Special Forces - Reviews

There are so many reviews of Special Forces all over the web, and so much feedback from readers since the publication of the first chapters in 2006, it is an impossible task to gather it all, or even just a fraction of it. It doesn't help that I've lost all my feedback emails from a dedicated account, because that account got hacked. I shall forever remember the many words that have been said about Special Forces, though. So, here is a selection of recent feedback.

Thank you to every reader who ever took the time to feedback via email, discussion forum, review site, or anywhere else. Thank you.

If you would like your review to be posted here, please contact me.

"Judging by the Special Forces series and HMM you are a special talent. Your milltary research is meticulous, and the sex scenes are so original. I love the mix of toughness and tenderness. I think Dan and Vadim's relationship demonstrate your skill as a writer. SF is a wonderful epic, and I cannot think of another book that explores the emotions and social dynamics of a m/m relationship over a 25 year period.

I love the fact that you do not pull your punches in your writing. You depict real men and you do not apologise for your uncompromising writing style.

Finally: Thank you for a great cover that I can actually read on public transport. It conveys the the toughness of the book better than any bared torso."

"I just finished the Special Forces saga! I loved not only it, but its length: it was great to be immersed in Dan/Vadim's world through so many pages and years. I'm truly impressed by how you managed the characters, development, plot, continuity, etc. throughout the whole 2000-odd pages. :) I feel kind of bereft now that it's over, and I have to re-emerge from their world. Thanks for a lovely and well-written read."

"I just wanted to say I found you accidentally whilst surfing the net, I am halfway through the Special Forces books and I think this is possibly the most amazing love story I ever read, I have spent a lot of the time sobbing my heart out, Vadim and Dan deserve a HEA, and some, I am almost afraid to read any more in case they are separated, I don't think I could bear it. Please don't ever stop writing these stories they are great!"

"This story was one of the best I've ever read! The shocking reality of war, was something I did expect to shake me like it did; but I have a deeper understanding what the men in uniform have gone through. Dan and Vadim will forever be engraved in my memory, for the sheer hard work it took to stay together in the war and even after the war. It was difficult to understand how an act of violence and pain can be twisted into an act or declaration of deep love. It was all so fasinating, I did not want it to end.

You are an excellent story teller and was shy to send a comment that would not express how much I enjoyed reading your novels. I thank you for having them as a free read here as well."

"Am reading your Special Forces fiction. I was expecting something closer to pornography, but this is storytelling at its best."

"I LOVE Special Forces! What an amazing book (hate to even call it a book, it's so much more than that) I've never read anything like it and doubt I ever will."

"I have just finished reading "Special Forces", (the most wonderful love story I have ever read), and I was wondering if you will be doing a follow-up after Veterans. Please say Yes!"

[Author's note: sorry, but there will never be anything more. Dan and Vadim's story has come to a natural end, while their lives - in all our imagination - live on.]

"Reading Special Forces was an incredible experience. And I wanted to thank you for sharing such amazing characters with us.

I loved all the books of course, but Soldiers will always be my favorite. Probably because it was all about Dan and Vadim, no secondary characters.

It doesn't mean I didn't like some of these characters: For example I'm almost as much in love with Hooch and Matt as I'm in love with Dan and Vadim."

"Just finished the first of your Special Forces trilogy. At 64 years, I didn't think I would ever again read anything that would warm me up as much as this story. Now I'm completely hooked. Thank you for fanning flames of emotion and pride that had almost died out. What can I say: you have the magic touch!"

"[Special Forces] is the best story I’ve ever read. I finished it many weeks ago but
the story and characters are still with me. They flitter through my mind sometimes throughout the day and I find myself thinking about certain scenes or conversations between Dan and Vadim.

Once I started reading I could not stop. I became immersed into the world of Dan and Vadim. The intensity and reality of these characters and their story had me believing and feeling it. Felt the hate Dan had for Vadim in the beginning. Then later fell in love with Vadim and was rooting for them to make it through alive and find the happiness they deserved together.

I experienced the journey of transformation along with these characters. I thought everything was black and white in the beginning…the war, good guys vs. bad guys, right and wrong. This story reflects life and humans are never simplistic, that we are complex and unpredictable, and this was convincingly captured."

"I haven't slept in an entire day (over 24 hours) to finish reading this, and my God... this is probably the best thing I've read in a long time. This made my heart break, in a good way."

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