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5 of 5 members found this review helpful.4.5 Stars
“This story is heartbreakingly beautiful. Between Brothers is a sweet, tender, and sad story about a man who has put his little brother on a pedestal so high he thinks he's in love. No man can ever possibly measure up to Brian's idea of perfection that is his little brother Joey. It's a story about misplaced love and idolatry, not incest (as the title would suggest). There's no sibling sex. There's hardly any sex at all, for that matter. Just a semi-stream-of-consciousness account of Brian's struggles with emotions he can't control.
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-03-21.
Joey's love for Brian is just as evident and just as strong as Brian's love for Joey, and is even sweeter in its own way.
I hate books that make me feel too many strong emotions at one time, but I loved this story. The feelings are real, the situation is believable, and the emotional impact is not the least bit contrived. The ending isn't a classical HEA, but it's not sad either. It's a nice, satisfying "happy for now", full of hope for the future.
This was so worth my time and money. I don't think I would ever be able to read it again because it left me so raw and drained, but I definitely feel satisfied with my purchase. This is a sweet, beautiful story I am proud to have read.”
