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Romance.
Young Adult Fiction.
Young Adult Literature.
LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.)
HTML:National bestselling author Phil Stamper crafts the perfect summer friendship story, starring four queer boys with big hearts and even bigger dreams. It's the summer before senior year. Gabriel, Reese, Sal, and Heath are best friends, bonded in their small, rural town by their queerness, their good grades, and their big dreams. But they have plans for the summer, each about to embark on a new adventure. Gabriel is volunteering at an environmental nonprofit in Boston. Reese is attending design school in Paris. Sal is interning on Capitol Hill for a senator. Heath is heading to Florida, to help out at his aunt's boardwalk arcade. What will this season of world-expanding travel and life-changing experiences mean for each of themâ??and for their friendship? Phil Stamper treats readers to an emotionally resonant summer story, full of aspirational experiences, sweet romance, and joyously affirming friendsh Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The novel introduces us to their fears and yearnings, loves and losses. We keep flitting between the four, and I had to listen with care to know who was speaking.
I must admit I kept expecting part 1 to move to part 2, ie from this snapshot of the boys at this pivotal time, to a time 5 or 10 years hence, when we would learn how their lives and longings are panning out.
To have a snapshot of the boys at this age and then to visit them again in, say seven years time, reminded me of that TV series "7 Up", which I found riveting. But this work is not so riveting. The fact that we don't meet the boys later in life is a huge opportunity lost. It leaves the story without direction or evolution. It probably only deserves 3 stars as a result, but the boys and their vulnerabilities are so absorbing that I am giving the novel a pass and awarding it an extra half star.
What is marvellous is that each of the boys has a separate narrator. I only know Michael Crouch, who I think narrates Rhys, The other narrators are Graham Halstead, Shawn K Jain, and Briggon Snow.
Doing some research, I learn that Graham Halstead reads everything (not just Juvenile) and has many books in my libraries. This is his only romance. Only a few books are read by Shawn K Jain; same for Briggon Snow. Unfortunately, there isn't any cast list that I've seen - a pet complaint of mine.
This is my first Phil Stamper novel and unfortunately is the only audiobook of his work held by my libraries. ( )