Each one goes more spectacularly wrong, while Dare rolls on the floor, laughing, experiencing the best time ever. Wait until you read about Skye's attempts to give Dare 'the perfect date'. And what amazing characters she creates, simultaneously both over-the-top and profoundly moving! The word 'eccentric' may have been created just for Alexa Land. First, her books are hysterical, laugh-out-loud funny, side-splitting, inventive, and always both touching and surprising. So why is it that I give five stars to the same kind of novel that bores me to death and normally wins only two (at best) from me? Because of Ms. They each feature a host of the standard memes that have become such a snooze in the hands of less accomplished authors: boy falls for boy, other boy feels unworthy, tragedy of some sort ensues, followed by the dawning of the light, love and a tear-jerking happily-ever-after. These books (this one included) are sort of prototypical gay romance novels.

What's not to love about an Alexa Land book? Despite the fact that she doesn't appear to have created a 'named' series, this is another in an impressive list of books about gays, artists, go-go dancers, porn actors and Nana Dambruso, the over-the-top, heart-in-the-right-place, former Mafia grandmother (with a Colt 45 in her purse).

Skye Blue by Alexa Land