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Pertenece a las seriesUnconditional Love (Kelly) (Book 2)
Unconditional Love: Book Two Matt Dixon, a young firefighter, is the golden child of his family, and he never dreamed that coming out would challenge more than the way his church sees him. For years, Matt has led a double life hoping to avoid ridicule. When a self-righteous pastor's statements provoke him to defend his recently deceased best friend's honor and subsequently out himself, he suffers the brutal aftermath of his revelation. Everyone in his life, including his family and his new lover, Darian, must deal with the ramifications as Matt struggles to come to terms with guilt, shame, and his very belief in God. Darian Weston lost his fiancé when Jamie took his life, and his feelings for Matt added guilt to his burden of grief. Confused and lonely, Darian clings to Matt despite his inner strife. But small-town realities keep intruding, and if Matt and Darian hope to make a life together, they must first take a stand for what they believe in, even if they fear the cost. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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A brief plot outline looks like this: In Maryland's DC area, firefighter Matt Dixon meets artist Darian Weston at the funeral of Jamie Miller, a lifelong friend of Matt's. Darian is Jamie's fiancé and lives with him in Jamie's home where Jamie's father Dan treats him like another son. Jamie and Matt are closeted gays while Darian is out and proud. The pressure to come out is too much for Jamie, so he kills himself.
After the funeral Matt, who'd never met Darian, ends up having heavy-duty sex with him. At church when some of the congregation start talking about Jamie, Matt gets up, without having talked to his family about this, and announces he and Jamie are gay, essentially making Matt and his family targets for the "gays are the devil's minions" pastor and members.
As Darian feels guiltier and guiltier about having sex with Matt, and Dan tries to reel Darian into coming back to his house, Darian starts to hallucinate that Jamie is alive and disgusted with him for hooking up with Matt. Meanwhile, Matt frets over coming out to his fellow firefighters.
Darian, who cut himself and took drugs when he was younger, starts these destructive habits again, finally ending up in a mental institution and undergoes treatment. By this time Matt is declaring his love and coming out, losing his firefighting job and another job because he's gay. Also he loses his truck in an accident and battles his family and friends about his sexuality, finally ending up in jail for breaking into the institution to see Darian, where they're caught on surveillance tape having sex.
That's the basic setup. Okay, there are some plot holes and the story is a little overly dramatic, but in careful hands the plot could have been one that those of us who like angst tales would relish.
I found out after reading the book that this is the sequel to When Love Is Not Enough, in which Darian and Jamie's relationship is explored. Perhaps I would have understood the more recent book if I'd read it. But I'm a firm believer that series books should be able to stand alone and make sense in and of themselves, so I shouldn't have to read the first book in order to decipher the second.
Read the rest of my review at AAR: http://likesbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookReview.pl?BookReviewId=9758 ( )