Reviews for Home fires

The average rating for Home fires based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-08-18 00:00:00 Daniel Oberreuter This book had a great concept. But fell very short of the mark. The very explicit oral sex scene with teenagers, as if it was ok, was wrong and is not acceptable to me. In reading others reviews, I am so surprised no one else has had the same feelings about this part of the book. I guess I am in the minority but just because its "real life" I can't accept reading about it as if its ok. I cant recommend this book.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-15 00:00:00 Carmen Gauvreau Hmmm- What to say.... It wasn't a BAD book per se , and the story moved along well, but there was something about this book that made me feel icky. It had too much of the V.C Andrews genre about it, too mush of those late teen-early adult romance feel. The story centers around a woman who has lost her 5 year old ( and there were some terrific writing examples surrounding the emotion there) who has come back home after the breakup of her marriage. She is asleep one night when a fire breaks out in her house and in the course of rescuing her dead daughter's last crayoned picture, she herself must be rescued. By a fireman. In the dead of night. With her White Nightgown pressed against her body. And he once lost his wife to a fire that he was trying to fight. It was also the story of Maggie, a teen who has been falling down the wrong rabbit hole, and after an encounter with a serial killer, decides to change her life. And to fall in love with the Fireman's son. And she is the niece of the heroine. In the dead of night. Seems trite, but it was a bit entertaining throughout. But a poorly written, hurry up ending made me feel it lost what little it had.