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Book Review: "My Man, My Boyz" by Dwayne Vernon
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A GBM Book Club of New York City Review
In his debut novel My Man, My Boyz, author Dwayne Vernon tackles a story about losing and finding love and the importance of brotherhood.
This is a story that explores the challenge of finding love again after it has been tragically ripped away. Tariff is the grief stricken lover who falls into this dilemma when the love of his life, James, is murdered during a car-jacking gone bad. James's last request to Tariff is to love again.
Demetrius is one of Tariff's and James’s many good friends who tries very hard to help Tariff make peace with the past so they could work towards a promising future. Things seem to look up when Mike and his lover, Reese, invite Tariff, Demetrius, and their other good friends, Tyrell and Jay, on an all-expense paid trip to Miami in celebration of Reese signing with the NFL.
When Tyrell brings along his new lover, Chuck, things get a little bit interesting. When Chuck puts his life on the line to save Reese and Mike from a mugging and mesmerizes the guys with a set of pipes so amazing, Tyrell is convinced he could be a new and upcoming recording artist, but as Tyrell learns more about Chuck's past, he discovers a life-shattering secret that could not only destroy Tyrell, but threatens the friendship and trust Chuck worked so hard to build with him and his boyz.
Dwayne Vernon also had a vision to break the stereotype of the feminine gay male and shows us the masculine side that a few of us rarely read about. He also touches on homophobia, the struggles of keeping secrets and dealing with the dangerous repercussions it brings once discovered.
We feel you will not only enjoy this refreshing story My Man, My Boyz brings to the table, but it just might let you take a closer look at the relationship you have with your man and your boyz.
Until next month
In his debut novel My Man, My Boyz, author Dwayne Vernon tackles a story about losing and finding love and the importance of brotherhood. This is a story that explores the challenge of finding love again after it has been tragically ripped away. Tariff is the grief stricken lover who falls into this dilemma when the love of his life, James, is murdered during a car-jacking gone bad. James's last request to Tariff is to love again.
Demetrius is one of Tariff's and James’s many good friends who tries very hard to help Tariff make peace with the past so they could work towards a promising future. Things seem to look up when Mike and his lover, Reese, invite Tariff, Demetrius, and their other good friends, Tyrell and Jay, on an all-expense paid trip to Miami in celebration of Reese signing with the NFL.
When Tyrell brings along his new lover, Chuck, things get a little bit interesting. When Chuck puts his life on the line to save Reese and Mike from a mugging and mesmerizes the guys with a set of pipes so amazing, Tyrell is convinced he could be a new and upcoming recording artist, but as Tyrell learns more about Chuck's past, he discovers a life-shattering secret that could not only destroy Tyrell, but threatens the friendship and trust Chuck worked so hard to build with him and his boyz.
Dwayne Vernon also had a vision to break the stereotype of the feminine gay male and shows us the masculine side that a few of us rarely read about. He also touches on homophobia, the struggles of keeping secrets and dealing with the dangerous repercussions it brings once discovered.
We feel you will not only enjoy this refreshing story My Man, My Boyz brings to the table, but it just might let you take a closer look at the relationship you have with your man and your boyz.
Until next month
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Comment #1 (Posted by charlene "missy" jordan)
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Hi Veron. This is one of your sister Tonya's oldest friends. When I mean old. I grew up with Tonya, Gunner, Miss Lu-Lu and your mother Shirley down in Porrtsmouth. Just wanted to say congradulation on the novel. Tonya told me that you wrote a book. I will go out and by the book. God bless you in whatever you do. Again congradulation on the book.
