Title: Church Brothas
Series: N/A
Author: Mike Warren
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (187 pages)
Publisher: Mike Warren Publishing (23 Mar 2015)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥5Hearts
Blurb: Church Brothas is about a book of 6 gay men who hold leadership positions in an otherwise heterosexual base church.
Pastor Richard Blackwell was hired to pastor The New Church of Christ Baptist after the former pastor gave his retirement sermon in grand style. Will Pastor Blackwell be welcomed with open arms?
Deacon Marcus Jones has been raised in the church ever since he was a little boy. Will he confess a big family secret?
Trustee Eric Reid who is the biological son of the former Pastor. He and his father always hoped that he would follow in his fathers’ footsteps in becoming new the pastor. Will Eric seek revenge?
Anthony Wilkes is the Music Director/Choir Director. Anthony aka Tony and his Mass Choir have a tri-state choir competition coming up, will they win under Tony’s tutorage?
Andrew Henderson is the church organist and is Tony’s partner. Andrew aka Drew is the most level headed one of the group. But, will he be entice to be unfaithful to Tony and if so, who with?
Kyle Anderson is just 18 years of age and is the baby of the group. Kyle is an excellent dancer and performs his talents as often as he can. He is being raised by a single mother but most of all, he wants love. Will he find it?
Read this excellent book and you will find out all these questions as these group of guys take you on a roller coaster ride. You might even find a few of these brothas in your own church!
ASIN: B00V5B3KVO
Product Link: http://www.amazon.com/Church-Brothas-Mike-Warren-ebook/dp/B00V5B3KVO
Reviewer: Prime
Review: Let me just start with: OMFG! This is an excellent book and I quickly realised that it comes down to Mike Warren’s skill with words! Admittedly, this is the first book I’ve read by Mike Warren but it certainly has made me want to read more.
This really isn’t a traditional drama filled romance. Instead, it is something close to a melodrama using a Baptist parish as the backdrop and following six gay men within in the parish, starting from the pastor to a deacon to the organist and the choir master.
So to put it simply, this is not something that I can easily describe and give it the proper justice in a short review. The story features six complex and well-developed characters that go on a roller coaster of emotions and drama. Seriously, it is borderline soap opera only better.
The MCs are: Deacon Marcus Jones – he’s hiding a big that only he and his mother know but he is otherwise, for a great deal of the story, the voice of reason. Then there is Pastor Richard Blackwell – he was suggested for the position of pastor by Marcus after the retirement of the previous pastor. He may be gay, but Richard is living the straight life now, or so he claims.
However, Church Trustee Eric Reid, the son of the previous pastor, feels that he should have taken over the spot of his father. He is basically the main source of drama, if not a background instigator.
Next are the very discreet couple, Tony Wilkes the choir director, and Drew Henderson the church organist. Drew is the level-headed one and not one to allow the moment to run away from him.
Then, finally, there is the trouble maker, 18-year-old Kyle Anderson. His mother is more than a handful and drama queen (I have to admit I worked out her angle pretty quickly). I’d say that Kyle learnt his penchant for drama from his mother, but deep down he just wants the love of a good man, even if he is obsessive about it.
That was my brief run down and the plot follows each of characters as their lives weave together. The characters feel so real that it was so easy to picture the entire book as I read it. They are very human, very flawed but in the end just get on with life. Being an Aussie, it also gave me a clear understanding of many cultural things that I’ve seen in movies/TV but never actually understood. I really like that.
And the end! OMG! I really hope that Mike is working on a sequel because that had my heart in my throat and I just want to know what happens next!
I loved this book so much that I’m simply going to recommend it to everyone.
I could rave about this some more but I won’t, I don’t want to give any spoilers to this never-ending drama!
* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *