Honey : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 1770414975
- ISBN: 9781770414976
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Physical Description:
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226 pages ; 22 cm - Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : ECW Press, 2019.
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Subject: | Lesbians -- Fiction Sexual minorities -- Fiction |
Genre: | Romance fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Salt Spring Island Public Library | MYS BRO (Text) | 33123009672784 | Mystery fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 September #2
Brooks' talent as a poet is apparent in her second novel, a noir-tinged tale based on the love and friendship between Honey Ramone and Nicole Hewett, both 24. Born on the same day in the same hospital, but with completely opposite lives, Honey and Nicole were inseparable until Honey and her mom, Inez, took off without explanation one day when the girls were teens. A musical prodigy and piano virtuoso, Nicole stutters through life after their departure, and works as a crooner in a casino. Six years pass by without a word, until a tragic car accident kills Nicole's beloved father and brings Honey back home to Buckthorn, their dreary, small, dying town. Honey and Nicole pick up their friendship and begin a dysfunctional, disturbing, turbulent romance. Nicole's love for Honey becomes obsessive and when Honey disappears again, Nicole's sanity becomes strained. Brooks has delivered a meaty, insightful, and at times funny story of star crossed lovers (think Rebel Without a Cause). Her writing is exceptional and hard-driving, and the story itself difficult to put down. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - ForeWord Magazine Reviews : ForeWord Magazine Reviews 2019 - September/October
In Brenda Brooks's Honey, two friends reunite following nearly a decade of separation, resuming their relationship with a familiar, sisterly closeness that broadens into erotic intensity.
When Nicole's father is killed in an auto accident, her longtime friend Honey shows up at the cemetery, returning after her mysterious disappearance six years ago. Born on the same day, the women are now in their twenties, with a shared past in the lackluster town of Buckthorn. Honey is attractive, charismatic, and has a shrewd, streetwise confidence. Nicole, more reserved and introspective, was a childhood musical prodigy but now plays piano at the lounge of a local casino.
Honey's unconventional upbringing, including her free-spirited mother and abusive father, is contrasted with Nicole's staid household. Nicole's mother mistrusts Honey, afraid that Nicole might again be abandoned by her friend. When Nicole and Honey become lovers, however, Nicole is overwhelmed by the relationship. Honey's allureâher voice and body, the silver bracelet on her slim wristâbecomes like a vortex, with Honey herself promising to take Nicole to new heights of sensual pleasure.
Like a classic noir femme fatale, Honey's vulnerability enhances her powers of seduction. Though she manipulates both sexes, she has also been exploited and molested by men from an early age. Her character is indeed fascinating, but the changes in Nicole's personality and her knowing haplessness under Honey's influence are as compelling.
Even after Honey involves Nicole in murder and transfers money out of her bank account, Nicole insists that she still loves Honey and would "throw herself away" again for her, like she was "meant to do from the start." Sinuous and captivating, Honey is a novel about friendship, obsession, and the troubling, even perilous ambiguities behind motivations and desires.
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