Reviewed by True
TITLE: Daddy’s Boy
SERIES: Arizona #2
AUTHOR: Romeo Preminger
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 278 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2022
BLURB:
Arizona started a new life when his birth daddy, Gaston Bondurant, found him living with a foster family and facing criminal charges for assaulting his abusive stepfather. Plucked from the squalor of rural Acadiana, Arizona was thrust into New Orleans high society and an elite New England boarding school.
Home for the summer, Arizona sets out to find his younger brothers and sister, who were scattered to different places when their family was torn apart. Along the way, he reunites with his tenth grade sweetheart, Preston Montclair, who still holds a torch for him.
But Arizona is struggling to figure out the man he’s supposed to be. He’s got an obligation to his daddy, who wants to mold him as his heir, but he’s also got a responsibility to his wayward siblings. It feels like he’s swimming against the rapids, trying to do both while figuring out if he belongs with his boyhood love or an educated man who can help him with his dream of being a famous writer.
REVIEW:
Money does make life easier. Living with his daddy (not a Daddy!) who’s immensely rich, gives Arizona perspective, still, the hurt life gave him so far, doesn’t disappear.
He got friends in college, that’s a win. He wants to help his (step)siblings. Should he give up his current life and try to help them?
Arizona is struggling, hard. On his way to his sister, he finds his first love Preston again. They loved each other, made promises, but Arizona had to leave. The spark is still there.
Arizona’s last name is Bondurant now, nothing connects him to Gus Fanning, not even Gus’s kids.
Visiting his sister Dolly was shocking, visiting his little brother Douglas even more. His head and heart hurt, he wants to help them so much. The desperation of the situation was awfully palpable.
He lives in a home that not always feels like home, he is grateful for his opportunities, the sweet boy he is. While Arizona feels a lot older than his sixteen going seventeen, his brain is still young and meant to make mistakes, like crushing for the wrong person.
Arizona, Dale, Russell, and Jonathan are close friends, all gay, and have to fight for their rights. Not everyone is as determined as Arizona to stand up and speak.
While it’s his strength it’s this downfall too.
The story takes place in the ’80s. I think this journey gives a good picture of that particular time.
If you love a good, solid story with a lot of content, read this series.
I couldn’t put it down, every page hold my attention. There are some stories where you can skip pages, not this one, I didn’t want to skip. It wasn’t maybe as spectacular as the previous installment of this series, but it was an immensely intriguing, captivating, entertaining story, marvelously developed. Following a young guy, growing up, going through life, a life that isn’t easy for him, making choices, some right, some less, but always with the best intention, it was everything.
It’s an extraordinary story, widely, exquisitely, and extraordinarily written. For me, in its genre a masterpiece.
A must-read!
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