First of all, I registered with this site for the sole purpose of posting this review. That said, let’s get to it.

Usually this would not be the type of story I would like. It’s quasi-true-crime fiction that resolves around a group of FBI agents. That’s not my thing, and I only read it because it’s one of the few stories on the Web Fiction Guide under the gay tag that I haven’t read.

I’m glad I did, though.

It isn’t high literary fiction, and it isn’t trying to be. Shadow of the Templar is just a good, fun adventure type romp. The characters are fun and quirky, similar to each other, but each has an easily identifiable voice. Really, the banter’s half the fun.

I certainly enjoyed myself and have spent the last two nights reading the two first books. There’s currently three, I believe, with the fourth due to hit the site in January.

The second book is better than the first, both because it’s longer and it has more emotional depth.

There are certainly some minuses, though. For one thing, character descriptions are pretty sparse. Normally that would be a deal breaker for me, but I just couldn’t tear myself away.

I get the feeling that if the two leads were an opposite sex pair this story would be fairly stereotypical; it is a same sex pair, though, and that was refreshing enough to keep the plot failings fresh.

Bottom line: read this if for no other reason than the team banter. You’ll have fun and enjoy yourself.

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