Home Sweet Home
by Stephen Moore
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Author: Stephen MooreEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-23
ISBN: 0595432395
Number of pages: 218
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
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Book Review: Caution: A SEQUEL to first book, and hard to follow if you didn't read that one!
Summary: 3 Stars
Caden Cahill is a 17 year old gay teen who uses drugs as an escape from his extremely abusive widower father. When 18 year old Logan Fox spots Caden, at the bar at which Logan works as a stripper, it is love at first sight, and Logan does everything in his power to get together with Caden and help him get through a most difficult time in his life. With the blessing of Logan's mother, they leave their small town and journey together to Orion Arms, a shelter and foster home for gay teens facing adversity. There they find acceptance and renewed faith in their future, but also some remarkable developments that threaten to overshadow their developing relationship.
Had there been a hint in the book's liner notes and press releases that this was actually a sequel to Moore's first novel, "Dancing in the Arms of Orion," I likely would have passed on it, since I did not read that first book. It is indeed a sequel, with more than half of the book dependent on figuring out the rather complex relationships between the seven other principal characters carried over from that book. While the author gives a quick introduction to each character as they surface, the details are not easily understood by the average reader, who quickly becomes lost trying to figure out what is going on for the remainder of the book. Characters refer to incidents in the previous book, and no explanation is given. The book is set in the future (2017), for what reason I have no idea, but assume it is to make the development of the characters from the first novel seem more logical. Aside from the unexpected problems a first-time reader of Moore's has trying to deciper what's going on, the author also leans toward unrealistic melodrama (even Jerry Springer wouldn't believe what Caden has supposedly been through) and waaaaay over-the-top developments and unlikely coincidences to create a "happily ever after" ending. I don't buy it, and neither will the average teen reader, if that is the author's target audience.
That aside, the book is written fairly well, and the concept has considerable promise and originality. It might also be a great novel, if considered solely as a continuation of his earlier work. In my opinion, it could have even been an outstanding stand-alone novel if the vast character list was simplified and at least one of the "suprises" ratcheted down a bit. As is, I can't give it more than three stars out of five.
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