Genre: Fantasy, Romance
LGBTQ+ Category: Gay
Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild
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About The Book
In 1942, Rupert Rocket’s grandmother was cursed by an Irish fairy, the Pooka, to end her bloodline.
But the Pooka’s sister, the Grogoch, blessed the boy to counteract the curse.
As a young gay man, Rupert’s life spins wildly between the competing spells through adventures as a dancer, a model, an actor, and a spy…
But what will happen when the blessing runs out?
The Review
It all began during WWII, when Zelda was in love with Thomas. Patricia, the girl he dumped, planned her revenge. Patricia called on a Pooka, an Irish fairy, to destroy the Kellerman family – no marriages and no babies – the end of the family line. Fortunately, another Irish fairy Grogoch was able to counter-bless Zelda, giving her twenty-five years of happiness and success.
Zelda and Thomas had a daughter, Caroline, who in turn gave birth to Rupert. Life was good. At Rupert’s birth, Grogoch blessed him too – the beginning of a long life filled with blessings, some good and some bad. When twenty-five years had gone by, Thomas died – Grogoch’s blessing had come to an end.
On Christmas, also Rupert’s birthday, he would receive another blessing, including dominance, vanity, wealth, fast healing, the gift of prophecy, and more. Rupert didn’t know how to use these gifts until he was older, when he was able to use them for his benefit. When he was fifteen, he revealed to his grandmother and mother that he was gay, and they didn’t react well, so he left to live with his father. He also changed his last name from Kellerman to Rocket.
Rupert had his successes and failures. He was a dancer, but after an injury that was no longer an option. He became a model, which worked out for him when that year’s blessing was dominance. All he had to tell the interviewer was that he was perfect for the job, and he was hired. It didn’t hurt that he was perfect at it, and so his success just grew.
He fell in love with Arthur, a man younger than him, and everything was golden until he reached the age of twenty-five, and both his mother and grandmother died within minutes of each other. Now he knows that at the age of fifty he will be the only member of his family left, and another twenty-five years will have gone by with no one to die but him.
Rupert lives a fascinating life, filled to the brim and never boring, until it all comes crashing down. Will the Pooka and Patricia manage to destroy the last of the Kellerman line?
Four stars.
The Reviewer
I am an avid reader the mother of 3 sons and grandmother to seven grandchildren. Since retiring I have been doing more reading while volunteering as a CASA worker. CASA is an organization that works with the family court system to ensure that children are in the best living situation. There are way too many children that get overlooked in the foster care system and I visit homes and make visits to the parents. I was born and raised in New York and my husband of 50 years and I live in Upstate New York.
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