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Reviewed by Karen Pirnot for Readers' Favorite
Lou Aronica has laid bare the human soul in Flash and Dazzle. Rich Flaster and Eric Dazman became best friends and roommates when attending college in Michigan. They thought they knew one another's every thought, feeling, and movement. They worked and played together and then, in an instant, they threatened to become strangers. "Flash" Flaster receives interest from a top-notch advertising firm at a time when "Daz" Dazman is faced with a life-altering event. The friends each thought they had become strangers until they began to know one another as they truly are, rather than as the images they had maintained for years.
The characters in Flash and Dazzle are so real they nearly beg to be heard. The reader will know them as someone in their own past or present. Flash develops courage he never thought possible while Daz searches his own demons in order to accept what is painfully at hand. It is a rare find that two male friends would be explored to such depths but Lou Aronica pulls it off and more. The story is not maudlin and yet it deals with life and death. The story is not judgmental and yet it forces change and personal exploration. I found myself wondering if I would have the same depth of commitment to a friend in similar circumstances - not to mention the courage essential to staying the course. There are tissues to be drenched and lessons to be learned within the confines of the pages, the words, and the thoughts.
