Rate this book

Un Lento (2014)

by Jeff Erno(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

161372781X (ISBN13: 9781613727812)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dreamspinner Press

review 1: As a result of a tragic traffic accident Rex Payton loses a mother and a kid sister in one fateful afternoon. He also loses his future plans for happiness as he becomes the caregiver for his sister's infant son Tyler. This instant responsibility also loses him his boyfriend and within the year, his father who basically dies of a broken heart. As Tyler grows up Rex realizes all the joy that the boy has brought into his life but he still feels a bit isolated in the small Kentucky town where he now runs the family's tavern. That is until young Josh Billings comes to town to intern with the local vet. He and Rex meet and soon Rex and Ty and Josh are forming their own version of a nuclear family. That is interrupted when some small minded homophobic inhabitants of the town feel... more it's their religious prerogative to intervene and report the couple for sexual abuse of a child. (because the couple were observed kissing in public) Will Rex and Josh regain custody of Ty? Best read it to find out!This a story that pits small town religious zealots against our MC's and touches on many of the prejudices that are still all to prevalent in rural America. As with other things that I've read by Jeff Erno, heart and sweetness go a long way toward making for an enjoyable tale and pretty much compensate for any lack of masterful prose. Sure, at times some of the "villains" seemed a bit too one dimensional but the legal hearing aspects of the story actually seemed very realistic. It may only be a personal thing but the level of graphic detail about the men's relationship felt a bit weird in a book with a youngster so near at hand. I listened to this in the audio-book format rather than reading it. It was narrated by Finn Sterling who was good without being great. The southern accents and Ty's "child voice" were well handled but the women's voices were a bit too grating for my taste. Also Chapter 7 had some volume level changes like I'd never encountered in an audio-book before. Given the graphic nature of that particular chapter it's getting unexpectedly LOUD made for a couple of interesting moments...
review 2: This starts as a promising novel about the love among an unconventional family, but it quickly devolves into a melodrama that the worst TV show would not have accepted as a script. Rex is a gay man who ends up being the adoptive parent to his nephew, Tyler, after the rest of his family dies tragically. Rex takes over running the family business, a local tavern, in a town called Carlisle, Kentucky. Josh is almost done with his studies to be a veterinarian, and he is doing an internship with a local vet in Carlisle. Well, the two men meet, and it is love at first sight.Then Josh is introduced to Rex's nephew, Tyler, and there is an immediate family bond created. Everything seems to be going well,until a false claim of sexual abuse is filed by members of the church that is ministered by Josh's uncle. There is an incredibly unbelievable Child Protective Service intervention (when they take Tyler away from his uncle). I am ashamed as a government lawyer (who deals with CPS referrals on a near daily basis) how poorly the author handled the transaction. Ashamed, ashamed, ashamed. The author made it read like a cheap TV show that showed almost no depth of research. If CPS behaved the way this author projected, they would get themselves individually and the county that they represent sued for Civil Rights violations. (That is how bad this part if the story is.). After resolution of the false CPS abuse report, the author appears to have no way to end the story. So, he throws together three pages in an attempt to create a happily ever after ending. Not good, not good. The story has a good basic premise, and about 50% of the book is enjoyable, but the balance of the book is really awful. Two stars is my overly generous review for this story. less

Download links for: Un lento

Advertising