Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Author: TJ Klune
Title: Who We Are (Sequel to: Bear, Otter And The
Kid)
SBN-13: 978-1-61372-461-3
Pages: 350
Cover Artist:
Paul Richmond
Categories: Novels,
Contemporary,
Book Type: eBook
File Formats Available: .epub, .prc, .prc, html, pdf
Price: $ 6.99
BLURB
Sequel to Bear, Otter, and the Kid
Bear, Otter, and the Kid survived last summer with
their hearts and souls intact. They’ve moved into the Green Monstrosity, and
Bear is finally able to admit his love for the man who saved him from himself.
But that's not the end of their story. How could it
be?
The boys find that life doesn’t stop just because
they got their happily ever after. There’s still the custody battle for the
Kid. The return of Otter’s parents. A first trip to a gay bar. The Kid goes to
therapy, and Mrs. Paquinn decides that Bigfoot is real. Anna and Creed do…
well, whatever it is Anna and Creed do. There are newfound jealousies, the
return of old enemies, bad poetry, and misanthropic seagulls. And through it
all, Bear struggles to understand his mother’s abandonment of him and his
brother, only to delve deeper into their shared past. What he finds there will
alter their lives forever and help him realize what it'll take to become who
they're supposed to be.
Family is not always defined by blood. It’s defined
by those who make us whole—those who make us who we are.
REVIEW
This long awaited sequel to the controversial yet
beloved BEAR, OTTER AND THE KID was well worth the wait. The book begins with a story within the story
before we are rejoined with our characters only months after the first book
left off.
Bear and Otter’s relationship has moved forward on
shaky legs but we see it gaining strength as the pages go by, the kid is
growing up and he meets his own Otter in the form of Dominic, a neighbor who is
fostered to a less than friendly couple who don’t seem to really care what he
does as long as they get their money and Bear and Otter keep their hands to
themselves. As if they would touch a 15
year old boy!
Anna, Creed and Mrs. Paquinn are all along for a
bumpy ride. As with all family drama a
little tragedy must befall our characters but I won’t tell because that would
be a spoiler.
As in life some will stay with us and some will pass
on to the next life while new life is brought into the world. Relationships grow and change and families
learn to accept one another, warts, orientation, and all.
Klune has a terrific handle on first person
narrative and uses it to move the story alone at a rapid pace that wouldn’t let
me go. There is more sex in this book
than there was in the previous one and the drama, humor and characterization
are at least equal to or surpassing the first novel.
T. J. Klune is a gifted author and I will be
watching and reading for years to come as he continues to grow and write more terrific
books, hopefully a few more of them will be about Bear, Otter and The Kid.
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