Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby
A Review By: LC
A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance.
Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid.
The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah’s white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss.
Derek’s father Buddy Lee was almost as ashamed of Derek for being gay as Derek was ashamed his father was a criminal. Buddy Lee still has contacts in the underworld, though, and he wants to know who killed his boy.
Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, hardened men Ike and Buddy Lee will confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys.
Provocative and fast-paced, S. A. Cosby's Razorblade Tears is a story of bloody retribution, heartfelt change—and maybe even redemption.
Review Notes:
Audio Book Publication Year: 2021
An installment in a Series? No
Narrator (s): Adam Lazarre-White
I don't think I've ever been so intrigued by a book before. Two fathers that have homophobia and regrets put aside their differences to find out who killed their sons. Ike struggled with his son being gay and has regrets he didn't treat him well while he was here and has to face his granddaughter who looks just like him hut doesn’t sit right in his spirit. Buddy Lee, a known felon and drunk, is in the same boat not loving his son while he was here. Ike and Buddy Lee go through town kicking butts and taking names later. People have underestimated the forces of two old men. Along the way of finding the person(s) who killed their sons, they form an unlikely bond that they didn't see coming
Would you recommend this book?: Yes
Reading Recommendation? Yes!
Rating: 4 (It’s lit!)
Content Warnings? Human or animal loss, Physical abuse/violence
