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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. CW: Sexual content ( ) LGBTQ teen fic/light romance for mature teens (gay love pentagon?); main characters are 11th graders in smallish Ohio college town (contains sex, drinking, marijuana use, Wicca). I only like this book for its LGBTQA diversity, otherwise it was just OK. I would probably like it more if I were more into light teen romances (or if it had more action/adventure?). High school senior Sam has two close friends, Landon who was his boyfriend until two years ago and Meg who is in love with that jerk Michael. He feels the lack of a boyfriend and Wiccan Meg offers to do a spell to help. And in a sweet but heartbreaking way he does get his wish answered but there are complications. It's decently written,not overpoweringly coy, and moves pretty well, though the emotional load might have been better distributed. But mostly, not my thing. Teenagers, yetch. Wise teenagers - or at least significantly wiser teenagers. And yes, there are winks. When I was a senior in high school, I was that girl in the black Rocky Horror t-shirt listening to indie music, smoking clove cigarettes and reading Jack Kerouac and the existentialists. I made trips to Enchantments in the East Village to get my witchery supplies and had “Bell Book & Candle” queued up in the VCR on repeat. Naturally, when I saw that the protagonist’s BFF in L. Phillips Perfect Ten is the school’s resident Wiccan spellcaster, I was all in. It’s been a couple of years since Sam broke it off with his first boyfriend Landon and, while they remain good friends, Sam has not moved on. It’s not for lack of desire, but lack of opportunity. When Meg, the aforementioned WBF (aka Wiccan Best Friend) offers to cast a love spell to attract the perfect man, he reluctantly agrees. Before you know it, he has three talented and attractive guys vying for his affections – Gus, a suave French exchange student, Travis, a randy bisexual rock musician and Jamie, a shy and sensitive painter. Oh, and did I mention? Landon might just want him back. This is a cute story, but while I was reading it I kept asking myself for whom this story was intended. In a lot of ways, it reads like slash-fiction, which is mostly written by females for a mostly female audience. And, typical of a YA novel, on the very first page smoking is vilified and yet, a mere eight pages later the author treats Sam and Landon’s pot smoking as if it’s no big deal. The same goes for [the copious amounts of] underage drinking. Most telling though is Sam’s completely unrealistic attitude toward sex. He believes the intense emotions that accompanied having sex with Landon at 15 is what destroyed their relationship so he’s determined to abstain from taking things too far with Gus, Travis and/or Jamie. That’s all well and good (this is intended for young readers, after all) but it’s a bit difficult to believe that he’d have the fortitude to extract himself from several of the situations he gets into (particularly with Travis). And strangely, the author avoids dealing with the most obvious result of two half-clothed boys in bed together groping each other and making out, as Sam has utterly no issues with calling a halt to the proceedings. Neither young man seems to suffer the desperation, discomfort or embarrassment that would surely occur in the real world (if you get my drift). Based on its coyness about sex, and despite the drug use and drinking, this book seems aimed squarely at a middle school readership, not high schoolers. Under any other circumstances I’d never recommend Mark Kendrick's Desert Sons (surely the most poorly written book I’ve ever read), however it does offer a much better representation of how real teenage boys behave with respect to sex. Not at all surprising, since it was written by a man. Overall, I enjoyed this story. It has sweet and appealing characters plus one or two unexpected surprises that kept me guessing up until nearly the end. While romance novels are not my typical fare, they can offer a pleasant vacation from more challenging and/or depressing novels with their guaranteed HEA (Happily Ever After). In that regard, Perfect Ten certainly does not disappoint. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A gay coming-of-age romantic comedy--perfect for fans of Love, Simon! It's been two years since Sam broke up with the only other eligible gay guy in his high school, so to say he's been going through a romantic drought is the understatement of the decade. When Meg, his ex-Catholic-turned-Wiccan best friend, suggests performing a love spell, Sam is just desperate enough to try. He crafts a list of ten traits he wants in a boyfriend and burns it in a cemetery at midnight on Friday the thirteenth. Enter three seemingly perfect guys, all in pursuit of Sam. There's Gus, the suave French exchange student; Jamie, the sweet and shy artist; and Travis, the guitar-playing tattooed enigma. Even Sam's ex-boyfriend, Landon, might want another chance. But does a Perfect Ten even exist? Find out in this delectable coming-of-age romcom with just a touch of magic. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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