He Ain’t Heavy by J.P. Bowie
28 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
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Title: He Ain’t Heavy
Author: J. P Bowie
Publisher: Man Love Romance Press
Pages: 181
Characters: Brad and Duncan McKinley
POV: 3rd Person
Sub-Genre: Contemporary, Suspense
Kisses: 5
Blurb:
Brad and Duncan McKinley, brothers, best friends and business partners think that the most difficult part of the days ahead will be the aftermath of their coming out to their parents—but secrets their parents had been keeping from them all their lives come to light in a brutal fashion. The murder of their parents exposes a brother they never knew existed, a man without a conscience who is out to destroy them, but not before he reveals to them something that will not only change their lives forever, but also make them come to terms with the feelings for one another they have suppressed for years.
Review:
He Ain’t Heavy, by author J.P. Bowie, takes romantic love between brothers, a topic some may not be comfortable with, and puts a new twist to it. Brad and Duncan love each other in a way that is not common for siblings. The brothers know that the feelings they have are not normal and would cause problems should anyone ever find out. For that reason neither has acknowledged the feelings they have, yet, at the same time they can’t see bringing the closeness they share as brothers to an end. The author brought the turmoil and angst that each went through as they struggled to come to terms with the love they felt for the other, across realistically. This is not the only emotional upheaval the author causes during the course of He Ain’t Heavy.
When the two men arrive at their family home in order to tell their parents that each is gay, they arrive to find everyone in the house dead. From that point on, the men struggle to come to terms with not only the death of their parents, but, the knowledge that they have an older brother who may be responsible for the horror they just found. There is also the news that they are not really brothers that changes Brad and Duncan’s lives in ways they could never have hoped for. The author throws so many twists and turns into this part of the story that you can’t help getting hooked from the beginning. There was more than one twist that I did not see coming, which only made the story that much more interesting.
He Ain’t Heavy is a very interesting story that, while it may cover topics that may make some uncomfortable, is one story that should not be missed.
Reviewed By: Lydia
