Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Sursein Judgment


Title: Sursein Judgment
Author: Jet Mykles
Publisher: Loose Id
Publisher URL: http://www.loose-id.com/
ISBN: 978-1-59632-924-9
Genre: LGBT Paranormal, M/M
Rating: 4.5 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Scandalous Minx

Surseine, the god of justice, has blessed a few select people, known as Sursei, with the ability to see truth and lies while in a trance-like state. The Sursei’s or judges represent the god during trials. A drug called hextasy is killing innocent people. It’s a combination drug/spell with the ability to grant a sexual experience of a life time or an agonizing death.

Shasertai Kogin is one such judge, who is trying to wipe out the drug and bring the distributors to justice. Shas prefers to be in control at all times. Normally this is possible. However for once, he will find himself in need of assistance, and it’s something that will rock him to his core. Part of the problem, and solution, is a young man named Rynnis Lort.

Rynn had no doubts about his love for his fiancée Lynnette. He is on trial, thanks to their decision to purchase hextasy. When Rynn comes before Shas, it’s clear that there is not one malevolent cell in the man’s body. Rynn needs a fresh start and the judge is just the person who can grant it. Shas finds his innocence refreshing and it draws Shas like a moth to a flame. Even knowing that Rynn is not a lover of men, Shas can’t deny his attraction, and while he doesn’t act on it, he refuses to lie about its existence.

It will take a farm boy with hardly any worldly experience to help Shas at one of the most crucial moments of his life.

Jet Mykles is an author I find hard to pass up when a new book comes out. There’s no need to really mention the sex because it’s usually hot enough to compete with a blowtorch. No, what I love are the characters, setting, and plot. The plot is simple enough, a drug that takes no prisoners and a few courageous people to save the day. From there, the simple becomes anything but. You have the most unlikely of saviors showing they are ready to fight and protect what they love and respect. Rynn, a simple country boy, grows before our eyes into a man with the ability to follow his heart and not allow anything to make him falter in his steps. Shas learns control isn’t all that he thought it was cracked up to be, and has to come to terms with his true desires and learn to let go of the reins occasionally. I love the supporting cast; they helped give the book a bit of spice. In addition, the variety in the settings from technologically advanced areas, to small towns where an outhouse is the norm, adds just that much more appeal to this story. Sursein Judgment’s multitude of levels kept me riveted to the book, until the final page.

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