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A Walk Through Fire (Through Hell and Back, #1)

Felice Stevens

Start date: March 29, 2017

Finish date: April 6, 2017

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Apr 03, 2017 Marion added it

Shelves: read-in-2017, dnf

I'm calling this at 41%. DNF.
There are just too many things that are inconsistent. Plus, I still can't stand Ash.
No rating, but if I was, so far it's a two star read for me. ...more

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Nov 04, 2016 Lisa Cullinan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mm-read

A Walk Through Fire is one book I won't soon forget. Let me just say that I love all of Felice Stevens's books, but this one really blew me away and knocked me a bit off-kilter.
This story focuses mainly on the lives of Drew Klein and Asher Davis. I say 'mainly' because the supporting characters and the sub-plots in any of Felice's books are almost as equal, in every way, as the featured stories themselves.
Drew Klein is a kind-hearted, yet lonely doctor who opens up a clinic that helps abused LG A Walk Through Fire is one book I won't soon forget. Let me just say that I love all of Felice Stevens's books, but this one really blew me away and knocked me a bit off-kilter.
This story focuses mainly on the lives of Drew Klein and Asher Davis. I say 'mainly' because the supporting characters and the sub-plots in any of Felice's books are almost as equal, in every way, as the featured stories themselves.
Drew Klein is a kind-hearted, yet lonely doctor who opens up a clinic that helps abused LGBTQ youth, providing them with a safe haven where they'll find medical, dental, legal, psychological, and mentoring support.

“Teens, young adults—many identify as being LGBTQ, but some are still too scared to come out. I think that’s why they’re being abused. Either at school or at home, they’re bearing the brunt of someone’s anger and abuse."
“And I have the mobile dental clinic ready to help with chipped and broken teeth, as well as crowns and bridges,” said Mike. [Drew's good friend]

Can any of us truly imagine this happening to our kids? Our youth bullied, beaten, and/or kicked out of their homes just because they are as God intended them to be? I can't remember exactly how many times I broke down reading this book, but I'll never forget that I did. The message throughout this story is loud and clear. We need to pay attention because this is a harsh reality that shouldn't be brushed under a rug. These are all OUR children, our future, and they deserve to be loved and protected unconditionally.

There's a connection to my ranting. Asher Davis is the result of everything that can go wrong with our foster system. Resulting in years of physical and sexual abuse, he had no choice but to run away and leave his two younger foster brothers behind.

At Ash’s quick nod, Drew instinctively touched his shoulder in sympathy, but Ash flinched away. “We were all thrown in together. The kids no one wanted. No family who cared whether we lived or died, but we had each other, you know? Years we spent waiting for someone to help us. And they looked up to me ’cause I was older, but I couldn’t help myself; how could I help them?”

Sigh ... Asher breaks my heart, over and over.

On the outside, it sure seems like he's helped himself. Ash is a successful, high-powered, arrogant, relentless attorney who has only the finest of everything money can afford. He'll stop at nothing to get want he wants with no regard to how he does it, or who he bulldozers in the process. Needless to say, his tenacity and uber-confidant demeanor may work well in the courtroom and in the bedroom, but that's where it ends. Asher Davis is a severely broken, lonely, vulnerable man, and he has the physical and psychological scars that prove its truth.

Dr. Drew Klein has suffered a horrible tragedy that's left him in a suspended state of being alive but not really living. He is his own worse enemy, filling his mind with self-loathing and guilt. His behavior has led him to some pretty poor decision-making where his personal life is concerned. Luckily for Drew, there is love in his life. He has close friends, an amazing sister, and his grandmother, Esther, who adores him.

Drew and Asher meet as a result of Drew's failed marriage and Ash's eagerness to help at the clinic. So begins the game of cat and mouse—the hunter and the hunted. Do not think for a second that this book is like so many others, where the two MC's quickly break down each other's walls and fall madly in love. These two are drowning separately, and so deeply, in their own misery—the major difference: Drew is hanging on, floundering in the middle of a lake, while Asher is lost at sea in the middle of a storm with no land in sight.
Enter Nana. Esther, the voice of reason, is so filled with an overflowing abundance of love and a lifetime of valuable knowledge. She wisely throws Drew and Ash some life-preservers in an effort to help them navigate their way to finding peace, self-worth, and salvation. Esther. Is. Amazing.
There are so many relationships built and destroyed in this book. Drew's close friends play such a pivotal role as the development of his and Asher's relationship moves forward. There's so much loyalty and protectiveness towards Drew, and at the same time, there's an equal dose of animosity and anger swirling around aimed at Asher, then at both of them. I would call this story a bittersweet happily-ever-after. Although the amount of loss was beyond heartbreaking and excruciating, the discovery of unconditional love and family, given by Esther and Drew and finally realized by Asher—was so well-deserved and beautiful to witness. This is a reissued version of A Walk Through Fire. I haven't been touched by a story like this in such a long time. If I could give this ten stars, I would. I can't recommend this book enough—it's just THAT good. I received this ARC for an honest review, and honest it most certainly is. ...more

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Oct 03, 2022 Jennifer☠Pher☠ marked it as not-gonna-be-able-to-do-it

Shelves: d-n-f, m-m, lgbtq

DNF

I had an entire day to read and I just could not get into this. I didn't like either character or how they behaved. I think they are in their thirties but acted like they were in their teens. I've read college romances with more mature dialogue. Even the way they treated people they liked was just not ok. I didn't like the writing and I felt the story was just not moving forward. The subject matter was very, very serious but I didn't get that it was being handled that way. It just was making ...more

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May 13, 2017 Diane Dannenfeldt rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, have-audio, on-my-kindle, 201-300_pgs, kindle-lendable

3.5 stars. Overall I did enjoy the story. We have two broken men, one more so then the other, who find love with each other & what that comes the healing of their souls and they learn that the things that went on in there past was not of their doing. There were three things about this story that stopped me from rating this higher. The first being that Jordan's hatred of Ash was so over the top you would have thought that Ash had done him wrong. They never even hooked up. Yes Ash pursued him but ...more

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