Review: Very pleasurable read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 3, 2013
I was gonna say, "at the risk of sounding repetitive", but I am going to repeat myself time and again because I just adore this author. His books short or long never fail to make me feel wonderful and feeling in a much better place for having read them. My Hero does exactly what I thought it would and it was such a joy to read (I think I smiled most of the way through, sometimes even when I wanted to hit the two MC's)Rich and John are just the most adorable MC's you can hope to meet. You get more of Rich's POV as he is the character that drives the story. From the moment we meet him, he seems the one with the least amount to work his way through, with John being the one with the big "am I" questions. But these characers are NOT one dimensional, they have layers that we eventually get to peel back and see the heart of who they are. Rich's journey is just as deep and profound as John's.I adored the secondary characters, Anita was such a hoot and in fact Johnny's entire family was just perfect, the right attitude mixed with love and respect and pinch of fear of the future. Rich's Dad was wonderfully developed, in a very short amount of time, and their relationship was believable and touching to watch. The football team and their friends also went into making these two MC's believable and interesting and captivating adding to the rich storytelling background.I think what I loved the most was Johnny's naivety, it wasn't like the sterotypical all brawn no brains (thank God), it was sweet and wonderous and like a rare thing that you wanted to hold and nurture and protect and pray to whatever diety you pray to that he NEVER ever loses. The questions, the attitude towards having Rich as a friend, the things he does and the requests he makes. It takes him a while to really question his sexuality but I love that his mother was the one that clarified it for him in the end. I loved watching him grow but never really losing that naivety or innocence.I must admit, I had the hardest time writing this review, swinging between waxing lyrical and revealing too much and trying to decide what I loved the most and still being even slightly articulate. The one thing I will say it is get it, read it, let the smile shine through when you fly through the sky with these two... You will not regret it...This review originally appeared at Mrs Condit & Friends Read Books.