REVIEWED BY CINDY
TITLE:Horny (Part of the My Haunted Blender’s Gay Love Affair and other Twisted Tales Collection) 
AUTHOR: Anne Tenino
PUBLISHER: Riptide Publishing
LENGTH: 136 Pages
Blurb:
Ryan Caulfield is a devout avoider of risk, so it comes as a surprise when he agrees to help a group of supernatural law enforcers catch Zeus (the god voted Least Likely to Keep It in His Pants). But how could he say no? He’s nothing if not law-abiding, even if it’s a legal code from another plane of existence. Besides, it all seems harmless enough . . . at least until the half-naked and all-hot immortal with wings and horns shows up.
In his century as an investigator for the Olympic pantheon, Leander of the eroté has solved a lot of cases and slept with a lot of humans. But on this investigation, it looks like he won’t be doing either. His assigned task is bogus, and the most alluring mortal he’s ever met is determined to avoid hooking up.
But the pull Leander feels toward Ryan the bartender won’t let him turn his attention away for long. Soon, he finds himself interested in much more than his usual dalliances with mortals. Now if only he can convince Ryan he’s worth the risk.
Review:
I chose this story to review because I used to love the whole idea of the Greek and Roman gods and their stories when I was younger. This is not one of those classic stories…
However it is something else entirely that I absolutely adored.
Poor Ryan Caulfield has a strange new world dropped in his lap and all things considered? He deals with it rather well. He should probably be more thrown by the fact that his bar has been invaded by demi-gods and ancient heros who are searching for Zeus who’s gone rogue, but somehow he handles the whole thing rather well.
Until Leander materializes in front of him.
Leander is beautiful and strong, one of the gods who’s used to having mortals throw themselves at his feet and when Ryan resists, despite the fact that Leander knows that Ryan wants him, it just intrigues him more. He spends a lot of time getting to know Ryan and trying to figure out the man’s reluctance to give in to his desires, with the help of Ryan’s friend Hayley.
Anne Tenino managed to perfectly portray the arrogance of the gods while making me smile with their “out of time and place” quirkiness. The gods live according to their own rules (and they have lots of them) but most of them don’t make sense to the mortals they interact with.
My only complaint about this story is that it was too short. I would have loved to have seen this stretched out more. Ryan ends up with a really big decision to make and I think it would have been delicious to have the anticipation build and have more questions being asked before he made his decision.
That being said, I loved so much about this story. I’ll be honest, I don’t know if the stories within this story are true myths or not, but I loved the feel of them and the flavour and honesty they gave to the tale being told by Ms. Tenino.
The supporting characters are mostly funny but there are little touches of sweetness that make them lovable. Ryan’s grandfather makes a short but memorable appearance and the rest of the “god squad” who come to Ryan’s bar looking for Zeus are a memorable group indeed.
I’m a big fan of Anne Tenino’s writing and story has just cemented that further.
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