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Takeo (2012)

by Lynn Hagen(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Siren-Bookstrand, Inc.

series

Demon Warriors

review 1: This book is about as good as they can get with Hagen's books. I was only reading it to know whether the Japanese character in this book is the same stereotype of a small, sexless and effiminate Asian who needs a big white man as the three Asian characters in her Brac Pack series. Well he is small and slim, but apparently not sexless but with a strong sex-drive and actually gets to top his much bigger demon mate, so not the stereotype I expected (usually twinks don't top hunks in her series, it wouldn't even occur to them). However the fact that here is again someone described as having milky skin, black hair and coal-black eyes made me wonder and the behavior of the character in regard to sex rang a bell. I checked some of my literature again and found the article "Lookin... moreg for My Penis: The Eroticized Asian in Gay Video Porn" in "A Companion to Asian American Studies" and in the article it is said: "Second, within the totalizing stereotype of the ‘‘Oriental,’’ there are competing and sometimes contradictory sexual associations based on nationality. So, for example, a person could be seen as Japanese and somewhat kinky, or Filipino and ‘‘available.’’Now what was said there sounds reminiscent of the character Kamiko in the book and considered Hagen's usual stereotypical portrayal of her non-white characters I lean towards thinking that she just used another stereotype again, either conciously or unconciously, rather than it being coincidence. Especially since Kamiko was able to strip of his clothes and perfectly fold them in mere seconds, why would he do that if he was supposedly so horny?Not to mention the cover, we can pretty much guess which one is Kamiko.Also there is this typical glossing over and lacking of background that characterizes her books again. Why not tell us some more about Takeo's or Kamiko's background if Takeo's memories got searched through anyway? It could help understand the character more and also lengthen the book. The books are adult content anyway, so why not write it?And why is it that a twink can only be an exlcusive bottom or versatile and a hunk only versatile or an excusive top? Why did her series never had a hunk who is an exclusive bottom and a twink who is an exclusive top? At least I can't remember that ever having been the case.
review 2: typical lynn hagen serial romance. nothing fantastic, nothing so bad it can't be finished. what is typical lynn hagen? imagine a shorter harlequin romance but with no t&a (see, i was going to write no surprise pregnancies, but... yeah.). out of sheer laziness, i will be using this as my template for all books by :lynn hagenstormy glennscarlett hyacinthcarol lynnegabrielle evansunless otherwise noted. i'd apologize, but i'm not sorry. i figure it's about as much time as they put into their books. dammit! well, i made it all the way to the end being rather moderate in my assessment. that's a win. less

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