Reviewed by Dan 

CONTENT WARNING: This work tells the story of incest between a father and his son. It will not be for everyone.

TITLE:    Quillon’s Covert

AUTHOR:     Joseph Lance Tonlet & Louis Stevens

PUBLISHER:  Self-Published

LENGTH:  186 Pages

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Martin is a guy’s guy, one who enjoys the simple things in life: baseball games with his son, family days, barbecues, and date nights with his lovely wife.

Once a year for two weeks, Martin takes his son, Marty, to Quillon’s Covert, a rustic family cabin secluded in the beautiful California mountains. Since before those long days of learning to play ball, Marty has loved his dad, but as Marty matures, Martin starts to see something else settle in his son’s uncertain gaze. What’s there lingers a little more than it should, and it seems far more appraising than it once was.

As Marty shows every sign of taking the lead, Martin is faced with the tough choices most parents never see: lose his son by being a father, or try to balance what’s best for their relationship by being something… more.

But with another trip to Quillon’s Covert on the horizon, has the point of no return already begun?

REVIEW:

I’ve reviewed a couple other books by Joseph Lance Tonlet, but I’ve never reviewed anything by the co-author of this book Louis Stevens.

When Joseph contacted me and mentioned the content warnings on this one, I told him to send it over to Dani and I would review it. I want to warn you all that some of Mr. Tonlet’s work can be…I guess I would say…over the top. The Brothers Lafon, for example was so far over the top that only some people were able to read it without feeling totally uncomfortable.

Now he is back, and partnered up with Louis Stevens. The men have composed a work of fiction, dealing with father and son incest. The characters, Martin Quillon and his son Marty have been going to the families secluded mountain lake cabin for two weeks every year since Marty was very young child.   When we meet them, Marty is fourteen and his Dad is thirty-four. The story in the book takes place over the next thirteen years of so, as Marty matures into a man.

The story was well written, and the sex scenes were pretty hot…in a disturbing way…but as I read them, I found that my mind kept trying to pretend it wasn’t a father and his son. It was made a little more difficult by the fact that we met the characters when Marty was only fourteen and we learned of his sexual crush on his Dad over the next couple years of his life on the pages of the story.

Frankly, the story left me feeling a little icky. Father and son incest always brings my Dad’s picture to my mind…and yeah…icky. I think the authors did a good job on showing us why these two men had a relationship that progressed from naked family vacations to full on hard core sex, and I applaud their courage for writing the book.

I’m going to have to say that the book was well done, but not to my tastes. It is odd that I had an easier time with The Brothers Lafon, which was far, far darker than this one. I truly believe that my issue was with the backstory of the kid growing up. You got to know him as a kid first, and then he and his Dad starting getting it on. When the Dad was honored that the son had saved his anal virginity for his Dad to take, it really kind of creeped me out. Most of the sex between them in fact creeped me out, but the taking of the virginity was extra creepy.

I’m rating this one “Liked It / Above Average” because it was well written. This book definitely isn’t for a lot, or even most of our blog followers. There are some though that will enjoy it. In fact, some of you might like it more than I did and tell me I don’t know what I’m saying. But for my final thought…it still left me feeling icky enough that I’m not sure that I’ll be calling my Dad later today as I had planned.

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