Chi Chi LaRue's Link: The Evolution (the book) is a teaspoon-sized serving of masculine, provocative, leather-oriented but not quite bondage, color, hardcore, male nude photography.
Johnny Hazzard is my favorite of the many subjects in Link: The Evolution. He's just as macho as his castmates, but his flawless physical beauty is virtually unrivalled. He's featured in the most number of pictures in the book, and they're the best of the bunch, the heart and soul of Link.
I like the picture of Hazzard kneeling in the frontispiece of Link, reaching with both fists down into his faded Levi's to grab his crotch. His head is cocked back, and he has a jaunty look on his face, his slit-like lips tightly pursed, framed by a pencil-thin stache. He's got a certain look that the camera just adores. His ink is well-balanced. A monochrome tribal design, perhaps Polynesian, radiates from his right shoulder into his right nipple, and a complementary pattern descends from midway between his left elbow and shoulder, down to his left wrist.
Picture #5 brings us the most unusual view of Hazzard I've ever seen. His long, graceful legs are up in the air, as if he's yanking his Levi's off with the heels of his boots. His beautiful legs form a perfect V, and we peek through that V to see his magnificent face, his best feature by a long shot, in an incredibly serene state. What could be a crude or even gross pose for another model is simply sublime.
What I like about solid Joe Strong in picture #2 is his stance. He's not a handsome man by any means, yet he has a presence that demands our attention. The cocky way he stands creates a certain symmetry between his clean, solid, virtually hairless, tan body and the grimy, industrial setting he's posed against. I see a shape to his form, almost a letter S, or a coiled snake ready to pounce on its prey, curving out around his shaved head, into his neck, and out again at his left shoulder, and on down his physique.
I like Joe's ink a lot. He looks Hispanic to me, so his Asian tats – Chinese script and a dragon, among others – add a certain exotic insouciance to his picture. I like his perfectly round belly button, too. It's almost as large as a dime, and forms the base of a triangle with his nipples above forming the top.
What I like about Blake Nolan in picture #7 is that a mature man is presented in a respectful but sexy and erotic way. He's got a bigger chest than most women's breasts, but he looks all man. He's dignified yet vibrant. The way he's posed emphasizes his best features. His powerful arms frame his hairy torso, and his hands grasp his black jockstrap in just the right spot, pulling it down ever-so-slightly to reveal a peek at his bush.
I particularly like the mystery of Lex Sabre in plate #3. We see him only in silhouette, the outline of his lean body, and his stiff, erect prick.
Cole Ryan in picture #4 is anything but handsome. If he were canine, he'd be a bulldog. Yet there's a certain animal appeal to him in this raw composition. He's crouched on the hard concrete floor, his legs splayed out and apart, and his best features, his incredibly etched belly button and extra-hairy mid-torso, are displayed to full effect. He's a deeply sculpted canyon of firm flesh and healthy, glowing skin. His dick is stiff and pointing straight out. Imagine lying on the floor in front of him, deep-sucking it, and burying your face in that hairy tummy.
Link: The Evolution (the book) was published to promote Chi Chi La Rue's Director's Cut Link: The Evolution, a deluxe eight-hour, uncensored, triple-disc DVD set. There's also a poster and calendar out to drive the same point home. But you don't need to see the DVD to enjoy the book. And the print products are much more mild-mannered than the extremely explicit and hardcore DVD. Frankly, I like the book better. At eight fuckin' hours long, the DVD tends to drag in places, a lot of places. Unlike the DVD, the book is a manageable slice of erotica on the dark side. Short, succinct, and to the point. (Published by Bruno Gmunder in Germany, $45 retail, about $30 from online sources.)