SPORKED IN TIME by Jaid Black and Nicholas Grant

 

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Date published: November 2014
ISBN: 9781419993787
Comedy, Time Travel
E-book
Reviewed by Helen
Weblink: http://www.ellorascave.com/sporked-in-time.html
Obtained via publisher
Rating: 2

Busty Russell is straight and was reared by two gay dads. Her best friend Tope McWhite is six foot five inches of rampantly gay man. Together they run an incredibly inept detective agency in WeHo. Their latest case involves unlimited money and time travel to the fourteenth century Scottish Highlands.


In the interests of full disclosure I once worked for Ellora’s Cave. I enjoyed reading Ms Black’s erotic romances. I also read and enjoy comedy, historical fiction and gay fiction (Basically I just like reading).

However this book didn’t tick any good boxes for me. I can laugh at slapstick comedy and over the top comedy (I loved the Keystone Kops when I was a kid) but this story felt forced. It was almost as if Ms. Black and Mr. Grant sat down with a list of popular Amazon key search words and determined to include them all in every chapter, hopefully more than once.

The idea of the Dicktionary is good, but there are so many in-jokes about gay men and West Hollywood it detracts from the story and confuses any reader who isn’t from that scene. And flipping back and forth to the Dicktionary pulls the reader out of the story. There were also a bunch of typos, or if they weren’t typos, I couldn’t understand their meaning.

While the plot is thin and confused, the two main characters are completely outrageous, and at times quite funny as is some of the dialogue. However, I won’t be reading any future books in this series.



This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book.

BOSSY AND CLYDE by Jaid Black

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Date published: April 2009
ISBN: 9781419922749
Quickie / ContemporaryE-book
Reviewed by Phoenix


CLICK TO PURCHASE! Kandrea Kane is a ghostly artist and psychic. Spirits come to her to have their stories told. Who knew that one loving spirit would bring her complete and utter happiness and the love she couldn’t live without.

Damon Clyde built himself on pride and brawn. Having lived a childhood of constant teasing and humiliation, he swore to himself that his adult life would not be that way. His cool exterior and controlled calm was shattered when he was hired by a woman who crawled under his skin, forcing him to break down the walls of protection he had carefully constructed.

Jaid Black is an amazing writer, her written words engross you from the very beginning and leave you begging for more when they have come to an end. The characters are wonderfully built, you feel like you are their best friend listening to them tell you a story about their life. The sex leaves you panting and riveted to your screen awaiting the explosion of emotion and feeling…among other things! I love a book that helps forget that I am reading and leaves me believing that I am watching a movie in my head. When an author has the ability to grab my attention from the first paragraph and hold it until the very last period, she has written a book that stays on my shelves for many years as I revisit it over time. Jaid Black is an author I will be looking out for and looking forward to reading more of her published works of art! BOSSY AND CLYDE is definitely on my favorite reads list.