Ami's Hoard

3.5 stars

The Pill Bugs of Time is the follow-up to the delightful Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters, which introduced me to the quirky (and sometimes WEIRD) characters of the Philadelphia’s 77th Precinct. In this follow-up, Vikash Soren takes over the narration from his partner/lover Kyle Monroe. Bisexual Kash always has trouble to express his feelings, especially when he is with a male lover. He is still in the closet for that particular relationship, which makes it a bit tough since he doesn't want to acknowledge Kyle as his lover in public.

Honestly, I thought Kash was being a bit too emo and mushy here. He just acted rather differently compared to the Kash I read in "Lime Gelatin", where he was more mysterious. I wonder if it is because of the POV change? I didn't like this change *shrugs*

Another thing, I wish Kash spent more time in the 23rd century because I thought the future was intriguing! I also thought being there would probably help Kash to be more expressive towards Kyle -- if only he was not being yanked into 21st century as fast. Because, the resolution to that particular problem became quite predictable in the end. The device-theme that Martinez used to make Kash changed his stance was used in romance too many times to count. I could guess it from million miles away.

But the secondary characters here?? Darn, they were AWESOME. I loved LJ (the animated leather jacket) and Tim the black-striped purple fuzz. So many unique characters here and I loved each and everyone of them!