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    The Cat in the Cradle

    By Jay Bell

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    To set out into the world, to be surrounded by the unknown and become a stranger. Only then would he be free to reinvent himself. Or fall in love.

    Dylan wanted one last adventure before the burden of adulthood was thrust upon him. And to confront the man he hadn’t spoken to since their intimate night together. Stealing a boat with his faithful companion Kio, their journey is cut short when they witness a brutal murder. A killer is loose in the Five Lands and attacking the most powerful families. Dylan—a potential target—seeks sanctuary from an unpredictable bodyguard named Tyjinn. Together they decide to turn the tables by hunting the killer down. Along the way, everything Dylan thought he knew about himself will be challenged, but if he survives, he stands to win the love he never dreamed possible.

    The Cat in the Cradle is the first book in the Loka Legends series and features twenty-five original illustrations created by Andreas Bell, the author’s husband.

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    5+ stars from BookWenches: "Mr. Bell's story combines youthful exuberance with mature humor, a fantastic adventure with political rhetoric, and an almost whimsical landscape with darkness and fear. I found this book to be fascinating and unusual and unexpectedly delightful, and I enjoyed every word of it."

    From 3 AM and Reviews by Jesse Wave: "The Cat in the Cradle is an utterly delightful, whimsical fantasy filled with a creative imaginative plot, great characters, solid writing, and eye catching art work."

    From Beyond Understanding says: "Many, many kudos to Jay Bell for writing such a riveting novel. I haven't read a book from cover to cover in one sitting for quite a while; The Cat in the Cradle, though, caused me to forget everything and just escape into a fantastical world full of magic and romance."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJay Bell
    Release dateAug 11, 2011
    ISBN9781466125513
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    The Cat in the Cradle
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    Jay Bell

    Jay Bell is a proud gay man and the award-winning author behind dozens of emotional and yet hopelessly optimistic stories. His best-selling book, Something Like Summer, spawned a series of heart-wrenching novels, a musically driven movie, and a lovingly drawn comic. When not crafting imaginary worlds, he occupies his free time with animals, art, action figures, and—most ardently—his husband Andreas. Jay is always dreaming up new stories about boys in love. If that sounds like your cup of tea, you can get the kettle boiling by visiting www.jaybellbooks.com.

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    • 5/5
      I thought this book excellent. While some might criticize that the plot, character building, or setting were insubstantial. I thought this aspect gave the book a surreal quality, and I really enjoyed it. What was described was in beautiful, yet limited detail. This wasn't a tolken-esque novel where everything that the characters experienced was just thrown on paper, this was a high fantasy novel that gave just enough insight into the world that the story was riveting, yet everything that was not explicitly being described was left in a lazy mist. I found that I didn't want to know more about the history of the empresses gardens, they were beautiful, intriguingly serene, and it was left at that. This was a beautiful story with cute characters and an eclectic world that was, in a good way, shrouded in mystery even after I finished the book. Nothing more, and certainly nothing less.
    • 2/5
      Sloppy writing, paper thin characters and worst of all: shallow and unconvincing worldbuilding. Some fantasy novels stand or fall with the originality of their magic systems, otherwise struggling works like Kirith Kirin gain in depth by the thought and effort that the author invested into the workings of magic in their world.Here the magic is gimmicky and cartoonish, everything is explained and not shown, just a list of ten colors and gems that stand for a certain kind of magic derived from five different sources. It comes across as mysterious as a technical manual.The travels of our characters are equally unengaging, a succession of places that remain sketchy and fleshless.The one aspect that should have redeemed Bell's novel is the relationship of the two young wizards (the reason why I bought the book in the first place). Unfortunately there is not much of a story to be told here. Apparently this world is more homophobic than ours, for our main character is afraid to tell anyone about being in love with another guy, but what kind of belief system lead to the angsty insecurities of our main character is left for the readers imagination. So it just stands there as a plot device, to gain some allusion of conflict, but since we already know they both love each other from the beginning I couldnt muster a lot of excitement to see it to its inevitable conclusion.