Gemini [Paperback]

Chris Owen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 18, 2009

Gent is a little wild, a little jaded maybe. He likes to play. Whether it's a good game of pool, a piercing in a naughty place, or a pretty boy who wants to take him home, he's all for it. He likes to take chances, as long as they're not the stupid kind. When he meets Paul, he thinks he might just have found someone fresh and new, someone who'll play, maybe someone who will be more than a one night stand. Pretty quick, though, Gent finds out with Paul he gets more than he bargained for. He gets Jamie, too, Paul's twin, who wants him just as much as Paul does. Gent thinks maybe he's in over his head, in for a weird triangle that he can't handle. It's a new game for him, and it might just end up with him taking the kind of dumb chances he never indulges in. But as the three come together in an explosion of passionate fireworks, beginning to explore a whole new world of heat, he learns that there can be a lot more fun in having two.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Torquere Press (March 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1603706038
• ISBN-13: 978-1603706032
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,362,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am a writer of gay romances, a lover of dramatic TV and a fan of many things which are bad for me. I don't cook, I do read, I pretend to garden, and I take care of my pets. One of my favorite things is a clean desk; another is a messy desk.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Out of my comfort zone, but fascinating, November 5, 2010

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Emanuela - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gemini (Paperback)

** spoiler alert ** I attempted to write this review twice and I can't seem to organise my thoughts. It's basically a book about a menage a trois where two of the guys are twins.

I liked the present tense, first person point of view. It's raw as it's the book, but it brings some limitations. Sometimes it's like hearing a sports commentator and since the sex is frequent and naughty, instead of being inside the head and feelings of the narrator, you feel some sort of detachment, even if there's a lot of enthusiasm on the part of the narrator.

The major disappointment is that we can never truly understand what turned the twins relationship into a twincest. We get to know that when the twins' parents died, Paul had nightmares, that his brother Jamie took him in his bed, and then that things evolved, but in my opinion there's something in Paul - I don't know if there's something broken, or flawed, or hurt, or scarred, but the boy seems so needy sometimes that it breaks your heart.

On the other hand, I don't know if Paul is so blindly strong that he is the one that keeps his brother Jamie tied to him and then brings Gent into their home. There's really an interesting dynamic between the three, but I think it was somehow neglected for the sex. Then there's the tidbit of information about the third person before Gent that was totally forgotten. I think it was important.

The story doesn't really flow, it reads like a sequence of sketches: the alley, the kitchen, the bedroom, the living room, the bar, the spanking, the fisting, etc. I would have liked more telling, because there were some very sweet moments here and there.

I'm trying not to judge the book by the twins relationship, because I admit it freaked me out a bit and I tried to forget they were twins (and that's probably the wrong way of reading this book, I'm sorry), but I was able to finish it, that's why I recognise there was something compelling in it. Maybe sometimes we are truly fascinated by taboos.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THRICE THE LOVE, May 7, 2009

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Venus Junkie (Kansas City, Mo) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gemini (Paperback)

Gemini Gent is a tattoo artist who is immediately attracted to customer Paul, when Gent goes home with Paul after a date, he meets Paul's twin Jamie and soon discovers the mutual attraction extends to both men. When you look at the underlining plot, you will see a story of three men bonded in an unique relationship that provides the emotional needs of each man, the key being the sense of equally belonging to each other, which makes the love scenes all the more sensuous, the story is more than just sex, it also illustrates love. This is a fantastic romance that I enjoyed reading.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the better MM books available, February 21, 2009

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Pat Cromwell - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gemini (Paperback)

I've been waiting for Chris Owen's Gemini to become available in print for way too long and now that it's here... Overjoyed. I'm not a huge fan of books written in 1st person so when I come across one that is as well written as Gemini I rave about them.

Gemini is not a book for everyone -- the subject matter is in many ways very controversial (and I am not speaking of the gay issue). However, Chris Owens handles it with his typical gifted flare. I rooted for the characters involved and my heart went out to them ONLY because of the emotionally charged way their story was presented. If read with an open mind, anyone reading this book will see beyond the social taboos and embrace the story for what it is -- a beautiful love story between consenting adults, a romantic adventure full of heart with characters who deserve an HEA. If only we all could be so lucky....

Pat Cromwell