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I love Byatt, and this book combined insightful and funny comments about literary criticism AND entomology. My two favorite things. And there are a few priceless moments in the book--like when the main character fights off two giant, blond, homosexual Swedes with a letter opener . . . but it is not Byatt's best work. For those who didn't finish reading the book--it does improve. I also had a hard time with the beginning. For Byatt fans only.

There are no stumpy-legged pirates in KT Grant's book The Prince's Groom. There is, however, an adorable bald, bearded, salty, sexy, older pirate with gray hairs and a loving heart. Yippee! Even though I am not a big reader of M/M stuff, I decided to give this story a go, and I am so glad I did. For one thing, KT Grant does not write humpity-hump-hump style erotica. Her characters fall in love, and there is a sweetness to them I crave in my erotica stories. This is a sequel to The Princess's Bride, about Thomas the exiled prince, and Martin, the craggy pirate who loves him. Grant excels at building the tension in her storyline....I was biting my nails as the wicked villainess and villain hatched their diabolical plan. And she does a superb job with her secondary characters, and moving past clear black and white storylines, to create suspenseful drama and difficult emotional choices. Martin is so adorable, I love him! This is my kind of erotica....loving, emotional, lusty and sweet. Grade: A-

Blah. I've read way better in this genre. Totally disappointing.