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Title: Blood Brothers : A Novel by Michael Schiefelbein ISBN: 1-55583-729-8 Publisher: Alyson Pubns Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Theology, Eroticism, Violence, and Passion
Comment: I read a review of this book, and thought it would be quite interesting to read a book that combines so many atypical characteristics and themes for gay literature. At seven years old, Juan Ramon Fuertes watches his mother be raped and killed, sees his father shot dead, and is cast aside by the murderer, a man he can name and remember, but who has enough power to pass by the police. This boy grows, and plots revenge from the cold horrible orphanages he endures through adolescence.
He sees that the man who killed his parents has a son, Bernardo. Bernardo is entering a monastary to become a monk, and the plan for revenge begins. Juan Ramon will find a way to use the son to get to the father, and is willing to first pass through all the steps of becoming an ordained monk himself to do it.
The story alternates between Juan Ramon and Bernardo, the son of the murderer, and is absolutely packed with sexual tension, erotic prose, and dark emotion. Juan Ramon can sense the attraction Bernardo has for him, and slowly realizes his own feelings for Bernardo are growing to be more than usery, but with so much blood on everyone's hands, is the innocent Bernardo doomed? Written with some deep theological internal debate in Bernardo's voice, and even darker violent anger in Juan Ramon's, the libidinous charge that saturates this novel is just nail-biting. Ultimately, where the end of the novel goes is a sharp shock, and the characters are definitely true to themselves, though not in a way you might think. Good for fans of thrillers of any sort, but definitely a solid choice for fans of the gay genre written at its most sensual.
'Nathan
Rating: 5
Summary: Great summer read...
Comment: I was looking for some new authors and after reading the customer reviews decided to try this one. Excellent, starting Vampire Now, as a result of reading Blood Brothers, and even thinking about going to Spain....lol...
The writing is amazing, the depth of characters and the visual images he creates in such a short work captured me.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did...
Thanks..
Wolf
Rating: 5
Summary: Skillful Characterization in a Suspenseful Plot!
Comment: What makes this suspense novel good? Schiefelbein has created, in a very readable style, two haunting and memorable characters: the hard-focused, reserved Juan Ramon, who has devoted his life to a plan for self-styled justice, and the vulnerable and sensitive Bernardo, whose need for love causes him to risk everything he holds sacred.
What makes this novel great? You'll see something of yourself in either Juan Ramon or Bernardo, which is an unexpected jolt. Outwardly these are simple men who lead simple lives. But beneath that facade they struggle with issues of love, faith, ambition, commitment, revenge and betrayal. As in life, none of these are resolved in nice, neat little packages. I look forward to a "Blood Brothers, II", because their saga begs for continuance.
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Title: Vampire Vow by Michael Schiefelbein ISBN: 1555835864 Publisher: Alyson Pubns Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Vampire Thrall : A Novel by Michael Schiefelbein ISBN: 155583728X Publisher: Alyson Pubns Pub. Date: 15 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: It Takes Two : A Novel by Elliott Mackle ISBN: 1555837549 Publisher: Alyson Pubns Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: A Dangerous Thing by Josh Lanyon ISBN: 1902852338 Publisher: Millivres Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Masters of Midnight by Michael Thomas Ford, William J. Mann, Sean Bradon's Bite Wolfe, Jeff Devoured Mann ISBN: 0758204213 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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