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The Blurb On The Back:
According to the rule, Freddie has to say “yes”.
Freddie is unremarkable - too unremarkable. In fact, his teachers and fellow students keep forgetting who he is. Even his TV-producer mum thinks he’s a disappointment. After embarrassing himself in front of Jasper Perry (the gorgeous teen star of his mum’s new show), Freddie decides to try something different: saying “yes” to every opportunity.
That’s how Freddie ends up auditioning for the school musical (Grease), actually going to parties, and flirting with hot new boy Zach! He’s becoming a whole new Freddie - maybe even one that his mum might be proud of.
But the path to love is never smooth, and sometimes you have to get things wrong in order to work out what - and who - you really want.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Simon James Green’s YA gay rom-com is a light hearted affair that nods at PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and GREASE while hitting all the romance notes you’d expect and throws in some smart observations about how being a gay compares with how TV show gay teens together with genuinely hilarious one-liners and scenes (I particularly enjoyed those with bitchy theatre kids). I’m not normally a YA romance fan but would check out Green’s other books based on this.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Freddie is unremarkable - too unremarkable. In fact, his teachers and fellow students keep forgetting who he is. Even his TV-producer mum thinks he’s a disappointment. After embarrassing himself in front of Jasper Perry (the gorgeous teen star of his mum’s new show), Freddie decides to try something different: saying “yes” to every opportunity.
That’s how Freddie ends up auditioning for the school musical (Grease), actually going to parties, and flirting with hot new boy Zach! He’s becoming a whole new Freddie - maybe even one that his mum might be proud of.
But the path to love is never smooth, and sometimes you have to get things wrong in order to work out what - and who - you really want.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Simon James Green’s YA gay rom-com is a light hearted affair that nods at PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and GREASE while hitting all the romance notes you’d expect and throws in some smart observations about how being a gay compares with how TV show gay teens together with genuinely hilarious one-liners and scenes (I particularly enjoyed those with bitchy theatre kids). I’m not normally a YA romance fan but would check out Green’s other books based on this.
Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
