{"id":92,"date":"2009-11-12T10:18:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T16:18:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-08-23T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T15:11:04","slug":"the_lost_temple_of_karttikeya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/the_lost_temple_of_karttikeya\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Temple of Karttikeya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bloglink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldcat.org\/oclc\/316862113\">Baumbach, Laura. <em>The Lost Temple of Karttikeya.<\/em> Albion, NY: MLRPress, 2008. softcover. 194p. $14.99. ISBN: 9781934531938.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"bloglink\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0pt none initial;\" title=\"lost temple of Karttikeya\" src=\"http:\/\/coverart.oclc.org\/ImageWebSvc\/oclc\/+-+8667131685837_140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"216\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Lost Temple of Karttikeya<\/em> begins as a love triangle: Brandon, a police officer, is dating Phil, his partner, an older man who is bisexual and who is also seeing a lawyer named Susan. Brandon is shocked to hear through office gossip of Phil&#8217;s engagement to Susan and abrupt move to the Homicide Division. Phil has also canceled vacation plans with Brandon in favor of one with Susan, leaving Brandon alone to solve a case of a missing mystical jade object said to help one find his heart&#8217;s fondest desire. Brandon decides to pursue the object (outside of departmental time) with Christian, an archaeologist and owner of an antiques store.<\/p>\n<p>Traveling with Christian to India in search of his holy grail, Brandon eventually realizes errors in his commitment with Phil, and begins considering a relationship with Christian. The adventure turns deadly, as Brandon encounters a vampire out for his blood. This gives Christian a chance to save Brandon, which leads to a realization of their undying love for each other.<\/p>\n<p>Laura Baumbach has written a tale of romance, self awareness, adventure, vampires, and true love. This story is also suitable for those in abusive or unequal relationships. Moreover, the novel is well-researched, and Baumbach intertwines the Hindu legend of Karttikeya with vivid descriptions of India&#8217;s Landscape.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Lost Temple of Karttikeya<\/em> opens with a lengthy and vivid sex scene, which will captivate readers who enjoy this particular genre. It is recommended for libraries with adult romance collections.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reviewed by, <strong>[s.n.]<\/strong><br \/>\nElectronic Resources Librarian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baumbach, Laura. The Lost Temple of Karttikeya. Albion, NY: MLRPress, 2008. softcover. 194p. $14.99. ISBN: 9781934531938. The Lost Temple of Karttikeya begins as a love triangle: Brandon, a police officer, is dating Phil, his partner, an older man who is bisexual and who is also seeing a lawyer named Susan. Brandon is shocked to hear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92"}],"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\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}