Pinned! (Yaoi) [Kindle Edition]

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It's great to see more original English-language yaoi in print, although this book sadly has a number of flaws.

The dialogue is quite stilted and sometimes feels more like reading a translation than something that was in English to begin with. This is unfortunate considering how often the subject of rape comes up, which really needs to be better handled. I'm not entirely sure how to say this without getting my review thrown out, but basically every discussion emphasises the "with a FIST...!" aspect of said rape, which is difficult to take seriously.

I was a little uncomfortable with the negative stereotypes regarding homosexuality in this book too. All the gays guys in this are evil or overbearing and controlling. Most (all?) sex is borderline rape and the seme even jokes about him fitting a gay stereotype when he says, "I got poofter tastes. That's one dead-giveaway about me." It made me cringe.

Also, the book's editor needs to play closer attention to grammar. It's 'would've' not 'would of' and I was stunned to see this mistake repeated throughout (at least four times). There was also the classic 'you're' and 'your' mix up, as well as a few other isolated typos.

Overall, despite my criticisms, I didn't hate this book. The scenes that took place in the ring and backstage were extremely well-done. I also think it's good to support the production of original English-language yaoi and this book is a good choice if that's your aim. So far, I think this would be my pick of Yaoi Press' output.

this was a really good read!

the writers kept you guessing up till the very end and the character arrangement on the cover is very deceptive ^_^ A must have for Yaoi Press fans

I really liked it, yes the art is not pretty boys and flowers everywhere but it is good and it fitted the the whole 'Manga' quite good. The ending was a bit of a cliffhanger, I would love to see a Pinned vol.2 just to see the reaction Synn has to Renegade words.