#dal maclean

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October reading list. 📚

[droppingtheveilofmaya]

Hello!! 

As I know our fandom is a place of very eager, voracious, wonderful readers, I feel like I really shoud recommend this pearl I’ve stumbled upon. 

Bitter Legacy, by Dal Maclean is a M/M novel, even though the romance isn’t the most traditional kind of love story one might be used to. BUT it also happens to reveal itself as one of the sweetest and most romantic endings I could dream about! More than anything, though, the author came up with a phenomenal thriller! Easily one of the best I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. Set in contemporary London, it never misses the pace, it’s very on point, very neat, exact, brilliantly developed and even better solved! It got me straight in from the very first chapter and held my breath until the very end. A lot of twists and well placed hints, a couple of enthralling final turns of events. It doesn’t miss a beat and so didn’t I. The characters are round and vivid, a long list of very lovable and funny ones and a great insight on what moves the human mind and heart, what our nature makes of us and what our life can shape us into. 

Honestly, this is a clever book and I’m convinced it requires a clever audience. And a strong one, as it does repeatedly test the reader, both mentally AND emotionally. You feel for the main characters (man, did I suspect I’d end up loving so much the very one I couldn’t stand for half the book?), you feel for the side characters and you feel for the victims. In one word, Bitter Legacy made me feel so much, in so many ways, it challenged me, it absorbed all of my energy and attention, it made me wish so badly that I could skip both professional and social duties in favour of spending my time locked up somewhere with my book and some tea. No one else, nothing else, just those super lifelike, lively characters and all the hopes and emotions I had for them.

Bonus, rare case in its genre, there’s nothing random, nothing left to case in this book. It’s well thought out, it gives the reader the chance to follow the subtle hints, to reflect on the signs, in the very lovely old fashoned way of the most classic crime novels. It’s well written and it breaks you and puts you back into one piece, in the span of a blink. 

I’ve truly loved it, so here it is, in case anyone is up to give it a try and share their impressions with me! xx

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Because I’ve found unrequited love just makes you sad and miserable and tired. ― Dal Maclean, Bitter Legacy

[eloreenmoon]

Object of Affection by Dal Maclean #LGBT #Review

Object of Affection by Dal Maclean @MacleanDal #LGBT #Review #Thriller

Dana reviews Object of Affection by Dal Maclean (Published by Blind Eye Books on May 22, 2018, 310 pages) A copy was provided in exchange for an honest review

Why I read this book – I really liked the author’s previous book Bitter Legacy and was excited to read and review this newest book.

Blurb: 

Tom Gray is one of the world’s top models–an effortless object of desire. Self-contained, elusive…

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[melaniem54]

A Lila Review: Object of Desire by Dal Maclean

A Lila Review: Object of Desire by Dal Maclean

Disclaimer: If promiscuity, open relationships, or perceived cheating are deal breakers for you, this isn’t your book. 

Rating: 4 stars out of 5

Tom Gray is one of the world’s top models–an effortless object of desire.

Self-contained, elusive and always in control, he’s accustomed to living life entirely on his own terms.

But when Tom comes under suspicion in the gory death of his employer, his…

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[thefandomentals]

Object of Desire Thrills and Chills

Full confession, I love murder mysteries and crime thrillers. I grew up on crime procedurals and British murder mysteries by Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and the like. As an adult I graduated from the tamer Perry Mason and Murder, She Wrote that my mom preferred to the more gruesome Law and Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, and CSI. However, my love for crime stories still remains, just see my enjoyment of Dark. While I enjoy the occasional romance, thrillers and mysteries are more my pace for summertime reading. Over the weekend, I sat down with Dal Maclean's brand new release from Blind Eye Books: Object of Desire. It's a story filled with mystery, angst, and thrills, though also with its share of drawbacks.

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[eloreenmoon]

Bitter Legacy by Dal Maclean #LGBT #Review #ReadersChoice

Bitter Legacy by Dal Maclean @MacleanDal #LGBT #Review #ReadersChoice @MacleanDal

Dana reviews Bitter Legacy by Dal Maclean (Published by Blind Eye Books, October 4, 2016, 350 pages) A copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

Why I read this: Well this book was chosen for me for Readers Choice week and since real life got in the way, I am just now reviewing it a few weeks later. I was excited that this book was picked for me, since I love a good mystery. For that…

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