lucadesalvia

** spoiler alert ** It took a little bit to get used to the narrative style in this novel but once I did I found it a refreshing change. Overall I thought it was well done, the plot moved along fairly well. Bear's gradual progression from denial to acceptance felt more realistic than many stories where characters immediately accept and embrace their new-found sexuality. The internal monologues worked well for the most part but became a little overdone near the end. One big plot point that really should have had some hint of resolution was the mother's motivation for doing what she did instead of this sudden appearance and then a fair amount of time goes by and you're still left wondering why, especially when she doesn't challenge Bear at the end. The book did garner a rare laugh-out-loud moment: "I told the Kid as much and had gotten as far as to pick up my phone and was about to press in Otter’s number when Ty grabbed the phone out of my hand and threatened to tell Otter that I liked to be spanked during sex. This proceeded to lead us on a long tangent where I had to have him explain to me how he knows about stuff like people getting spanked during sex. He said he might have heard it mentioned while watching MSNBC. I told him he was grounded from watching the news channels for a week. That’s where this whole sidebar should have ended, but then I was forced to explain S & M and bondage to my little brother, who was persistent on the topic, and who then kept staring at me with mounting horror when I finally did explain, and I realized I had maybe gone too far, and we had to spend the next five minutes with me swearing to God that I had never nor would I ever attempt to do anything like that. He might now be the only nine-year-old who has heard the terms “cock ring” and “fisting.” My parenting skills are unparalleled." This had me giggling for quite some time and I couldn't tell MY kid why :)

2022-12-20 07:21