Pinned! (Yaoi) [Paperback]

Yamila Abraham (Author), Studio Kosaru (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 20, 2005

Cruiserweight wrestler Synn couldn't believe how lucky he was to be recruited by the number one wrestling promotion in North America. Especially when his hero from childhood, the champion Renegade, takes a special interest in him. In time Synn learns he was only brought into the company because Renegade desired him. If he wants to succeed he has to submit to Renegade. If this wasn't bad enough Synn learns little by little that Renegade has a dark past when it comes to his former lovers. Synn walks a tightrope between pursuing his wrestling ambitions, and trying not to become Renegade's next victim

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Yaoi Press (June 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976744112
• ISBN-13: 978-0976744115
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #636,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Yamila Abraham founded the publishing company Yaoi Press in 2004. Over the last five years she's overseen the publication 45 BL titles including graphic novels, comic books, and art books. Abraham has successfully licensed Yaoi Press titles into seven foreign languages.

Abraham is a prolific writer with over a dozen graphic novel works in print with four different publishers. She wrote two of Yaoi Press' best selling series: Winter Demon and Dark Prince. Her first scholarly article on the topic of international BL will be published in 2010.

Abraham has been a speaker or guest of honor at 150 anime fan conventions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars pinned, pinned me, November 14, 2009

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A. Wilkinson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pinned! (Yaoi) (Paperback)

this was a really good read!

the writers kept you guessing up till the very end and the character arrangement on the cover is very deceptive ^_^ A must have for Yaoi Press fans

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Good., December 31, 2008

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Naida - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pinned! (Yaoi) (Paperback)

I really liked it, yes the art is not pretty boys and flowers everywhere but it is good and it fitted the the whole 'Manga' quite good. The ending was a bit of a cliffhanger, I would love to see a Pinned vol.2 just to see the reaction Synn has to Renegade words.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars much better than i'd thought it would be, July 20, 2008

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spacedog "spacedog7" (boston, ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pinned! (Yaoi) (Paperback)

first off, i'm really not into WWE-style wrestling, but i ended up w/ a copy of this so i thought i'd check it out anyway. i was leery of a yaoi book made in by a non-japanese company, but i was pleasantly surprised. the artwork is serviceable and occasionally gets steamy, but the real draw is the story. many people will be turned off by the power-play type dynamics (and the kinkier scenes) and not be able to see the underlying emotional turmoil of the two main characters. those are the same people who hated such japanese series as jazz. i for one enjoy unusual stories like this, and the author really brought the whole backstage pro wrestling setting alive. i found the emotional dynamics to be interesting, enough so that i'll be looking into what other books the author's released. hopefully the author's artwork will improve to match her writing.