Review: KADE'S FINEST NOVEL!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
This is a real roller-coaster of a book. The characters are very honestly presented and believable. The subject matter is disturbing, and is realistically told with a great writing style.The main character is Tucker. He is a damaged and broken human being who is recovering from an unknown life altering event and taking his first fledgling steps in his return to the world. Tucker is fragile and reclusive, but has support from his only friend. The situations and causes of his previous life are not revealed until late in the story, and this makes for a compelling read. We want to know, but it is best that this revelation is withheld.Into his life comes a battle scarred ex-marine, Jesse, who has his own demons. However, Jesse appears to at least have his problems somewhat under control, until he meets Tucker. The electricity that passes between them at their initial encounter at a party upsets his planned future, and sets in motion what this book is all about.Initially, I suspected what Tucker's problem could be, from the title. Where this story takes the reader is into the carefully constructed protective barriers that both men have set very painstakingly in place.I have no doubt as to the author's connection to this story, as there are few people who could have written such a piece of work like this without it. This is a labor of exorcism, of demons both personal and intimate, that is told with surprising care and love. The prose here is unmistakably honest and real and is deserving of praise. This is a mixed bag of discovery, ugliness, and finding the strength in one's self to learn to live one day at a time.I was pleasantly surprised to find none of the other reviewer's problems with typos or editing. This must be a revised edition because the story flows without distractions, or, at least, none that I could find. The writing is clean, polished and very straightforwardly honest. Because I had a meaningful read, and I really liked the story and it's meaning, I figured I owed Kade a five star rating. Thanks for an excellent experience.