C. Koehler's Blog

Why the heck not? This is a fun, fresh read from another new author on the m/m scene. I never know what the boundaries are between a really long short story and short novella, but AP is in there somewhere. It has chapters, so you can plan to spend some time with appealing characters and a world that I, at least, have never encountered before and I'm betting most readers won't have, either.

I'm not going to provide a plot summary, although there's a link at the bottom of the post that will take you right to one.

Two things impressed me about AP, the setting and a unique structural twist that I can't say much about without giving the whole thing away.

But the setting? That alone is worth reading AP for. A lot of books in a lot of genres have handled mythological themes and elements, like the Percy Jackson books currently burning up the YA magical adventure market. Those books, like most, seem to deal with various Western mythologies. Likewise, I've read (or read of) a few that deal with aspects of Chinese or Japanese culture. AP depends on Mesoamerican mythology, and in my opinion it provided a wonderful backdrop against which to tell the story of forbidden love between a mortal man and an immortal spirit guide.

Ellis Carrington's Amor Prohibido is her first m/m publication, and I can tell she's one to watch for in the future, especially if you like paranormal romances.

Amor Prohibido

Because I don't have enough vying for my attention these days and oh yeah, writing, I've now got this blog too. I promise to update it as much as I do my other blogs.

I was interviewed by the lovely and talented Sue Brown, and that interview's up today:

http://suebrownsstories.blogspot.com/...