This so-called "mystery" dragged enormously. It really bored me to tears, although I honestly had some hopes for it.The storytelling was way too detailed and seemed to concentrate in quite an amazing fashion on the most uninteresting and unimportant bits, while, at the same time, I got an overall impression of reading an vastly superficial plot.All this conservative and extremely annoying Bible talk certainly didn't help matters either. Yes, the Jehovah cult in this story is in the centre of the plot, which makes all that aforementioned Bible talk a necessity, I guess. But nevertheless, this biblical God-praising and talking about devilish sins and being possessed by demons just isn't my cup of tea. Especially not when told in that tiring way. This is supposed to be a mystery, gripping at that, and yes, there actually are guns and kidnappings and the aspect where the bad guys try to hunt down Zeb and his "little baby daughter" (I'll come to the "" shortly). And there are juicy secrets. (Or juicy they try to be.) All the stuff of a good thrillig mystery, one would think. Think again. Unfortunately, it managed to be anything but gripping, which really is an acomplishment all on its own.Furthermore, I honestly didn't like all this POV switching. There aren't just one or two MCs here, instead ALL the characters seem to be a main character on their own. Well, except Jeff, maybe. I just couldn't get into the story, couldn't feel or bond with the "MCs". In fact, I really didn't care for any of them at all. Which is even more disappointing considering the fact that this is the 2nd book of a series, which is to say I already knew and liked the characters from the first book.On another note, what's with all these "baby girl", "baby doll", "little girl", "baby daughter", "little Ribka"'s?? Why the hell not call her just "Ribka" or "his daughter" or "his baby"?? All those awful terms of endearment really bugged the hell out of me...I really couldn't decide whether to give this book 1 or 2 stars. I've read worse books, of course. So it's not a total disaster or anything. It was, though, disappointingly boring and I honestly didn't like it. So, 1 star.
#2 of Todd Mills series. Interesting flashbacks of gay journalist Todd Mils in his college days, attempting to deny his feelings and convince himself he is straight.Todd Mills is taken by surprise when college sexual encounters reemerge to disrupt both his life and that of his best friend, lesbian attorney Janice Gray. Janice, it turns out, had a son either by Todd or by another classmate, who also had an affair with Todd. Now that son, Zeb, appears, desperate to protect his own baby daughter from the religious cult of his adoptive father.
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This is just too soap opera-ish, with ex-lovers, secret/adopted son, kidnapped granddaughter, and whole thing with Jehovah Witness and Congregation. I am never such a fan of any LGBT story with religious theme. So this one, who's focusing on the bad guy being "evil" because of the Jehovah scriptures, that just doesn't sit well with me. It makes me feel uncomfortable and I think downplay the evilness of the guy (not because he's evil but because he's based on everything he's done due to his religion).Oh, and by the way, it is said at first that Janice is type B, and then suddenly in the end, her blood type is A? How's that?!?
—Ami
