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Sole Support (2013)

by Kaje Harper(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1619216116 (ISBN13: 9781619216112)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Samhain Publishing

review 1: My very long and detailed review has just disappeared into the ether! I start again (Grrr!)I rate this book highly as I totally empathise with the main theme that this novel explores. My partner and I are currently experiencing the on-set of dementia with my partner's 85 year old mother. Kaje explores this theme so well, so eloquently and so realistically in "Sole Support". (I hadn't realised that keeping the curtains drawn closed and only cooking eggs and toast were such common traits in dementia sufferers).I wept with Kellen, although initially I didn't care for him that much. At 40+ his testosterone levels should have sufficiently diminished to curtail his sluttish behaviour and indeed it is curtailed when he meets Mike, the nerdy thirty-seven year old virgin.There are ... moresome really great characters in this book, not just the two protagonists. Mike's sister and brother-in-law, Kellen's neighbour Patrick, the care assistant Ricardo to name but a few.As Susan another reviewer stated so eloquently, "This is a book that FEELS REAL. There are true emotions here and not all are pleasant". Five stars from me because although this is an M/M romance it's the themes of care and support that I totally empathise with.
review 2: A tricky one for me. Its a Kaje Harper book, so big points already. Its well written, cleanly put together as I'd expect from her. But it took me about a third of the book to really get into it - and normally I am totally immersed in this authors stories from the start. However, it was worth getting there! I really started to connect to the story as Kellen's mother started deteriorating more and more, and it was her story line that had me hooked in. I didnt really feel a connection with Mike and Kellen that I normally get with Kaje Harper's characters. Although, you could feel for how Kellen was feeling the strain of looking after his mother, the toll it was taking, the feelings of failure when she had to go into hospital and into care. Perhaps a cautionary tale for readers as our parents get older.So, overall, a good read, one leaving me thinking more about elderly parents than romance (though that is there too). less

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