The last book I read from the author, got a real 3 star review instead of being round up. This one gets a 2 star, no rounding involved. It just was ‘meh’. Nothing special and nothing significantly good. I had expected a lot more from this book and the whole side concept of the Frank Kurns Tales.
I think a big portion of the dissatisfaction is that these stories are basically excerpts from the main novels. They easily could have been told in those books and should have been. That this is supposed to be Frank writing the stories that could be released for public consumption, then the author should have written it differently. Used a different ‘voice’ then his standard of writing on the other books in the main series. I would have liked it as more of a personal story of significance to one of the characters in the main series.
Even making it about the Bitches would have been fine, so long as it wasn’t the same as the main series. A suggestion would have been to make it the group expanding and opening themselves to Akio and making him one of them. It comes across as Bethany Anne made the Elites and their leader of the Elites is therefore a member of the Queens Own. I would have liked it better that the guys would have had a situation where they bonded with Akio and wanted him as one of their Own.
I will give the author a minor kudos, but a very minor one. It’s great he finally made one character gay. Seriously though only one?? The populace of the world is supposedly 10% to possibly 20%, that might identify as other then straight. In the large group working for TQB, I would expect that maybe 5% would be other. It wouldn’t even need to be broached, except the author already had done so. He did this by not only mentioning Akio as being gay but has with so many other characters, mentioned their sexual interests. John’s non-interest of having sex with the Queen, as well as so many others commenting on their or others sexual nature, such as BA, Gabrielle, Michael, Nathan, Ectarina, John & the Bitches, plus so many others - even Lance & Patricia or Frank wanting to save the Damsel in Distress.
Another down point to this story was why was there an excerpt within this excerpt? Meaning the Tabitha scene at the South American house. Why cut the story to change to her and then go back. What was the point. It didn’t promote the guys night out. She’s isn’t one of the Queens Own, like Gabrielle, so why include it? Also, the indifference of Tabitha to her two vampire guards. She automatically assumes they are gay because Akio is, that’s just wrong.
I also found it condescending that a person would automatically take their clothes off in front of two people, who they don’t know well, but because she assumed they are gay, it was fine to do this. If she was a nudist and did this without thinking, that’s one thing, but because the males were supposedly gay, then it’s okay to do it - NOPE! So if there is a straight male and a lesbian woman together, then he should be fine stripping down and won’t offend the woman in the process? Most men wouldn’t do this because they’d be concerned with offending a woman, so why is it fine for a female to do this to a male? Nudity and sexual interest have nothing to do with each other. I have known both males and females that are uncomfortable with others being nude, as well as I have met both where only in certain situations is nudity acceptable. Try going to a nudist resort sometime, there are rules of conduct in such places, why shouldn’t the basics be used elsewhere.
The author has handled nudity better in the main series. He had Bethany Anne change clothes quickly in front of her guard or others. It was always in a rush to change to appropriate fighting attire. That made sense at the time, Tabithas scene didn’t work and was offensive to say the least.
Also as I stated before, it’s supposed to be a story written by Frank for the outside world. This story, with popping in on Tabitha, and so much else, if you don’t know the back story from the main series, these books don’t stand alone as it’s own entity. Excerpts are fine, short stories are good and well, but don’t state the title and concept as Frank Kurns Tales and then write it as anything but that.
Definitely a disappointing story for the main series and an even bigger one as a stand alone concept for a second series in the universe.
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