It’s not "failing to get traction" - no one wants to answer it honestly. Everyone is OK with abomination #1 - Occultism, but everyone realizes the inherent filth of abomination #2 - Homosexuality & etc.
“It does make you seem a *little* obsessed with the topic...”
I believe what you’re experiencing is called “projection”.
No, I would not let my son read your book.
Yes, we have read all the Harry Potter books.
Why one and not the other?
Simple.
My son knows that Harry Potter magic is fiction.
He also knows that crackheads and homosexuals are real.
Unlike you, he can discern the difference between fantasy based fiction and reality based fiction.
If he couldn’t, I wouldn’t let him read either genre.