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Home is a Fire #4
Through the Fire
Derek and Luke and the quirky residents of Parkville have been captivating readers since the first book in the Home is a Fire series. Through the Fire picks up just moments after This Fire Inside left readers wondering what would happen next. Can this once happy couple make their long-lasting connection work?
Navigate the ups and downs of love, undercover trysts, and more surprises than ever before as an exciting cast of characters burn everything down to bring new allies together, break others apart, and create a never-ending cascade of fun and chaos. Strip clubs and drag queens and martinis, oh my!
Will Derek and Luke finally get their happily ever after? Will Barry and Tucker reinvigorate the town with their take on a multi-generational relationship? And how many secrets can be revealed before it all goes up in flames? Find out in Through the Fire. Written with wit, charm, and a heavy dose of humor, the fast-paced, fiery finale to the Home Is a Fire series is a rollercoaster of emotions.
The Home is a Fire series has been featured in the New York Times, Advocate, and Paper Magazine.
Navigate the ups and downs of love, undercover trysts, and more surprises than ever before as an exciting cast of characters burn everything down to bring new allies together, break others apart, and create a never-ending cascade of fun and chaos. Strip clubs and drag queens and martinis, oh my!
Will Derek and Luke finally get their happily ever after? Will Barry and Tucker reinvigorate the town with their take on a multi-generational relationship? And how many secrets can be revealed before it all goes up in flames? Find out in Through the Fire. Written with wit, charm, and a heavy dose of humor, the fast-paced, fiery finale to the Home Is a Fire series is a rollercoaster of emotions.
The Home is a Fire series has been featured in the New York Times, Advocate, and Paper Magazine.
- GenresRomance
180 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2020
3 people are currently reading
8 people want to read
About the author
Jordan Nasser
6 books21 followersA graduate of the University of Tennessee, Jordan Nasser was raised in the South before moving to New York City. His debut novel ''Home Is a Fire,'' as well as the follow-up novels ''The Fire Went Wild'' and ''This Fire Inside,'' all drew from many of his own life experiences. The series has been featured in the Advocate, Paper Magazine, and the New York Times, among others. ''Through the Fire'' is the fourth and final book in the series.
Mr. Nasser currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden. He has plans for new projects.
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July 5, 2020
This book concludes the series, giving our guys their HEA. I enjoyed watching them reach a really solid place in their lives, along with some family drama, and some family farce, and a town full of characters doing their thing. A couple of beloved secondary characters also get to find a happy ending here, and the same sunny, humorous, slightly over-the-top, sweet and warm (and hot behind closed doors) writing style carries throughout the book. I finished the series with a smile on my face.
July 3, 2022
Through the Fire (Home is a Fire Book 4)
By Jordan Nasser
Published by the author, 2020
Four stars
I liked this whole series, and I needed this finale to the set, because the third volume let me so unsettled.
What happens with Luke and Derek in the second book is strange—and while some critics disagreed with the author’s direction, I found it upsetting but, ultimately, sort of psychologically right. Luke treats Derek appallingly in book 3—but Derek is also a little bit of a self-absorbed jerk who has never really considered what Luke’s coming-out journey was. Book three is really about Luke’s short-circuiting after years of suppressing his true feelings, and Derek is simply the victim of Luke’s meltdown because he never thought to ask. It was not a comfortable story. Derek, to his credit, is sort of aware of all this, even if he’s confused and unsure. His own journey behind him, he failed to look back and see how Luke was really doing.
Book four, the grand finale, gives us what we need as fans of these two young men who don’t think of themselves as young.
Nasser’s last chapter in this small-city Tennessee saga is almost surreal, even though everything that happens has been hinted at in the earlier books. He plays with the idea that people who you think you know seem to change as the circumstances around them change; and also as your relationship to them changes. It can be unsettling, but I suspect is more realistic than we would like to believe.
Two characters from the past will appear in Parkville—Uncle Barry’s old New York friend, a drag queen named Chinois Zaree. Likewise, a mysterious figure who neither Luke nor Derek has ever heard of before, suddenly becomes a critical player in small-town politics, with startling repercussions.
As is true in all four books, the circle of friends and frenemies that our boys have in Parkville is vivid and colorful. Nasser depicts them all with great affection. It is a strong image of a supportive and loving community.
The core oddity of this book (and that’s not a criticism), is the fact that the Tennessee of Jordan Nasser’s imagination may have no bearing on the South that exists in America in reality. This may be because Nasser has lived in Sweden for a long time, and Parkville felt giddily unreal, connected to the world in much the way Bridgerton (the British TV series) reflects society in Regency England. It is all a lovely fantasy, bright and colorful. However, given the American political situation when he wrote it, it seems oddly naïve and implausible. Maybe I’m just a biased Northerner. I so wish it could be true.
By Jordan Nasser
Published by the author, 2020
Four stars
I liked this whole series, and I needed this finale to the set, because the third volume let me so unsettled.
What happens with Luke and Derek in the second book is strange—and while some critics disagreed with the author’s direction, I found it upsetting but, ultimately, sort of psychologically right. Luke treats Derek appallingly in book 3—but Derek is also a little bit of a self-absorbed jerk who has never really considered what Luke’s coming-out journey was. Book three is really about Luke’s short-circuiting after years of suppressing his true feelings, and Derek is simply the victim of Luke’s meltdown because he never thought to ask. It was not a comfortable story. Derek, to his credit, is sort of aware of all this, even if he’s confused and unsure. His own journey behind him, he failed to look back and see how Luke was really doing.
Book four, the grand finale, gives us what we need as fans of these two young men who don’t think of themselves as young.
Nasser’s last chapter in this small-city Tennessee saga is almost surreal, even though everything that happens has been hinted at in the earlier books. He plays with the idea that people who you think you know seem to change as the circumstances around them change; and also as your relationship to them changes. It can be unsettling, but I suspect is more realistic than we would like to believe.
Two characters from the past will appear in Parkville—Uncle Barry’s old New York friend, a drag queen named Chinois Zaree. Likewise, a mysterious figure who neither Luke nor Derek has ever heard of before, suddenly becomes a critical player in small-town politics, with startling repercussions.
As is true in all four books, the circle of friends and frenemies that our boys have in Parkville is vivid and colorful. Nasser depicts them all with great affection. It is a strong image of a supportive and loving community.
The core oddity of this book (and that’s not a criticism), is the fact that the Tennessee of Jordan Nasser’s imagination may have no bearing on the South that exists in America in reality. This may be because Nasser has lived in Sweden for a long time, and Parkville felt giddily unreal, connected to the world in much the way Bridgerton (the British TV series) reflects society in Regency England. It is all a lovely fantasy, bright and colorful. However, given the American political situation when he wrote it, it seems oddly naïve and implausible. Maybe I’m just a biased Northerner. I so wish it could be true.
June 25, 2020
Another great installment in Derek and Luke’s mad cap lives!
Somewhere between 4.5/5* for me.
It is a light and wild ride. Generally a pacy read, not too much bogging down in the middle.
The lives of the residents of Parkville are wacky to say the least and now the merry band are in all areas of the town.
I have enjoyed this series
Somewhere between 4.5/5* for me.
It is a light and wild ride. Generally a pacy read, not too much bogging down in the middle.
The lives of the residents of Parkville are wacky to say the least and now the merry band are in all areas of the town.
I have enjoyed this series
May 29, 2020
This is a really good conclusion to the series, if it is the last book. We got our HEA for all of our characters. A new baby named Mabel made an appearance. Derek found out about an old family member. I saw that who subplot coming but I was still really pleased with it.
All's well that ends well.
All's well that ends well.
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