{"id":1256,"date":"2014-03-13T19:40:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T00:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2018-11-13T14:13:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T22:13:28","slug":"need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/need\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review: Need, by Todd Gregory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gregory, Todd. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/need\/oclc\/818755391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Need<\/i>.<\/a> Kensington Books, 2012. \u00a0$15.00. 288p. PB. 9780758267153.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gregory-Need.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gregory-Need.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Gregory-Need-139x206.jpg 139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>Vampires, witches, love, lust, coming out of and staying in the closet, renegades, law-enforcers, and more are all part of this paranormal erotic novel set in contemporary New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>In Todd Gregory&#8217;s <i>Need<\/i>, gay college student Cord enjoys his newly gained freedom, rooming with hot Jared, platonic and accepting straight friend, in a fraternity house at his college. All is going amazingly well for Cord, until the fateful night when his world is turned upside down with the entrance of Nico, a vampire desiring world domination. Even worse, Cord is killed by witch Sebastian&#8211;or has Cord already been dead?&#8211;and becomes a vampire. Nevertheless, Cord is rescued by fellow-vampire Jean-Paul and taken into Jean-Paul&#8217;s gay harem where he is taught about sex and betrayal but not, unfortunately, about being a vampire. Cord runs away back to New Orleans, and Nico finds Cord through Cord&#8217;s old roommate Jared. Soon, Cord meets another vampire and works to thwart Nico&#8217;s world domination plot and further find himself. When the novel ends, the reader is left anxiously awaiting a sequel.<\/p>\n<p>Vivid descriptions of characters, scenery, and sexual acts abound in this novel, keeping the reader entranced and wanting more. These vivid sexual scenes, however, will detract from the value of <i>Need<\/i> for the less adventurous vampire and paranormal fans. Those willing to accept male\/male sex and domination scenes will enjoy both the paranormal and the erotic aspects of the book.<\/p>\n<p>Reviewer: <strong>s.n.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory, Todd. Need. Kensington Books, 2012. \u00a0$15.00. 288p. PB. 9780758267153. Vampires, witches, love, lust, coming out of and staying in the closet, renegades, law-enforcers, and more are all part of this paranormal erotic novel set in contemporary New Orleans. In Todd Gregory&#8217;s Need, gay college student Cord enjoys his newly gained freedom, rooming with hot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1190,"featured_media":2585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18,50],"tags":[86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}