Island Song
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Praise of Island Song
"I recommend this novel to anyone searching for a deeper
meaning to life and love. Although
marketed as paranormal gay romance, this book is SO
MUCH MORE! Island Song is full of page turning,
artfully depicted adventures and involves many
touching issues that could make the toughest of hearts
weep.
However, erotic - Island Song
is not. I found the love scenes tastefully written.
Without adding the "gag" of purple prose, the scenes
were descriptive enough to visualize while bearing
just the right amount of enticing sensuality.
Don't get me wrong, the
romance between Garrett and Songoree is one of the
most beautifully mastered tales of male love that I
have ever read. Let me share with you one
example...While reading through a scene where
something as innocent as a shoulder massage that
Songoree, out of concern, administers to Garrett, I
found myself blinking back the tears.
Alan Chin's writing is
breathtakingly descriptive, and yet his vivid scenes
and accurate scenarios, his multifaceted character
depictions, and the overall movement throughout the
book was never tedious. I picked Island Song up, and
four and a half hours later, closed it feeling as if
I had taken the deepest breath of fresh air
imaginable.
This book was expertly
crafted, and I can't wait to see more from this new
author". -- Byrl Tyne, Author of, If I Were
A Lady, and Best Unspoken
"Set amid the clash of cultures, generations and religion, Alan Chin paints a juicy captivating story of gay love and homophobic violence as the path of a broken writer converges with that of a mystical Hawaiian surfer boy. Island Song will make you want to quit your day job to find an island lover. Sure to be a best seller in the Gay community." -- Ed Harris, author of the screenplay, The English Veil
"Alan Chin's description of the Hawaiian Islands was absolutely breathtaking. I could feel the wind on my face. I could smell the ocean. I could feel the beat of the drums and hear the songs. I felt like I was there with these wonderful characters. The book sometimes alluded to sex, and when they actually made love, it was the most beautiful thing that I could imagine. I learned so much about Hawaii and the book made me want to go there. This is book awesome and I would recommend it to everyone. Applauds go to Alan Chin." -- Rainbow Reviews
"An outstanding debut by a new voice in fiction, Island Song has memorable characters and story that will stay with you for a long time." -- Frederick Smith, author, Down For Whatever and Right Side of the Wrong Bed
"If your purpose in reading a book is to take yourself out of your own world and into one of which you may have dreamed but to which you have never been, Alan Chin's exotic Island Song is for you on several levels. For a first novel, the style is as intriguingly lush as an island jungle, and the story of mainlander Garrett and islander Songaree, inexorably drawn together yet divided by culture, moves like a lava flow, consuming everything in its path." -- Dorien Grey, author of Calico, The Good Cop, and the Dick Hardesty Mystery series