv-second-row-container-d947c2f6d5659' \n                                        class='yasr-vv-second-row-container'><div id='yasr-visitor-votes-rater-d947c2f6d5659'\n                                      class='yasr-rater-stars-vv'\n                                      data-rater-postid='2372' \n                                      data-rating='4.4'\n                                      data-rater-starsize='24'\n                                      data-rater-readonly='false'\n                                      data-rater-nonce='ba32cb11f3' \n                                      data-issingular='false'\n                                    ><\/div><div class=\"yasr-vv-stats-text-container\" id=\"yasr-vv-stats-text-container-d947c2f6d5659\"><svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \n                                   class=\"yasr-dashicons-visitor-stats\"\n                                   data-postid=\"2372\" \n                                   id=\"yasr-stats-dashicon-d947c2f6d5659\">\n                                   <path d=\"M18 18v-16h-4v16h4zM12 18v-11h-4v11h4zM6 18v-8h-4v8h4z\"><\/path>\n                               <\/svg><span id=\"yasr-vv-text-container-d947c2f6d5659\" class=\"yasr-vv-text-container\">[Total: <span id=\"yasr-vv-votes-number-container-d947c2f6d5659\">5<\/span>  Average: <span id=\"yasr-vv-average-container-d947c2f6d5659\">4.4<\/span>]<\/span><\/div><div id='yasr-vv-loader-d947c2f6d5659' class='yasr-vv-container-loader'><\/div><\/div><div id='yasr-vv-bottom-container-d947c2f6d5659' \n                              class='yasr-vv-bottom-container'\n                              style='display:none'><\/div><\/div><!--End Yasr Visitor Votes Shortcode--><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2372\" class=\"elementor elementor-2372\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6563c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6563c4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a96659\" data-id=\"5a96659\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e9912a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e9912a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>This recommendation is of a book titled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/CHRONICLES-MIGHTY-FALLEN-erotic-romantic-fantasy\/dp\/1644381451\">Chronicles of the Mighty and the Fallen<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Richard-McHenry\/e\/B07ZJFC2VF\/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1\">Richard McHenry<\/a> (you may know him as Rick Henry from his stories posted in this blog).<\/p>\n<p>According to the product details on the Amazon page, this book has 478 pages in the paperback version, so for me, it is a full length novel. I got the kindle version as soon as I could back in November 2019. I was interested in this book because I used to read some of Richard&#8217;s works on Telemachus12&#8217;s website (I want to make a recommendation post for this website in the future), in some of his stories describes this novel as a m\/m erotic fantasy novel, \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d ambiance.<\/p>\n<p>Richard is very detailed in most of his stories and tries to be very coherent with his ideas and this is reflected in his creation of worlds. It is a solid buy if you want to read about m\/m eroticism with a great story, and not just sex without a plot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-87ac3b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87ac3b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ad21dc\" data-id=\"0ad21dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3af157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3af157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71RePPNUxRL-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"CHRONICLES OF THE MIGHTY AND THE FALLENCHRONICLES OF THE MIGHTY AND THE FALLEN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71RePPNUxRL-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71RePPNUxRL-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71RePPNUxRL-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71RePPNUxRL.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2d0a54\" data-id=\"e2d0a54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8563fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8563fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71yXWcqIqzL-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Chronicles of The Mighty and The Fallen Back\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71yXWcqIqzL-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71yXWcqIqzL-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71yXWcqIqzL-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldofgaysuperheroes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/71yXWcqIqzL.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e7eaee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e7eaee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Summary:<\/h2><p>Garneth is the king from hell, massively built, massively endowed, who grievously rapes his way through the countryside, leaving the bodies of young men and women behind. He then hears of a reclusive, near-matching equal, Jarden, and is determined to ensnare him as his own personal love-slave. But Marco, the young, straight-type stalwart, forcibly trained to seduce, drug, and take the man down&#8230; falls in love with his victim, instead. They become soul-mates. Together, they plot how to overthrow the king and bring him to justice.<\/p><div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><p>There are also the backstories of a previous race of super-men, same gender lovers (Ashtarians), once revered, now disdained&#8230; sought out and exterminated by a jealous population; as well as a nation of Amazon-like women (Merionites), who use men only as breeders or slaves. Conflicts abound for both lovers and usurpers of the crown alike: for only &#8220;the most well-endowed man may rule.&#8221; So say the Elders. But who gave them their power? And who dares use the secret herb called the man-root, endowing men with phenomenal strength and physiques &#8212; a forbidden substance in the land &#8212; a curse which must be destroyed, and those found to be on it? Compounded by the entanglements of all the sexes involved. Who will overcome whom? And truly, &#8220;what is love?&#8221;<\/p><h2>Reviews<\/h2><p>The book has very good reviews\u00a0 (4.6 out of 5 with 8 ratings). I post here some of the reviews, you can check the rest in Amazon. I didn&#8217;t post the reviewers names (for privacy reasons) but you can check them on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/CHRONICLES-MIGHTY-FALLEN-erotic-romantic-fantasy\/dp\/1644381451\">Amazon page.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-20df8a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20df8a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5472356\" data-id=\"5472356\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3453c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3453c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>1st review: <span class=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\" data-hook=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\">Outstanding writing; wonderful story<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-81cee59\" data-id=\"81cee59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3e9cb9 elementor--star-style-star_fontawesome elementor-widget elementor-widget-star-rating\" data-id=\"c3e9cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"star-rating.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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He writes with such artistic flair! But his style only adds to the story, and is in no way distracting. Love is love, and in this story\u2014placed in a medieval-type setting complete with castles &amp; kingdoms\u2014true love is fraught with adventure, danger, and personal foibles.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>If you like this kind of setting and want to read a powerful gay erotic-romantic fantasy, you will LOVE this book. There are passages of acute tension, scenes of fantastic man-on-man love and sex, and interestingly, all of this is combined with a liberal dash of philosophical wisdom. Oh, and I would be remiss if I didn&#8217;t mention the muscle! There&#8217;s plenty of well-built, gorgeous, muscular pulchritude to go around!<\/p><p>At the end of the book I read that McHenry has a deep history in poetry; it all made sense then. His writing is simply eloquent. The story is riveting. I hope there&#8217;s a sequel coming!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54e98f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54e98f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec64c25\" data-id=\"ec64c25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca2c4fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca2c4fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>2nd review: <span class=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\" data-hook=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\"> Great read for anyone who loves homoerotic fantasy and romance!<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e69052\" data-id=\"7e69052\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ecc33 elementor--star-style-star_fontawesome elementor-widget elementor-widget-star-rating\" data-id=\"b7ecc33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"star-rating.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-star-rating__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-star-rating\" title=\"5\/5\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Rating\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"reviewRating\"><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i> <span itemprop=\"ratingValue\" class=\"elementor-screen-only\">5\/5<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1a425d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1a425d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fb30cb\" data-id=\"0fb30cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a7432 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47a7432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><div class=\"a-expander-content reviewText review-text-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-hook=\"review-collapsed\" aria-expanded=\"false\">You know a book is a good read when you feel connected enough to the characters and story to say things like, &#8220;Oh no!&#8221; and &#8220;YES!&#8221; out loud while reading. The author creates a vividly detailed world and complex characters who frequently have conflicting internal motivations. You will feel sympathy, not just for the heroes of the story, but for the villains too, as their back-stories are revealed and explored. The author is not afraid to tackle some really tough subjects. You will laugh. You will cry. You will find the reckoning deeply satisfying, yet also tinged with bittersweet melancholy. I should mention that there are graphic depictions of same-sex relationships and also some extremely violent scenes. You will not like this book if such things offend you. That being said, I highly recommend it!<\/div><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87a5728 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87a5728\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63c60fe\" data-id=\"63c60fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58871e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c58871e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>3rd review: <span class=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\" data-hook=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\">A Rousing Read<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1de5436\" data-id=\"1de5436\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7418c4d elementor--star-style-star_fontawesome elementor-widget elementor-widget-star-rating\" data-id=\"7418c4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"star-rating.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-star-rating__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-star-rating\" title=\"5\/5\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Rating\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"reviewRating\"><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i><i class=\"elementor-star-full\">&#xE934;<\/i> <span itemprop=\"ratingValue\" class=\"elementor-screen-only\">5\/5<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d74b1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d74b1a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bcb53ad\" data-id=\"bcb53ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd1dd35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd1dd35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-hook=\"review-collapsed\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><p><span class=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\" data-hook=\"cr-widget-FocalReviews\"><span class=\"a-size-base review-text\" data-hook=\"review-body\">I will admit that I didn&#8217;t quite know what to expect of this novel but it more than met my expectations. This novel is satisfying on multiple levels. Most of us don&#8217;t expect much character development when we read erotic novels and yet when the character development and the eroticism are well balanced, as they are here, the results are very satisfying.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p>While the story is told from multiple points of view, Jarden is the hero of the story. Jarden&#8217;s road to true love is blocked by many obstacles not the least of which is his own nature. Seeing him work through McHenry&#8217;s intricately created fantasy world and a roller coaster of a plot with twists and betrayals is powerful and makes the erotic encounters both a turn on and deeply meaningful adding a deep romantic urgency to his finding love.<\/p><p>I really enjoyed McHenry&#8217;s world building, as is appropriate in an erotic fantasy, sex is everywhere, it is used as a bartering tool, as a means to secure political power (the King gains power through sexual domination) and only in rare cases a path to love. This makes for many rousing scenes where the character motivations add a deep layer of interest to the erotic moments.<\/p><p>McHenry&#8217;s writing is generally very good and the sex scenes are dripping in sensuality. These are hard men in a brutal world and the wonder of the discovery of love in such a setting is precious and romantic.<\/p><p>I don&#8217;t want to spoil the intricacies of McHenry&#8217;s plot but I will say I found the journey of the character of Marco to be particularly satisfying. Marco has a deep warmth and likability that rounds out the novel&#8217;s strengths.<\/p><p>If you enjoy erotic fantasy with complicated plots and characters in a world fraught with danger and betrayal, this novel is absolutely worth your time.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a929d00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a929d00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Final words.<\/h2><p>I also intend to write a review for this book, I read it when it was released and right now I don&#8217;t have it very fresh in my mind to make a detailed review, but I will surely read it again and post a review here and on Amazon.<\/p><p id=\"isPasted\">Hope you like this kind of posts and thanks to Rick Henry for this book and the stories he shared with all of us.<\/p><p>If you know some page, book, blog, fanpage, movie, game, etc, that you feel deserves a review or a bit of publicity, please let me know. 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