Title: Disappointing sequel
Product review: I loved Eddie's Bastard, and even re-read it before emabarking on SSOH. Unfortunately, I feel that Billy got lost. He seemed a battered and embittered soul--so unlike the young man in the first novel. He departs to New Mexico seeking his mother, yet doesn't have the courage to tell her it is him. His releationship with Consuelo is based on chemistry, and no other character is drawn with any depth. Particulary El Perrero, who seems to be there to make Billy question what his own father would have been like if he had lived. The ending is hokey--to the extent that the Mann mansion is a home for unwed mothers. Billy grew up with love, even if the style was unconventional.I was also aggravated that this novel covered such a short period of time--and the ending with the pregnancy and completed novel seemed far too open.It was an easy read, but not nearly as fulfilling as Eddie's Bastard.
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