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Bezig met laden... Surviving Elite Highdoor John H Ames
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An M/M romance reading list selection from Val for AReCafe.com. ( ) I was looking forward to this after a few great reviews but I think we were reading different stories. This jock/nerd theme has been done so many times and done so much better than this. The writing was immature and the pacing of the story was ridiculous (the Nerd was 'in love' with the Jock after a day and a bit? FFS, I like an instalove as much as the next girl but there has to be valid chemistry to support it. There was none here.) and the characters stereotypical caricatures. I'm disappointed as I was expecting something fresh and got a poorly written story that offered nothing new. I was looking forward to this after a few great reviews but I think we were reading different stories. This jock/nerd theme has been done so many times and done so much better than this. The writing was immature and the pacing of the story was ridiculous (the Nerd was 'in love' with the Jock after a day and a bit? FFS, I like an instalove as much as the next girl but there has to be valid chemistry to support it. There was none here.) and the characters stereotypical caricatures. I'm disappointed as I was expecting something fresh and got a poorly written story that offered nothing new. Some of the themes in this novel were familiar, a nerd/jock romance in high school, if you are familiar with Jeff Erno’s coming of age stories you know what I’m talking about, but on the contrary of Erno’s novels, here there is no reference to a budding D/s relationship, and while of course nerd John is not as physical strong as Nick, and Nick has money wherelse John is poor, they remain in any case ordinary high school guys, with a love story that resembles 92010 or Gossip Girls. Aside from that, I’m really starting to realize that boys and girls in the US emancipate a lot earlier than their fellow Europeans, and Nick and John are more little young adult than boys. Another point where this novel differed from other similar ones, is that Nick is bisexual; he is in love with John, and he decides to be exclusive, but nevertheless he remains 100% interested in both boys and girls, or better in 1 boy, John, and many girls. Nick is a womanizer, and he likes sex, like any other teenagers, but he is also a sensitive boy, and able to recognize when he has a good thing in his hands, see John. I liked that the author didn’t try to make him a gay teenager in the closet, and in a way, I liked he recognized bisexuals; I know that, to many, it’s a strange concept, or you like boys or you like girls, but if you shift the focus on the feelings, the gender of your beloved shouldn’t matter. Final point the heat level, that, truth be told, is medium-low. There is a lot of talk about sex, as it should be considering these are teenagers, and indeed they are having plenty of that, but the novel is not really graphic. Truth be told is less explicit than some other YA novels I read aimed to teenagers. Not surprisingly, this story was picked for its second release by an Erotic Romance publisher but for its YA line. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008CPBEUA/?tag=elimyrevandra-20 Onderdeel van de reeks(en)
John Henry Ames is a sixteen-year-old boy from a small New Jersey town. Humble, shy and studious, John lives as an outcast in the shadows of an elite high school where he is tormented by two psychopathic bullies. Just when he is on the verge of dropping out of school due to overdue payments, a teacher enrolls him as a tutor in a program where he meets the school's star quarterback and hero, Nick Anthony Hawking. Nick needs John's help to pass and graduate high school. As John becomes closer to the jock, he develops a strong affection towards him even though Nick has a reputation for sleeping around with a lot of women. Nick becomes his friend and protector in school. Their growing friendship helps to bring out the best in each of them and as they grow closer, John begins to wonder...and hope...that maybe Nick's studly activity is a front for something else. He hopes to get much closer to Nick. When unspeakable tragedies threaten the school...and John's life...John and Nick have a chance to discover what they really mean to each other. But high school is a hard place to be yourself. Will Nick and John follow their own hearts or return to the safety of their own shadows? Surviving Elite High is a breathtaking saga that illustrates a flourishing same-sex love, family, and friendship. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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