Search - My Fair Captain (Sci-Regency, Bk 1)

Okay so I picked this book for the cover...lol it is the first whole book I've read on male-male erotica. Some disparity in the relationship between the two main characters as one was an older very experienced lover and the other was (although in his twenties) young and inexperieced/naive--if you had changed the names and a few of the sex scene details it would have read like a standard regency romance (albeit on another planet). Some of the references to females are down putting and there is no real male-female relationship featured in the book other than the men having an adopted sister/daughter. I think I would have liked it better if there had been at least some nice references to mixed sex relationships. The final relationship that was started (I assume future book) didn't ring true. Initally the younger man is depicted as experienced, very confident, very verbiose and then he evolves into the love interest of one of the brothers and suddenly the brother (who supposedly is a virgin) is the leader between the two of them and the first guy is bumbling around and clueless. Strange.

I give this two and a half stars. It's a mix of three genres - m/m, sci-fi, and Regency romance. The sci-fi portions were done well without overpowering the story. The planet where the story takes place is a society where among the landed gentry men are genetically engineered to prefer other men. This is a society in which male virginity is prized. Think of Regency England and reverse the expectations for the genders. In this society, men are expected to remain pure before their m/m relationships. Women can be as wild as they like. Captain Nate's motivations and character could have been developed better. I'm not a big believer in love at first sight. Frankly he seemed more like he was in lust than love. There are several very steamy scenes between the two main characters so if that kind of thing bothers you, especially among men, you definitely shouldn't read this book.

This being the third book I've read by this author, I've noticed she tends to make one of the male characters very feminine. I don't know why she does this. In all her books, one of the characters is a naive innocent when it comes to m/m matters and the other one is wildly experienced. This is a cliche in m/f romances as well, and it doesn't work well in that genre either. I wish Langley would move away from that because if I want to read that stereotype, I'll stick with the male/female romances. The younger man in this story was in his mid-twenties, but acted like he was in his teens. The younger male was essentially a woman in this story. That coupled with the Captain's constant references to him during love scenes as "boy" made me cringe. It made those scenes seem inappropriate. I was uncomfortable with the reference because there was already such a disparity in their ages, sexual experience, and maturity. There isn't much romantic development or chemistry between this couple. I found something lacking in their relationship. Overall, not a bad book, but there are far better m/m romances like "Promises" by Marie Sexton. That book has a great m/m romance and neither one is overly submissive or overly dominant.

My Fair Captain has a hot cover. The cover is what drew me to the book. I know..I'm shallow.

I love this book. Now, I'm a little bias as it's the first, err, more erotic m/m I had ever read. It's a little raunchy and set space. Pure love for me!