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Good & Hot

Rob Rosen

Why we're reading this: Rob Rosen, the award-winning author of the smash-hit novels, Sparkle: The Queerest Book You鈥檒l Ever Love,…more
[close] Rob Rosen, the award-winning author of the smash-hit novels, Sparkle: The Queerest Book You鈥檒l Ever Love, Divas Las Vegas, and Hot Lava, serves you twenty of his piping hot tales of romance and humor, all from the pages of MEN, Freshmen, and [2] Magazines. Rangers, aliens, clowns, hippies, truckers, surfers, co-workers, servicemen鈥� this book has them all!
Caution: you might want to blow on it for a few seconds because these stories are Good & Hot!

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Jun 28, 2011 Kassa rated it liked it

Rob Rosen is an author I tend to buy but his work can be hit or miss. Thus an entire collection of his short stories is along those lines with some hits, some misses, and a peek behind the curtain at what inspires him. Although Rosen always includes romance and a happy ending for his boys, the short stories are geared towards erotica. They鈥檙e hot encounters meant to get you off and sometimes Rosen鈥檚 prose doesn鈥檛 always do that for me. It鈥檚 gritty, dirty, and raw and sometimes just doesn鈥檛 work Rob Rosen is an author I tend to buy but his work can be hit or miss. Thus an entire collection of his short stories is along those lines with some hits, some misses, and a peek behind the curtain at what inspires him. Although Rosen always includes romance and a happy ending for his boys, the short stories are geared towards erotica. They鈥檙e hot encounters meant to get you off and sometimes Rosen鈥檚 prose doesn鈥檛 always do that for me. It鈥檚 gritty, dirty, and raw and sometimes just doesn鈥檛 work while it may for others. This collection is an interesting one and should work best for fans of the author.

Good & Hot is a collection of twenty short erotica stories. They鈥檝e all been previously published in various magazines from 2005 to 2009. I personally think his writing has come a long way since then (pun intended) so some of these are nostalgic. The anthology begins with a clever man and Yeti combination then moves onto a somewhat cheesy and overly cutesy Vegas theme encounter. Neither of these really hit the mark for me and the language used made me cringe more than get excited. Some of it is personal preference (I hate the word 鈥渃hute鈥� used in sexual connotation) and perhaps I just don鈥檛 appreciate the wealth of possibilities to include gambling terms while getting it on. But I have faith in the author so I kept with the collection.

Things definitely pick up with a Woodstock inspired tryst and keep rolling through a delicious army set quickie. You definitely won鈥檛 want to miss that one and for me it was worth reading the collection but happily I continued anyway. The themes range from blackmail to rescue fantasies and each has a happy ending for those die hard romance fans. The point of each short story is unabashed erotica. It鈥檚 meant to titillate and arouse, get someone off with a particular fantasy. Whether it鈥檚 out in the woods, adversaries in the work place, two young guys in an arcade, alien encounters, dating ads, even something for those with a clown fetish, the scenarios are varied in how they start but always end with both men coming and happy.

The writing varies from story to story though Rosen鈥檚 touch is obvious in all of them. Some are better than others and I found the stories where the writing doesn鈥檛 try so hard to be the best. The prose is naturally amusing or arousing by turns and it鈥檚 only when trying to insert the obvious jokes or corny double entendres that the pace and language stumble. The natural sly wink to the words are enough and don鈥檛 always need to be talked around or pointed out so much. When this happens the prose can be clunky and awkward, too over written and trying too hard to be funny or hot. Thankfully these are the minority of stories while the majority let the flow of the sex simply take hold to its benefit.

Here鈥檚 a good example of the prose and sense of humor evident in the collection:

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I鈥檇 been standing naked in my bedroom, casually stroking a fat boner while I spied on my new German neighbor through a gap in my blinds. Hans didn鈥檛 believe in rolling up his shades or wearing clothes when he was at home. With a small set of binoculars I could easily watch him walk around his house, his hefty schlong swaying back and forth as he absentmindedly pulled on his foreskin.
And that鈥檚 when I spotted it.

Out of a corner of my eye 鈥� well, a corner of the lens, actually 鈥� I noticed a pinprick of bright light. I set the binoculars down and looked to my left, out to my backyard. My heart began a fast thump as I watched in stunned amazement while a small silver craft floated down and then silently landed.
E.T., apparently, didn鈥檛 feel the need to phone ahead. Still, I slipped on my robe, waited a few seconds for my prick to go semi, and then nervously walked outside. Sure I was scared as hell, but equally just as curious. So much speculation had been swirling about as to their appearance, and I was about to find out the truth, even if it killed me.

鈥淥h, please don鈥焧 kill me,鈥� I mumbled to myself as the door to the ship slid up and out of the inner light he appeared, dressed all in white and, much to my surprise, very un-alien looking. In fact, he looked quite a bit like Matt Lauer from the Today Show.
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Reader tastes vary so there is definitely something for everyone and their fantasies in this collection. I personally recommend 鈥淒on鈥檛 Ask, Don鈥檛 Tell,鈥� 鈥淭ilt,鈥� 鈥淚nvasion of the Butt Snatchers,鈥� and 鈥淐opy Cats.鈥� Don鈥檛 try to read the entire collection at once as the sameness will have the stories blending together. They鈥檙e all written in first person and tend to start the sex immediately. Pick and choose which of the stories appeal to you and come back to the collection when a new one comes to mind. ...more

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