Unrequited | 
| Author: James Bennett
Publisher: Zumaya Boundless
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 193413564X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781934135648
ASIN: 193413564X
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
Aaron Edgeway lives in a ramshackle house in a provincial English town with his sick and abusive father. When he meets Victor, their romance quickly becomes an escape from the dreary prospects of his life. An escape that, unbeknownst to Victor, Aaron will do almost anything to protect. Aaron has secrets: a scandalous videotape unwittingly recorded at a drug dealer's party, and the unwanted affections of Alex Clay, his unruly best friend. Alex tries to free Aaron from blackmail and harassment, building a pressure-cooker atmosphere of desire and deceit. Trapped by a twist of fate, Aaron goes to lengths he never dreamed possible in order to preserve his romance with Victor. Unrequited details a descent into heartbreak and loss, and questions the dangers of love, and the things we do in order to heal ourselves. It is a bittersweet fairytale, an erotic and cautionary fable about revenge for anyone who has suffered from a broken heart.
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Love, Hate, Murder, Vengeance November 7, 2007
K. Peoples (Arlington, VA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a dark romance! Warning, you will not "like" any of the major characters in this book and you will be shocked at how it concludes, though the author gave signs throughout of what was coming. You will also have to pay close attention as the author jumps from one timeframe to another in successive scenes, a technique that can confuse a reader that does not pay close attention (and sometimes even to those who do). I gave the book four stars instead of five, even though it kept my attention throughout, both because I ultimately did not like the characters and because I sometimes had to work at it to follow the storyline with it bouncing between three or four different timeframes.
Still, the characters are real and human, with real foibles and real attributes. For most of the book, I really wanted Aaron's affair with Victor to work out; when it became clear that such was not to happen, then I wondered what happened to destroy their love. When I found out, I was shocked at one of the greatest betrayals I'd read in a powerful scene that compelled my complete sympathy for Aaron. I then had to deal with strong distaste for the methods of Aaron's revenge. By the end of the book, it is no longer possible to overlook Aaron's insanity, though the reasons for it are made clear. This is a very dark book, challenging to read, and focused on the role of love in gay relationships. Recommended only for those who don't crave "happily ever after" stories.
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