A less good review...

[julesjones]

Mrs Giggles didn't like Lord and Master. On the other hand, she did give it a 68, and said that someone looking for a low-conflict romance might enjoy it, in a way that I don't think was pure snark.

This is the sort of thing I was talking about in my post last year on review writing. A good reviewer recognises that other people have different tastes, and says enough about why they liked or disliked a book for other readers to calibrate to their own taste. Yes, I'd much rather she loved the book, but this is still a helpful review, even if it stings.

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[julesjones]

Well, she's a private individual, so she doesn't have anyone to pass it on to. She likes m/m, but I think her tastes would run to something that's a lot more explicit with the conflict. There's some conflict in this one, but part of the point was that Steven *does* get away with having a pretty male secretary because he's high enough up the status system to do so. She's absolutely right when she suggests that the target audience is the group that wants to read about a gay couple getting it together without that much hassle. The guys get some anti-gay aggro, but most of the time people just don't want to say anything about it for various reasons.