Summary:

—It’s Dade’s last summer at home. He has a crappy job at Food World, a “boyfriend” who won’t publicly acknowledge his existence (maybe because Pablo also has a girlfriend), and parents on the verge of a divorce. College is Dade’s shining beacon of possibility, a horizon to keep him from floating away.

Then he meets the mysterious Alex Kincaid. Falling in real love finally lets Dade come out of the closet—and, ironically, ignites a ruthless passion in Pablo. But just when true happiness has set in, tragedy shatters the dreamy curtain of summer, and Dade will use every ounce of strength he’s gained to break from his past and start fresh with the future.

Personal Thoughts:

—This is a favorite of mine. The writing is fantastic, the characterizations amazing. You get attached to the characters and the story. It’s not predictable, and it is so tragically realistic. A must read for anyone and everyone.

aubreyli:

For the anon who asked for “Fingering fingering FINGERING”

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It’s funny, because night-time sex exhausts Kurt in the best way, knocks him right out and into a long, dreamless, restful sleep, but morning sex — that’s a whole other thing entirely.

The word “insatiable” has come up a few times, along with “incredible” and “intoxicating” and “indecent” because Blaine likes to be alliterative in his compliments.

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