Title: The Photographer’s Closet
Series: N/A
Author: D.T. Dragon
Genre: MM / Contemporary Romance
Length: Short Story
Publisher: Silver Publishing (April 20th, 2013)
Heat Level: Low
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥2.5 Hearts
Reviewer: Thommie
Blurb: Yesterday’s Tomorrow fandom is mostly women in Steampunk costumes. Pat, a photography undergraduate, needs a man for his exhibition. Derek answers his plea, a professional cosplayer with recent losses. Is there more to this meeting than meets the eye?
Yesterday’s Tomorrow fandom is a funny place, mostly full of women dressing up in steampunk costumes. Pat, a photography undergraduate, needs a man to complete his exhibition. His plea is answered by Derek, a middle-aged professional cosplayer, who is suffering the loss of his friend and the downturn in his business. It’s something of a mid-life crisis for the Welshman. Is there more to this meeting than meets the eye?
CONTENT ADVISORY: This title contains a HFN ending.
Product Link: https://spsilverpublishing.com/the-photographers-closet-ebook-p-1437.html
Review: Now this was an weird story that while my inner geek liked it and was somehow fascinated, it didn’t hold much story-wise.
Here we have Derek, a man who is not young yet we have no idea how old he is or exactly how he looks and that just irritated me, who answers an ad from a young photography student who was seeking a pro cosplayer.
Derek agrees to help young Pat and while there were many descriptions of the wonderful costumes Derek has, and there was this wanting he suffered for Pat during the photo shot, that was just it.
There was nothing to keep you interested in the plot; there was no intensity since there was a lack of an actual relationship. There was no courtship at all between the characters or flirting, they simply jumped to the next level and meanwhile nothing. Only a narration of posing before the camera this way and that and changing costume. No twist, no longing, no lust to keep you going.
As I said while my inner geek found it fascinating, but as a whole, I found it lacking and not something I really enjoyed.
Portia’s Two Cents: I sometimes cringe when I read Thommie’s reviews, because she can be brutally honest. But, in this instance I kinda agree with her. This is not a badly written piece, but the divergence for the norm that I expect from Silver was odd. Kudos to Silver for trying something new, and I look forward to reading something a little longer from this author. I would recommend that you buy this book, just so you can read and review it. And while The Photographer’s Closet left me staring at my Kindle, I have to admit, it kept my attention.