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Summer Son (2014)

by Anna Martin(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

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Romance

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Dreamspinner Press

review 1: Ellis once dreamed of a loving family, He, his spouse Oliver and their yet to be born child would live happily ever after. Then, Harrison was born via surrogate and Oliver became distant. One thing led to another and suddenly Oliver was walking out and then demanding to know who was the father since the two men had comingled sperm at the time of conception. Oliver was not going to be responsible financially or emotionally to a kid that was not genetically his—that was the bottom line and Ellis was devastated by it.Now, facing life as a single dad and trying to keep his home graphic design business afloat, Ellis has little time for anything but changing diapers and getting Harrison to eat. Don’t even mention a love life. But his Friend Meg does just that by insist... moreing Ellis come out to party with her and their close friends and that is when he meets a young artist named Zane. Zane is a quiet force to be reckoned with from the start. He and Ellis are inexorably drawn to each other and it does not hurt that Zane has an instant affection for Harrison as well. But Zane has a shadowy and violent past that will come to haunt these two men and become a stumbling block to any future they may have together, not to mention threaten to take Harrison away from them as well. Summer Son by Anna Martin is a study in relationships from lovers to friendships and broken dreams in between. This is a tale about community and the way in which it can enrich our lives and bolster us when we are in danger of falling. With a quirky yet intriguing cast of secondary characters, author Anna Martin wraps the fragile love between Zane and Ellis in a cocoon of safety. Hence there are no real “big” moments in this story, rather there are many small bumps in the road that were sometimes too readily fixed. But despite there being easy solutions to real dangers in their lives, it was the love story that evolved between these two men that kept this novel afloat. I was delighted to watch their growing closeness unfold gradually and develop as time moved on. I so appreciated that there were bumps in their relationship—Ellis’ reluctance to ever marry again and even consider more children after being so callously dumped by his former husband, Oliver, was one such bump. Then there was Zane’s sacrificial compassion in offering to leave Ellis and little Harrison when it was apparent that his past would threaten their safety. And surrounding each of these worries were friends who stood by these two men and gave them support and love.While Summer Son was not some epic tale with lots of drama, it was a beautifully woven love story and a family in the making.
review 2: ★★★½. This book was interesting. Ellis gets divorced and becomes single dad with young son Harrison in tow.Said man meets Zane through mutual friends and they hit it off immediately. Then life happens. Their domestic bliss gets interrupted by Zane's past. I'm still working through how I feel because I didn't quite but the insta-love. Nor how quick Ellis let Zane around Harrison. I'm surprised by some of the unsafe practices Ellis engaged in, I'd think he'd be worried and cautious if no other reason than for Harrison. I'm still mulling it over. less

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