Jaden's Reviews > Rough Cut: Vincent Diamond Collected

This is a great book. Some of the language in the sex scenes is just a tad repetitive, but I read this book twice because I enjoyed it so much, and I didn't that until the second reading. Mr. Diamond is so good at descriptive detail and you can really feel immersed in this authors love for animals because it so wonderfully vivid. The masculinity of his characters is practically tangible and beautifully erotic. Meanwhile the steamy scenes, in my opinion, are just right -- not too explicit to make me feel like I'm reading a "stroke story," but still delightfully sensual. Another tiny flaw is that a couple of the stories seem a bit...I don't know...like there's just not enough story, perhaps? But that only happened twice, and again, I didn't notice that on the first read because the characters are so charismatic and the writing is lovely. This was one of the first books in m/m I was directed to, and I think it's a big reason why I started reading the genre so enthusiastically. I've recommended this book to everyone I know who likes m/m.