Title: Tigerland
Author: Sean Kennedy
Publisher:
Dreamspinner Press
Publisher URL: www.dreamspinnerpress.com
ISBN/BIN:
978-1-62380-028-4
Genre: {M/M}
Contemporary Series
Rating: 4 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs
Reviewer: Dragon Minx
Since Declan Tyler
retired from the AFL, he and his partner, Simon Murray, have made a good life
together. Their professional lives still keep them in the public eye but they
try to stay away from the media with their personal lives. That changes when
Greg Heyward, Declan’s ex-partner and team mate decides to retire and come out
of the closet the same day. It wouldn’t matter except Greg intends to use the
revelation to gain attention and plans to drag Declan and Simon’s name into the
spotlight. Initially Declan’s furious. He refuses to speak out in their defense,
insisting it’ll blow over, except it only gets worse. Can Declan and Simon’s relationship survive
Heyward’s lies? Will it make them stronger as a couple or drive them apart
forever?
Tigerland is the newest release by Sean Kennedy and is the sequel to Tigers and Devils, which is also the
series name. Please note the books should be read in order or you’ll be lost.
By the end of the last
book, Declan and Simon were an established couple but here they’ve even more in
love and the author’s done a great job showing that their relationship is deeper
and more committed. You can’t help but root for these two. I loved the
hilarious, bantering dialogue between the various characters. It often helped
lighten the mood and kept the story from bogging down, and besides it’s just
plain fun.
There’s plenty of
returning secondary characters—friends that play important roles in Declan and
Simon’s lives. There’s also family, Coby (Simon’s assistant), and Heyward, the
attention-seeking problem to deal with. For the villain, Heyward’s pretty
annoying and the author supplied just enough information about him to make his
character seem real. A jerk still, but real. Lastly, I liked how the author
handled the media coverage and showed how pushy they can be to get a story. I
don’t know about you but taking away a person’s privacy under the umbrella of
the people-have-the-right-to-know is nuts.
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