reviews_and_ramblings | Haunted by Mike Shade

Adam is a skinny and young guy, a grad student in the college where Tom, a carpenter, is restoring an old library. They start a friendship that soon turns into love. Everything seems perfect but Adam is strange: he gets bruises everytime and Tom knows nobody hurts him. He doesn't eat or sleep when he is alone, but when he is with Tom he has a strong appettite and could sleep for an entire night without problem. So where is the problem? Is it true that Alan, the dead twin brother of Adam, is haunting him?

Tom is a wonderful character: he is strong and genuine, open and lovely. He is the normality and the reality that Adam needs to live a normal life, even Tom's mother id the classical housewife who cooks better than a cook. Adam has given up the chance to have that life and he contents himself with the time Tom will remain with him before running away. The love between them is so simple and linear, a strong contrast with the madness of Adam's life.

I think this is one of the best book I have read by Mike Shade: in this one maybe there is less sex than the others, but when you have it, it is of good quality. And also the develpment of the two main characters is a lot more complete. Even if I don't have a predisposition for scary novel, this is one that could appeal also to me.

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Cover Art by Rose Lenoir