Bookfanatic reviewed on 2/13/2011

I give this two and a half stars. It's a mix of three genres - m/m, sci-fi, and Regency romance. The sci-fi portions were done well without overpowering the story. The planet where the story takes place is a society where among the landed gentry men are genetically engineered to prefer other men. This is a society in which male virginity is prized. Think of Regency England and reverse the expectations for the genders. In this society, men are expected to remain pure before their m/m relationships. Women can be as wild as they like. Captain Nate's motivations and character could have been developed better. I'm not a big believer in love at first sight. Frankly he seemed more like he was in lust than love. There are several very steamy scenes between the two main characters so if that kind of thing bothers you, especially among men, you definitely shouldn't read this book.

This being the third book I've read by this author, I've noticed she tends to make one of the male characters very feminine. I don't know why she does this. In all her books, one of the characters is a naive innocent when it comes to m/m matters and the other one is wildly experienced. This is a cliche in m/f romances as well, and it doesn't work well in that genre either. I wish Langley would move away from that because if I want to read that stereotype, I'll stick with the male/female romances. The younger man in this story was in his mid-twenties, but acted like he was in his teens. The younger male was essentially a woman in this story. That coupled with the Captain's constant references to him during love scenes as "boy" made me cringe. It made those scenes seem inappropriate. I was uncomfortable with the reference because there was already such a disparity in their ages, sexual experience, and maturity. There isn't much romantic development or chemistry between this couple. I found something lacking in their relationship. Overall, not a bad book, but there are far better m/m romances like "Promises" by Marie Sexton. That book has a great m/m romance and neither one is overly submissive or overly dominant.

My Fair Captain has a hot cover. The cover is what drew me to the book. I know..I'm shallow.

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