Black Balled (Audible Audio Edition) Andrea Smith Eva LeNoir Joel Leslie Books
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Two dominant males, two worthy adversaries, in a business that takes no prisoners will soon learn that fate refuses to be ignored.
My name is Troy Babilonia, but I'm best known as Babu, a renowned literary critic with my own online column. I'm followed by thousands! I'm a living god in the literary world. I have no filter, and for that my flock of humble followers are forever grateful. If it weren't for me, they wouldn't know what to read. I have zero tolerance for weak-minded attention seekers, nor do I have respect for the self-proclaimed geniuses of the indie world. My advice to all indie authors is to never break the cardinal rule in this cutthroat business. Ever.
My name is L. Blackburn, and I'm an indie author. My extraordinary genius was loved and worshiped throughout the literary world until one egocentric critic tried to obliterate my career. It seems I broke some "cardinal rule", and now I'm paying the price for it. But I don't plan on going down without a fight.
Black Balled (Audible Audio Edition) Andrea Smith Eva LeNoir Joel Leslie Books
I first came across these two characters, Troy (Babu) Babilonia and Larson Blackburn in Andrea Smith’s Hearts Afire anthology – and I absolutely hated them, couldn’t see anything positive or nice to say about them. But then it wasn’t their story, it was Lloyd Ledbetter (an ex of Larson’s) and Luke Gunner’s, so, naturally my loyalty was to this pair and Larson and Babu just came across as condescending a**hats. Which after reading Black Balled, I realised they truly were. But for two characters that were so completely opinionated, self-absorbed and obnoxious, they were surprisingly enough very appealing in their own right. I enjoyed just about every moment of their fiery, bitter, scathing and erotic interactions.Under the pseudonym of L Blackburn, Larson has poured his heart and soul into a story he has self-published – a decision he has made by choice, rather than because he has to in this instance, but by this very action he has brought himself to the attention of Babu, a scathing and career destroying reviewer.
Their resultant interactions were hilarious, horrid, and absorbing. They began a long distance love/hate relationship, in that they both loved to hate each other. But in doing so they became totally absorbed. The back and forth of their email communications was enthralling and filled with an appealing dark humour.
The story offered a fascinating glimpse into the life of an Indi Author on the verge of ‘making it’, and a reviewer, albeit an emotionally scarred one determined to burn him down. How close to the truth of it, it all is, I don’t know, but it was certainly a fun and entertaining tale, what with the inclusion of Larson’s current lover (see above) and a scheming ex-wife who hadn’t quite got the message that Larson was keen for multiple lovers of both genders and not what they had gone through over the last unhappy years.
Babu on the other hand was just confused, refusing to accept his sexuality for what it was due to traumas happening in his past life. That and a knife in an elevator, had the guy almost a recluse in his own apartment. Until the pair met at a convention - in a stalled elevator, of all places – and not recognising exactly who each other were, they shared a life-changing moment.
Honestly I loved the interplay between the two alphas. When their relationship finally took off it was beyond enjoyable – neither wanting to take the submissive position. But for the less obnoxious (not by much, may I just say) and more experienced in all things homosexual, Larson, the tentative relationship would have been doomed. It almost was, thanks to the ex, that and L Blackburn’s faltering career.
I will say though, if you are not a fan of gender comparison, then be aware there is a bit of it going on in this book. Larson is bisexual and you do get his sexual views on what is best about both sexes, but they can come across as a little disparaging to women, and this is reinforced again with the couple’s punishment of the manipulative and deceiving ex-wife.
That said, I will definitely revisit this imperfect pair again and again because I found them extremely fascinating - faults and all.
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Black Balled (Audible Audio Edition) Andrea Smith Eva LeNoir Joel Leslie Books Reviews
Black Balled by Andrea Smith and Eva LeNoir
4 stars!!
Well, firstly I have to say this book was not what I was expecting; I think I may have just experienced my first M/M romantic comedy. Yes, this book made me laugh...a lot! I have been on a bit of an M/M kick recently, I love this genre and to think in the first instance I was extremely reticent to try it! This is also the first time I have encountered too extremely alpha men, so the game has literally been set, this is one battle and what a battle it was.
For those of us that are avid readers and reviewers you may have seen a few reviews that have made you go “ouch.” While I am a reviewer that tries to be constructive and fair, there are some out there that really go for the jugular but personally I am of the opinion if you have nothing nice to say then don’t say it at all. We all believe in freedom of speech and it is within our right to express those feelings and opinions but at the end of the day we have to appreciate that authors pour their blood, sweat and tears into a book, it is their baby and they are extremely protective. Sometimes, just sometimes, there is that one review that tips them over the edge and they break the cardinal rule of commenting and this is where this book starts.
L Blackburn (Larson) is an author, who to be honest was a bit of an arrogant arse in the beginning. He wants to think his books are the bees knees after all he has spent months and months working on them and thinks extremely highly of himself, so you can imagine his disbelief when one the biggest, published reviewers totally pans his book and is entirely derogatory in his review, especially when he hadn’t even finished it. Panicking at how this awful review would affect his book sales, he breaks that rule and comments and therein starts an all-out war of words and pictures. Not the most ideal thing to do, in fact his agent warned him not to, but he couldn’t help himself, he wanted to defend himself.
Babu (Troy) is one harsh critic, seemingly not enjoying any book he reads and he seems to take great delight in destroying author’s books. Not content with “this wasn’t for me” and why, he really goes to town and is downright cruel in his reviews, but this has led to a huge following. Babu believes that he is the King of reviewers, he has his flock that follow his every word and for once he feels accepted. Babu was a recluse, only leaving the house to attend his appointments with his shrink. He had been a victim in the past and this had been life altering for him but still didn’t deter him from his work, he never changed.
When L Blackburn and Babu meet, neither one knows it is the other which only adds to the hilarity of the situation that they find themselves in. I was actually jumping up and down going OMG, OMG, OMG with my hand over my mouth; once you get there I am sure you will be doing the same. This really is a case of never judge a book by its cover, online these two hate each other, yet neither one of them actually know the other. When they meet there is that undeniable click, a connection and it is this that surprises the both of them. Larson is openly bi but Troy is so far in the closet his is in Narnia and it is this aspect of the story that I loved the most.
This book deals with some sensitive subjects and while humour is rife throughout this book when it comes to the nitty gritties they were dealt with sensitively. Troy hadn’t yet “found” himself, he has a journey ahead of him and it is one that he was always afraid and scared to take and admit, yet Larson was the perfect person for him and held his hand throughout. This was going to be an experience for both of them but Larson believed in them and went for who he wanted, even if it was his arch nemesis.
I will say though, I have seen the scandal surrounding this book and I have always been one to make my own opinions. I don’t read reviews until I have read a book and written my own, I like to keep my mind clear so that any opinions I make are exactly that, my opinions. At no point in this book was there “blogger bashing” in fact the authors go to great lengths to bring light to the downfalls of authors as well as bloggers. Both sides are revealed in all their glory but it was done with humour and was tongue in cheek. The exchanges between these two were hilarious and I found myself shedding tears of laughter. Being a blogger I found myself imagining if it was me in their shoes and I just couldn’t, what they did and said made me blush!
But underneath all that was a beautiful story, a voyage of discovery for both of them and this is truly what this book was about. The sexy times were seriously hot and with two alphas who for all intents and purposes were tops we were treated to that dominating power struggle for bottom and who would have guessed that when the time came, those lions would become cubs.
I have read all of Andrea Smith’s work but this was my first taste of Eva LeNoir and it will not be my last. I loved the banter, I loved the premise and I have to say I loved both of these characters, there is something about them that gets tugging at those heart strings and you cannot help but will them to make it work. For me personally, I didn’t get that emotional connection, I think really where this book ends is their beginning so that “love” would come through if their story were to be continued. For me this came across more as lust at this point in their story. I would love for their story to be continued though, as I said, for me this was just their beginning and I would love to read about their end.
I first came across these two characters, Troy (Babu) Babilonia and Larson Blackburn in Andrea Smith’s Hearts Afire anthology – and I absolutely hated them, couldn’t see anything positive or nice to say about them. But then it wasn’t their story, it was Lloyd Ledbetter (an ex of Larson’s) and Luke Gunner’s, so, naturally my loyalty was to this pair and Larson and Babu just came across as condescending a**hats. Which after reading Black Balled, I realised they truly were. But for two characters that were so completely opinionated, self-absorbed and obnoxious, they were surprisingly enough very appealing in their own right. I enjoyed just about every moment of their fiery, bitter, scathing and erotic interactions.
Under the pseudonym of L Blackburn, Larson has poured his heart and soul into a story he has self-published – a decision he has made by choice, rather than because he has to in this instance, but by this very action he has brought himself to the attention of Babu, a scathing and career destroying reviewer.
Their resultant interactions were hilarious, horrid, and absorbing. They began a long distance love/hate relationship, in that they both loved to hate each other. But in doing so they became totally absorbed. The back and forth of their email communications was enthralling and filled with an appealing dark humour.
The story offered a fascinating glimpse into the life of an Indi Author on the verge of ‘making it’, and a reviewer, albeit an emotionally scarred one determined to burn him down. How close to the truth of it, it all is, I don’t know, but it was certainly a fun and entertaining tale, what with the inclusion of Larson’s current lover (see above) and a scheming ex-wife who hadn’t quite got the message that Larson was keen for multiple lovers of both genders and not what they had gone through over the last unhappy years.
Babu on the other hand was just confused, refusing to accept his sexuality for what it was due to traumas happening in his past life. That and a knife in an elevator, had the guy almost a recluse in his own apartment. Until the pair met at a convention - in a stalled elevator, of all places – and not recognising exactly who each other were, they shared a life-changing moment.
Honestly I loved the interplay between the two alphas. When their relationship finally took off it was beyond enjoyable – neither wanting to take the submissive position. But for the less obnoxious (not by much, may I just say) and more experienced in all things homosexual, Larson, the tentative relationship would have been doomed. It almost was, thanks to the ex, that and L Blackburn’s faltering career.
I will say though, if you are not a fan of gender comparison, then be aware there is a bit of it going on in this book. Larson is bisexual and you do get his sexual views on what is best about both sexes, but they can come across as a little disparaging to women, and this is reinforced again with the couple’s punishment of the manipulative and deceiving ex-wife.
That said, I will definitely revisit this imperfect pair again and again because I found them extremely fascinating - faults and all.
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