Review: Best book in a while!  May be spoilers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2013
I was just coming off of the high of completing Alexa Land's latest and searching for another book to keep me up there, so to speak.  Came across Jonathan's Hope, and it gripped me from the beginning.  I am weary of reading books that feature child abuse coming from the 'spare the rod' background, because it awakens unwanted feelings and memories.  This book dealt with it in such a sensitive way, but my no means down-playing it.  The reason for it, may have been misguided love, the I don't want you to be gay and have to suffer from society and/or retribution form the higher power, vs the gay is wrong approach.  At the end of the day, a child suffered unspeakable terror and trauma all through is life until meeting the love of his life.  Age gaps, new love, first time experience with love and the doubt that comes from that was all explored.  Thankfully the main characters had good role models to emulate, and seek comfort from them.The characters pertinent to story were well developed, it was as if I new them personally.  I could feel their pain, sorrow, their uncertainties, and happiness.I could not put the book down from first reading.  Love  does triumph some times, good does overcome evil...sometimes, and HEA's do happen.The epilogue was so fitting the way the main character remaining did understand, respect and accept that his love had loved another prior and was in no way threatened by that or felt insecure by it thus allowing the final resting place, similar to his father's. request, which I found was a good twist at the end.  Bittersweet....Would I read another from this author, already downloaded another, so the answer it: MOST DEFINITELY!!!