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Mourning Jack (2012)

by S.A. Meade(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0857159674 (ISBN13: 9780857159670)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Total E-Bound

review 1: Ade and Jack were as close as brothers. If fact, when Ade’s family didn’t take his coming out well, Jack’s family became his surrogate parents and all but adopted Ade. There isn’t anything he wouldn’t do to honor his friend. But, falling in love with Jack’s lover wasn’t on his agenda…it just kinda happened.The title of this book kind of threw me. Maybe, it’s me, but this was so much more than Ade or even Cal mourning Jack. Don’t get me wrong; even though he’s dead before the book even begins, Jack is a primary character in this book. But, for me, this is Ade’s story. Despite his love of cooking, his job has become a chore. He fights his attraction for Cal, because he feels like it’s too soon, if ever they are meant to explore the mutual ch... moreemistry between them. He really just wants a normal life, with a normal man who loves him.I loved the glimpse into English village life that Mourning Jack gives the reader. There is a laid back pace that really worked for me. I can’t tell you more of the plot, because there are a few twist there that were totally unexpected. But, the ending left me with a smile. Ade and Cal mourn Jack in very different ways, but in the end they both found a way to fill the void that his passing left. This is a very well written novel and I highly recommend it for readers who enjoy a gentler pace to their romance and lovers who find love in unexpected place.And on a side note: If S. A. Meade were a nice person, she would post recipes for all the lovely dishes that Ade creates throughout this book. J
review 2: What a wonderful book.It's real life, a story about how real life relationships struggle and often flounder in their search for solid ground. And how, after that wrestling of the heart, we find that person we thought was so right is not actually a good 'fit' for us. The death of Jack---a character who has been killed in Afghanistan and is being laid to rest in his home town---brings two characters together. Ade who was Jack's best friend and Cal who was Jack's lover. What I LOVE about this story is that the author allows us to see a not-so-common aspect of relationships in fiction: the battle to BE a couple when the spark of love is just not there. When one is desperately trying to create a replacement for a love lost, to fill a horrible, dark void in his life. When he thinks that, just because the new lover is a close friend of the deceased, he will somehow fill all the sad gaps. And, even though the truth unfolds---that this person simply is not the right man for him---he still grasps at the frayed threads to hang on to it...anything to keep from facing loneliness. After all, the sex is dynamite...so why not?And the other thing I adored about this book was another often unseen view to romance: when, in the midst of that struggle between two lovers, the ONE comes along. The tug-of-war between lust and love.In real life, sometimes it DOES take the entrance of the RIGHT one to shed light on the futile attempt to make love out of nothing. It's not pretty, but it's life. Plain, honest, painful. But ultimately PERFECT.I loved the truth in this book. Life and love. The way it really is. less

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