Troubled MC or two? Check. Engaging plot with some unpredictable twists? Check. Hot as fuck sex scenes with through-the-roof chemistry? Check, check, check. (although it seems the author doesn’t believe in the refractory period…)
I liked it more than my usual 3 star reads, but less than 4. It wasn’t an especially ambitious book, but hey, no shaming, we all read those as well. It was a lot less brutal than I’d been expecting after reading the blurb, though. Didn’t shake me quite as much as I’d like. What that says about me - I don’t wanna know…
Something about the writing kept bothering me. I have a bit of an unrepentant grammar Nazi in me, and there was this weird sentence structure that popped up A LOT when the author wanted to put an emphasis on something. It went like this: subject - comma - rest of the sentence. It was fucking weird and disrupted my reading experience. Also, the plot structure could be a little smoother; at about 30% I had the feeling I was reading two separate books instead of one when the plot did a complete 180, from torture to loving touches.

It would be a stretch either way, but some attempt could’ve been made to make it all more believable.
All in all it was an enjoyable read. ( )

There is a fantastical place that exists in my soul, my godforsaken mother f-ing soul....it is a little bit Oz, a little bit Mount Olympia, a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll with a dash of Sunnydale thrown in because Sunnydale rocks. It is populated by dangerously hot men who feel things more deeply and look so much better naked than the men of our mortal plane. It is spoken of only in whispers and in prayers and in the gayest penthouse letters to Santa. I am of course talking about my M/M Hall of Fame. The rare breed that get to reside within its hallowed halls include
- Push by K Nyla
- Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
- the Captive Prince series by C.S. Pascal
- Wrath by Ella James
-and everyone's golden child Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

Call the Coroner was let into this Top tier in a ceremony held earlier this evening.

This book gave me all the thrills, chills and feelz. Once things really started to heat up it also put me in a constant state of... Well heat. This mother was hot.

I didn't think there was anyway these 2 could have gone from point A to anything resembling love but they did And I believed it. And I loved it. ( )

Oy, why no Syren Rua books? I need a Syren Rua book and I need it now! Avril! Pleeeeeeeease!

With Call the Coroner Avril Ashton managed to bring to paper one of my deepest, darkest and most perverted literary fantasies **clap clap clap**. Thanks to all my friends for recommending this book. Since ever I dropped in the middle of the most awesome reader group (MM romance), I’ve been getting dozens recommendations for Call the Coroner. Can’t believe I waited to read it this bloody long!

The trick with Call the Coroner is to take your time reading it and take little pauses when you find yourself bored. There are moments when it’s a little slow, and moments when it’s too fast. And moments when it’s a little repetitive. But overall it’s goooooood, and if you like the dark books and can stomach *ahem* the torture and a little blood, this is going to be a winner, baby. (Yes, this is who I am now, talking about torture and blood as if they’re ingredients to cake.)

The thing that amazed me the most about this book: I believed the relationship. Never thought I would, because, duh, insane, but I did.
The sex. Damn! The hate-sex? Hot Damn!
The MCs? *wolf howl*
The plot? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *snores*-- but who cares about the plot when you have a mafia boss denting walls and moving furniture around the room with a high class assasin? I don’t! Not one bit. Nope! Clash those swords gentlemen! En garde!

My friend Simone reminded me that I forgot to mention the cheese at the end that got the MCs a little "out of character", so BEWARE the CHEESE! The cheese was not very bad, actually a little cute, like watching two doberman eating peanut butter.

4 stars ( )

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