Reviewed by Dan

TITLE:  See Me

SERIES:   Lightning Tales #3

AUTHOR:     K. C. Wells

PUBLISHER:     Island Tales Press

LENGTH:     131 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  January 28, 2016

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Adrian DeSoto spent most of his time in high school being bullied and beaten up, simply because he was perceived as gay. Always slight, effeminate, he was the perfect victim for guys like Martin Cavanaugh, one of the high school jocks. When it all got too much, Adrian was faced with two options, one more devastating than the other. Eleventh grade saw a new Adrian, one who hid his fears and pain behind a mask in a bid to survive.

Eleven years later, and Adrienne is one of the top drag acts in Orlando. She’s fierce, funny and exuberant. A face from the past gives her a shock, and after that there’s only one thing on her mind—revenge.

Marty Cavanaugh has a particular kink. He loves it when a drag queen goes down on him. But that’s as far as it goes. He won’t admit to himself what’s under that tight fitting dress. And then he meets Adrienne and his whole world goes into a tailspin….

Warning – Contains men in drag, honey! You Have Been Warned.

REVIEW:

This is the best of the Lightning Tales so far…at least in my humble opinion.  I love how Ms. Wells ties them together and brings back the characters from the previous books.   And did I mention there are drag queens in this one?  I loved that Ms. Wells researched drag queens by using a real drag queen named Alektra Belle as one of her characters.  The research was perfect because I know a bunch of drag queens, and honey when they are in drag, they are definitely “she”.  Spot on portrayal of drag queens in my opinion!

In See Me, we start out back in high school, with Ric from book two.  Ric steps in and helps a boy who is gay and terrified, and maybe thinking of doing something bad to himself near the end of the 10^th grade.  That kid, Adrian DeSoto, goes on to be one of the main characters of this latest installment.  Along the way though we have cameo visits from Ric and Connor from book two, and from Alex and Nick from book one.  They are all part of that same high school and their stories are intertwined.

In this latest installment, after the high school tie in, we move to the present.  Adrian is now Adrienne, the new popular headlining drag queen at Lips, a drag club in Orlando.  There is a strange customer though that comes to the club.  He has worked his way through all the drag performers, getting them all to perform oral sex on him for money…but only while they are in drag.  That is his special “kink” it appears.

Now he has turned his eye to Adrienne.  But he doesn’t realize that Adrienne is actually Adrian, the kid that his friends and he tormented back in high school.  What will happen when Adrienne sees him and instantly recognizes him as Marty Cavanaugh, one of his former tormentors?  Will revenge be in the cards?

I’m really happy that this one is longer than the previous two installments.  The story had enough space to play out, and I’ve got to tell you, I really enjoyed it.  Any of us that had a high school bully can attest…it would be a great thing to get even…or would it?

I recommend this installment and the two that came previously.  I think you will enjoy them.  They are fairly light hearted, but with real life issues thrown in.  I’m hoping the author continues with them, as I’m quite enjoying some regular visits to these characters!

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