Hi, hello, konichiwa, pornies. So far so good over here, or let’s just say it is, shall we? What about you?
I have been reading A LOT these days, not surprise considering this is my third review in a row, but reading is the only addiction I support. Today I want to tell you about a strange, yet nice novel, titled TAD, by M. D. Neu, which I recently finished.
- Paperback: 211 pages
- Publisher: NineStar Press (September 12, 2019)
- Publishing Date: September 12, 2019
- ISBN-10: 1951057406
- ISBN-13: 978-1951057404
TAD stands for The Angel of Death, and it’s the name our main character gets when he is stripped of his wings and forced to live as a human in New York after 9/11. One year later, starving on the streets about to lose his sanity once and for all, he is rescued by Dough, a fabulous, witty drag queen with a dark past and problems of his own. The two men develop a strange yet amusing friendship, but their bond will be tested when they change the curse of time, one little action after the other.
As I said before, this was a strange story, not only because it is not romance, as I expected it to be, but more about friendship and family. TAD is a story about how seemingly insignificant actions can provoke significant consequences. Butterfly effect, anyone? Yes, that’s what I’m talking about. It teaches us how important and critical can be our decisions and how one single person can make a difference.
However, M. D. Neu lost me many times as a reader. Despite the story is interesting and well-crafted, the development is not as good as I expected it to be. There are several years between chapters, which confused me a little at the beginning, and when I get used to the pace, there we go again, two or five years in the future.
Again, the story is good, and the characters made me smile, hell, I could see myself in TAD after he did a deal with Fate (my inner me, just in case; you’ll get it when you read it), but so much jumping disoriented me way too much to enjoy all of the narrative. Not only that, the ending was confusing as hell. I didn’t get it, at all, and I read the last pages to see if I didn’t understand something but nope, same result.
Despite this, we get to see how these two friends stand together no matter what, facing the fates, the angels, death, and politics (why was this a major theme in the plot, I don’t know.) TAD, by M. D. Neu, may not have been the best book for me, but it still gave me a good time and I enjoyed reading it. Also, it was amazing to have a drag queen as a protagonist. More of that, please! Thanks to the publisher for the copy!
PS: Not sure why, but I imaged Michael Herkes, aka The GLAM Witch, as Dough ALL THE TIME. Read it and let me know if it happens to you, too!
About M. D. Neu:
M.D. Neu is an award-winning LGBTQA Fiction Writer with a love for writing and travel. Living in the heart of Silicon Valley (San Jose, California) and growing up around technology, he’s always been fascinated with what could be. Specifically drawn to Science Fiction and Paranormal television and novels, M.D. Neu was inspired by the great Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Stephen King, Alice Walker, Alfred Hitchcock, Harvey Fierstein, Anne Rice, and Kim Stanley Robinson. An odd combination, but one that has influenced his writing.
Growing up in an accepting family as a gay man he always wondered why there were never stories reflecting who he was. Constantly surrounded by characters that only reflected heterosexual society, M.D. Neu decided he wanted to change that. So, he took to writing, wanting to tell good stories that reflected our diverse world.
When M.D. Neu isn’t writing, he works for a non-profit and travels with his biggest supporter and his harshest critic, Eric his husband of eighteen plus years.
Have you read this book? Would you recommend it or not? Let me know in the comments! Kinky regards, K!
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