Only Mostly Devastated
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Ollie and Will were a summer fling; now they're classmates. But only one of them is out...SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA meets a modern-day, queer re-imagining of GREASE.
It was the very last Wednesday of August when I realized Disney had been lying to me about Happily Ever Afters. Because, you see, I was four days into mine, and my prince was nowhere to be found.
"Please don't lose contact. I need to see you again," he'd said. So why was I here, banging my head against a metaphorical wall, weighing up the pros and cons of sending another message? This wasn't a big deal. It was just a guy texting another guy. A guy who knew all my biggest secrets, and had Seen. Me. Naked(TM). A guy who'd convinced me he really, really liked me. A guy who'd better have been abducted by goddamn aliens...
When Ollie meets Will over the summer break, he thinks he's found his Happily Ever After. But once summer's ended, Will stops texting him back, and Ollie finds himself short of his fairy-tale ending.
A family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country - Will's school - and Ollie finds that the sweet, affectionate and comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn't the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, a basketball jock and, well, a bit of a jerk.
Ollie isn't going to pine after a guy who isn't ready for a relationship. But as school life repeatedly throws them together, from music class to the lunch table, Ollie finds his resolve weakening.
With the noisy drama of their friends as the backdrop - from ambitious Juliette and frosty Lara, to big-hearted Darnell and king-jock Matt - Ollie has a decision to make.
The last time he gave Will his heart, Will handed it back to him trampled and battered. Ollie would have to be an idiot to trust him with it again. Right?
*Don't miss the new queer YA rom-com from Sophie Gonzales - PERFECT ON PAPER is out in March 2021!*
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[The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.] What I liked: • Ollie is such a cute and relatable character! • wlw/mlm solidarity! • amazing PCOS representation! • so many queer characters! • adorable love story <3 • talks about serious topics as well What I didn't like: • I wish it was longer! I just can't get enough of this story!
Finally finished this … it felt like it took me forever to read this book but looking back it was actually only 3 days. Had some issues getting into this book because I felt like not much was happening, but when I was about half way through the book I got really hooked by the story. I loved the characters, even though there were definitely many ;) I also had a very exact imagination of Will, I can’t even really explain why but the description of his light brown skin and freckles just created the most attractive man in my head lmao. I did really like this book but I think it could have been a bit longer because the ending was very random and abrupt. ,,Maybe happily ever after weren’t a singular event. Maybe they were something you had to work at , and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted.“ TW: homophobia , grief 4,25 ⭐️
3,5/5 stars it is. Even if it has kind of a typical plot, it was written well and I liked how some things turned out in the end. Sure, most of it was predictable most of the time, but it was done in a good way. I also liked that it wasn't that huge of a hate-thing in the end, when Will came out to his parents/friends as he expected - they all kind of got along with it and it wasn't done in a "forced happy ending" way, but more naturally. Definitely a book you can read when you like that kind of storys.
THIS WAS WONDERFUL :> Literally all the soft feels! This was highly emotional for me, touching on some heart crushing topics (trigger warnings for: terminal illness, grief, homophobia). I identified with the protagonists & the ensemble so much, I loved how the friend group-dynamic played out, I was invested in all the sub-plots. Sure, it didn't take rocket science to figure out where the story was going, but I really liked Ollie's voice, it did not feel forcefully youthful, it just really resonated with me and my memories from high school and how I felt back then. That's a big, fat brava! from me!
Description
Ollie and Will were a summer fling; now they're classmates. But only one of them is out...SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA meets a modern-day, queer re-imagining of GREASE.
It was the very last Wednesday of August when I realized Disney had been lying to me about Happily Ever Afters. Because, you see, I was four days into mine, and my prince was nowhere to be found.
"Please don't lose contact. I need to see you again," he'd said. So why was I here, banging my head against a metaphorical wall, weighing up the pros and cons of sending another message? This wasn't a big deal. It was just a guy texting another guy. A guy who knew all my biggest secrets, and had Seen. Me. Naked(TM). A guy who'd convinced me he really, really liked me. A guy who'd better have been abducted by goddamn aliens...
When Ollie meets Will over the summer break, he thinks he's found his Happily Ever After. But once summer's ended, Will stops texting him back, and Ollie finds himself short of his fairy-tale ending.
A family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country - Will's school - and Ollie finds that the sweet, affectionate and comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn't the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, a basketball jock and, well, a bit of a jerk.
Ollie isn't going to pine after a guy who isn't ready for a relationship. But as school life repeatedly throws them together, from music class to the lunch table, Ollie finds his resolve weakening.
With the noisy drama of their friends as the backdrop - from ambitious Juliette and frosty Lara, to big-hearted Darnell and king-jock Matt - Ollie has a decision to make.
The last time he gave Will his heart, Will handed it back to him trampled and battered. Ollie would have to be an idiot to trust him with it again. Right?
*Don't miss the new queer YA rom-com from Sophie Gonzales - PERFECT ON PAPER is out in March 2021!*
Book Information
Posts
[The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.] What I liked: • Ollie is such a cute and relatable character! • wlw/mlm solidarity! • amazing PCOS representation! • so many queer characters! • adorable love story <3 • talks about serious topics as well What I didn't like: • I wish it was longer! I just can't get enough of this story!
Finally finished this … it felt like it took me forever to read this book but looking back it was actually only 3 days. Had some issues getting into this book because I felt like not much was happening, but when I was about half way through the book I got really hooked by the story. I loved the characters, even though there were definitely many ;) I also had a very exact imagination of Will, I can’t even really explain why but the description of his light brown skin and freckles just created the most attractive man in my head lmao. I did really like this book but I think it could have been a bit longer because the ending was very random and abrupt. ,,Maybe happily ever after weren’t a singular event. Maybe they were something you had to work at , and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted.“ TW: homophobia , grief 4,25 ⭐️
3,5/5 stars it is. Even if it has kind of a typical plot, it was written well and I liked how some things turned out in the end. Sure, most of it was predictable most of the time, but it was done in a good way. I also liked that it wasn't that huge of a hate-thing in the end, when Will came out to his parents/friends as he expected - they all kind of got along with it and it wasn't done in a "forced happy ending" way, but more naturally. Definitely a book you can read when you like that kind of storys.
THIS WAS WONDERFUL :> Literally all the soft feels! This was highly emotional for me, touching on some heart crushing topics (trigger warnings for: terminal illness, grief, homophobia). I identified with the protagonists & the ensemble so much, I loved how the friend group-dynamic played out, I was invested in all the sub-plots. Sure, it didn't take rocket science to figure out where the story was going, but I really liked Ollie's voice, it did not feel forcefully youthful, it just really resonated with me and my memories from high school and how I felt back then. That's a big, fat brava! from me!