Reviewed by Elizabetta
TITLE: Lance
SERIES: Indigo Knights, book 3
AUTHOR: Jet Mykles
PUBLISHER: Loose Id
LENGTH: 216 pages
BLURB:
Years ago Lance and Gordon fell in love when the bass player and band manager were part of The Might. The band was led by a rich, self important genius and everything was just great as long as no one rocked the boat. But Gordon chafed in the restrictive atmosphere and Lance was too laid back to test any boundaries. Gordon pushed for more; Lance fought any change. The final straw came when Lance acted out by sleeping with someone else. That was it. Gordon broke it off and was gone.
Now, Gordon’s invited Lance to join the Indigo Knights, a new band he’s managing. He’s made it clear that this is business only and that they’re not going to rekindle the flames of their past. But Lance has been so hung up on Gordon that he’s been celibate all this time. He wants no one else. He regrets how things ended, but he’s never had the chance to try to make amends.
This is his only chance. Can Lance convince Gordon to trust him again?
REVIEW:
Boy oh boy, do Lance and Gordon have a lot of issues. They are… were an established couple… start again… They were glorified fuck buddies three years ago, until Lance did something that Gordon couldn’t forgive. He cheated.
There you have it.
Gordon is the manager of the popular rock band, Inidigo Knights, on which the series is based. Lance is the bass player in the band. Three years ago Lance was wasting his talents in a go-nowhere band that Gordon was also managing. Gordon recognized his talent and tried to talk Lance into branching out, finding a new gig that would challenge him more. Thing is, at the time, Lance didn’t like being pushed, so, he acted out. And Gordon walked out.
Flash-forward… Lance does eventually move on, and now, he wants Gordon back. He’s never gotten over him, it seems.
You got it… this is told in alternating flashbacks between present (Indigo Knights) and past (loser band) relationship. It got a little dizzy-fying, all the back and forth, it tended to drag things a bit, and, really, I was more interested in the present-day anguishing and how that would play out. While it was good to have the background, reading this had some of the underlying frustration that flashbacks can bring.
Boys, boys, BOYS!! Use your words, talk it out, communicate! Again, that’s what it all comes down to.
But you can’t deny the lure of all the lovely languish-y, anguish-y, yearn-y, will-he-or-won’t-he??, push/pull-y, will they finally DO. IT, already.
This wasn’t especially gripping, and you just want to smack these two guys, but it was fun to see Lance try to figure out how to get back in Gordon’s pants. How he was going to make up for the cheating.
I loved Mykle’s Heaven Sent series, another group of gay rockers, when I read it back in the day. I know I can count on these stories for fluffy, cotton-candy escapist reading about hot rocker dudes all lusting after each other. Two completely gay bands… who knew?
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