The Angel Of Thirteenth Street (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
Wow! Fantastic! Noah, a former rent boy, tries to get boys off the streets and back home so they can rebuild their lives. Spotting Jeremy doing laundry in the laudromat attached to his bar, he is attracted but Jeremy is off-limits because he is too young. Rescuing Jeremy as he is about to be rape by Trent who is trying to recruit Jeremy as a rent boy, Noah takes Jeremy off the streets and keeps him safe. There are so many layers to this story. There is a dark undertone of fear, desperation, abuse here. Out of this darkness lives are shattered but also reborn. Beautifully written. I hated saying good-bye to Noah and Jeremy. I was trying to figure out what to say about this one, and then I read PD Singer's review. What she said. Everything--from setting to characterization--was spot-on, and pulls the reader in just as inexorably as the characters' circumstances pull them in directions the reader perhaps doesn't want them to go, but are inevitable to the story. No shirking from things that might be a little hard to look at, but no gratuitous zigs and zags for the purpose of plot-device, either. A really good, involving read that satifies completely and yet still leaves the reader wanting more.I loved these guys, and am thrilled to hear Eden is working on a sequel.
What do You think about The Angel Of Thirteenth Street (2010)?
Inspirational feel-good story with some hot sex on the side :)
—Kavs
A sweet, sweet well-written book. Really enjoyed it.
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