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Making Men
Three passionate men. Tony and Kevin are older and have learned to give, body and soul, till it hurts. Into their lives comes another young man, wanting desperately to give and to take all he can. Together these three will reach heights they never imagined. And each will discover for himself where he has to go next. This is a tale of devotion and transcendence. A tale of young male bodies. A tale unlike any other you have ever read.
Note: This work of fiction includes an incestuous sexual relationship between consenting adults.
Note: This work of fiction includes an incestuous sexual relationship between consenting adults.
- GenresMenageM M Romance
214 pages, Paperback
First published April 13, 2015
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April 16, 2015Oh where to start with this one…. Making Men is definitely erotica and the mm here stands for many men. I honestly did not finish this book. I made it to about the halfway point. That does not mean it is bad or horrible quite the contrary here. Sam Standish had my full attention and I was beyond curious about just how far into the kink this book could go. It went there and I’m pretty sure it went beyond. There are things Vanilla Vanessa really never imagined and they are in this book.
Yes, I continued reading and could not stop on so many occasions because of just how many different kinks these young men dabbled in. Tony, Kevin, and “the boy” are away at school and they fully explore everything the male body has to offer sexually. These men are doing what men do while enjoying other men and their bodies and they are enjoying every single minute of it. They look at it all as a growing and learning experience. They are getting everything out of their college experience.
I do feel there needs to be a warning label with Making Men. There is an uncle & nephew that get up to all sorts of different sexual acts. This title also contains spanking, caning, a definite D/s vibe at times, multiple partners, water works, scat play, semen/jism/spunk worship (these boys had some interesting views of their ejaculate) and so much more.
I’m not going to rate this tile. It would be unfair to the author. This book simply was not my thing. I knew going in that it was Gay Erotica. It was still a little too much for me. Now for the flame rating, it typically goes up to 5 Flames I’m giving Mr. Standish 10. This was one filthy dirty smutty read (and not in a bad way) the smutty erotic factor is quite high here. This Diva is still blushing.
Yes, I continued reading and could not stop on so many occasions because of just how many different kinks these young men dabbled in. Tony, Kevin, and “the boy” are away at school and they fully explore everything the male body has to offer sexually. These men are doing what men do while enjoying other men and their bodies and they are enjoying every single minute of it. They look at it all as a growing and learning experience. They are getting everything out of their college experience.
I do feel there needs to be a warning label with Making Men. There is an uncle & nephew that get up to all sorts of different sexual acts. This title also contains spanking, caning, a definite D/s vibe at times, multiple partners, water works, scat play, semen/jism/spunk worship (these boys had some interesting views of their ejaculate) and so much more.
I’m not going to rate this tile. It would be unfair to the author. This book simply was not my thing. I knew going in that it was Gay Erotica. It was still a little too much for me. Now for the flame rating, it typically goes up to 5 Flames I’m giving Mr. Standish 10. This was one filthy dirty smutty read (and not in a bad way) the smutty erotic factor is quite high here. This Diva is still blushing.
May 12, 2015
This review was originally written for Joyfully Jay reviews and can be accessed here.
3.5 Stars. There be spoilers ahead.
Making Men is an erotic fantasy set in a world where only men exist. It is commonplace for men in this world to have polyamorous relationships and incest isn’t a taboo. Rather, it is expected that men in a familial relationship will be loving and giving (emotionally and sexually) to the young men they raise.
Tony and Kevin are at college and have a close bond—Kevin has regular BDSM sessions with Tony as his sub, but they also do the vanilla thing, too. Tony’s younger nephew arrives, and Tony is immediately involved in the enterprise of turning “the boy” into a man. Tony laments how cold his uncles are, and how they didn’t do their duty to the boy, but he eagerly takes up this mantle. To be clear, Tony is roughly 22 and the boy, his nephew, is 18. They have sex together and (eventually) with Kevin. I was kinda put off by this, but I was almost inured to the “shock” because there had been a lot of random sex leading up to that point blunting the incest-sex impact. Tony and the boy’s relationship is not the only example of incest; others talk about having sex with their fathers in great detail.
Again, this is erotica, and the making of men involves a lot of sex. It begins at waking and it ends when everyone is too exhausted to make more seed. Speaking of seed, it is a big part of the narrative, as the men in this book revere semen. They like it everywhere. They leave it everywhere. (This includes beds, stairs, hallway walls, the grass outside, and within as many men as will take it…yes, everywhere.)
As far as the plot goes, I struggled to find a thread of it. The book is a collection of vignettes that follow the escapades of Kevin, Tony, and the boy. Despite being a triad, they are not exclusive, and they make connections with other men at school seemingly all the time. For the bulk of the vignettes, Kevin, Tony, and the boy have a lot of sex together, or with others. Until they don’t. And yes, that transition—from loving open triad to amiable see y’all around—was just as abrupt within the book.
Initial world building was absent. I almost thought this was contemporary until I recognized that there were no women in the world. At all. Being devoid of women meant that the men had to procreate, yet the manner of this was never discussed. Some unsexy issues (read: scat play) were given page time, however. This book reminded me of Anne Rice’s Beauty series due to the ethereal setting and the unprotected sex with strangers that never stops.
Unfortunately, I didn’t really connect well with any of the characters. Kevin is overly intellectual about sex and seed. He waxes on and on about how experience and learning make seed better, and each man should always be improving his seed to share with the others—to improve their seed. Tony is totally loving to Kevin and the boy, but then he goes and cools off entirely. And the boy is young, selfish, and immature. He seems self-sabotaging and it irked me. By the end, I liked them all far less than at the beginning, but that was a shortcoming of the plot as the paths Kevin, Tony, and the boy embark upon are melancholy and divergent. It was an interesting read—not a romance—thus, not my fave kind of book. Any kind of sex that men can have alone, with each other, as a group, or in their minds is on the page, including some BDSM scenes and a gang-bang that left me, and the boy, ice cold. While I didn’t find all of it sexy, there were some very hot scenes, to be sure. I’d say it’s a Happy For Now ending for some of the guys, and a sketchy resolution for others. I did learn the boy’s actual name, but by that time I didn’t care much.
3.5 Stars. There be spoilers ahead.
Making Men is an erotic fantasy set in a world where only men exist. It is commonplace for men in this world to have polyamorous relationships and incest isn’t a taboo. Rather, it is expected that men in a familial relationship will be loving and giving (emotionally and sexually) to the young men they raise.
Tony and Kevin are at college and have a close bond—Kevin has regular BDSM sessions with Tony as his sub, but they also do the vanilla thing, too. Tony’s younger nephew arrives, and Tony is immediately involved in the enterprise of turning “the boy” into a man. Tony laments how cold his uncles are, and how they didn’t do their duty to the boy, but he eagerly takes up this mantle. To be clear, Tony is roughly 22 and the boy, his nephew, is 18. They have sex together and (eventually) with Kevin. I was kinda put off by this, but I was almost inured to the “shock” because there had been a lot of random sex leading up to that point blunting the incest-sex impact. Tony and the boy’s relationship is not the only example of incest; others talk about having sex with their fathers in great detail.
Again, this is erotica, and the making of men involves a lot of sex. It begins at waking and it ends when everyone is too exhausted to make more seed. Speaking of seed, it is a big part of the narrative, as the men in this book revere semen. They like it everywhere. They leave it everywhere. (This includes beds, stairs, hallway walls, the grass outside, and within as many men as will take it…yes, everywhere.)
As far as the plot goes, I struggled to find a thread of it. The book is a collection of vignettes that follow the escapades of Kevin, Tony, and the boy. Despite being a triad, they are not exclusive, and they make connections with other men at school seemingly all the time. For the bulk of the vignettes, Kevin, Tony, and the boy have a lot of sex together, or with others. Until they don’t. And yes, that transition—from loving open triad to amiable see y’all around—was just as abrupt within the book.
Initial world building was absent. I almost thought this was contemporary until I recognized that there were no women in the world. At all. Being devoid of women meant that the men had to procreate, yet the manner of this was never discussed. Some unsexy issues (read: scat play) were given page time, however. This book reminded me of Anne Rice’s Beauty series due to the ethereal setting and the unprotected sex with strangers that never stops.
Unfortunately, I didn’t really connect well with any of the characters. Kevin is overly intellectual about sex and seed. He waxes on and on about how experience and learning make seed better, and each man should always be improving his seed to share with the others—to improve their seed. Tony is totally loving to Kevin and the boy, but then he goes and cools off entirely. And the boy is young, selfish, and immature. He seems self-sabotaging and it irked me. By the end, I liked them all far less than at the beginning, but that was a shortcoming of the plot as the paths Kevin, Tony, and the boy embark upon are melancholy and divergent. It was an interesting read—not a romance—thus, not my fave kind of book. Any kind of sex that men can have alone, with each other, as a group, or in their minds is on the page, including some BDSM scenes and a gang-bang that left me, and the boy, ice cold. While I didn’t find all of it sexy, there were some very hot scenes, to be sure. I’d say it’s a Happy For Now ending for some of the guys, and a sketchy resolution for others. I did learn the boy’s actual name, but by that time I didn’t care much.
November 8, 2022
This 200-page story of male sexuality at its most primal is as fascinating as it is uniquely satisfying. Beneath the poetic prose, it’s a maelstrom of animalistic lust with an undercurrent of profound emotional development.
In a world of colleges and dorms and frat houses where women either don’t exist or are simply not mentioned, young men bond in intimate and visceral fashion, from the profane to the passionate.
The college year of the three protagonists here is explored in vignettes that build a latticework culminating in an ending that exquisitely highlights the transience of interpersonal relationships: the way people move through our lives for a reason and when that reason is complete, they’re gone. It’s a bittersweet edge; heartbreaking and necessary in equal measures.
The author’s attack is wily and potently persuasive. At all times I was challenged by mental obstacles I didn’t even know existed within me and one by one they were obliterated.
This book is not for the faint hearted. But for those who dare to venture it holds special rewards. It’s a wild and worthy ride indeed.
In a world of colleges and dorms and frat houses where women either don’t exist or are simply not mentioned, young men bond in intimate and visceral fashion, from the profane to the passionate.
The college year of the three protagonists here is explored in vignettes that build a latticework culminating in an ending that exquisitely highlights the transience of interpersonal relationships: the way people move through our lives for a reason and when that reason is complete, they’re gone. It’s a bittersweet edge; heartbreaking and necessary in equal measures.
The author’s attack is wily and potently persuasive. At all times I was challenged by mental obstacles I didn’t even know existed within me and one by one they were obliterated.
This book is not for the faint hearted. But for those who dare to venture it holds special rewards. It’s a wild and worthy ride indeed.
August 16, 2015
Amazing that this book appeared just before the breaking news about straight "bros" having sex with each other. Because that's what this book is in its entirety -- men bonding and experiencing one another sexually. The action takes place in a world with no women, so the men can not be "gay." They are men exploring the depths of one another's souls, though the metaphors are erotic, and the action constant, by the way. In that way, the book beautifully (and sometimes wittily) answers the question, "Why do straight men have sex with each other?" (Or at least want to.) The answer tells us something about male aspirations, and for telling us that, this book is enormously original, powerful and important.
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