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Boots (2011)

by Angel Martinez(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Amber Allure

review 1: A cute little fairy taleWarning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS. Rating: 7/10PROS: - This is an original idea for a story. I haven’t read anything else quite like it.- The story is short, but Martinez manages to pack quite a bit of hurt/comfort punch into it without any truly hard-hitting angst. The sad passages are brief and are followed quickly by sweet ones.- There are some amusing moments, particularly when Kasha works magic in his feline form and people can’t fathom that he’s the one who did it because they see him as nothing more than an ordinary cat. Also, the variety of ways in which his magic manifests itself is clever. I certainly wasn’t bored.CONS:- I’m not sure the mix of feline and human in Kasha quite worked for me, at ... moreleast not to the extremes they’re taken here. He is a typical cat--one minute, for instance, he’s “batt[ing] at his shoelace, then captur[ing] it to chew on the end,” and the very next he’s spouting off rather intelligent dialogue (“So the purpose of this outpouring of funds would have been to create, to become an artist”) that seems at odds with the playful, feline nature of his actions a moment before.- The fantasy language gives the story a bit of an historical feel, but now and then the mention of something modern, like a telephone or an Antonio Banderas movie, is thrown in, and that always jolted me right out of the story.Overall comments: I found Kasha sort of amusing and sort of irritating. I couldn’t figure out which feature overpowered the other, and even now I’m not sure whether I mostly liked or disliked him. However, I definitely liked the story overall. It’s brief but clever.
review 2: Willem is at a crossroads. He has lost his job, his cheating lover, his home, and his father. He was left $300 and the family cat, Puss. Refusing to stay with his older brother, he is unsure what to do next.Puss is really Yorukaze, a kasha, a cat demon. Banished by one of the gods, he is sent from master to master to guide and assist. Unable to return home, he is at the mercy of those who choose to take his service. And he has been led to Willem and his family.Pasha's job, it seems, it to find Willem a home a job and a man to love. After that, Pasha will have to move on to his next assignment. But what happens if he doesn't want to go? Because Pasha, it seems, can assume a human form, and is the embodiment of what Willem is searching for. When Kasha decides to set Willem up with a nice guy, get him a sponsor for his work, and a home, will he be able to put his feelings for Willem aside?What follows is a fun, touching and fulfilling fantasy. Willem is a sweet and strong young man, looking for love but getting used and discouraged instead. And Pasha is a smart mouthed, sarcastic bad boy of a demon. But underneath, he is like so many other hard guys - a vulnerable guy who wants someone for his own.This is a very adult fairy tale. The characters are drawn so well. We feel how lost and sad Willem is, how much losing everything in his life has hurt him. Especially his father; even though they had fought about his being gay, they were reconciling when Horst died. And Pasha - how much loss and pain there has been in his existence. And how much he has sacrificed over the years, and how much he is still willing to give up once he finds the man he has been searching for.Ms. Martinez has crafted something special here. This tale could be just a sex romp, or a farce. Instead, she has made this a tale of love, sacrifice, tenderness and car. I was enchanted. And isn't that what a fairy tale is supposed to do?Just wonderful.Tom less

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