We’ve got that hot chemistry, yeah you and me won’t make it out this house / We should experiment even to the detriment of whoever’s on the couch (GoWe’ve got that hot chemistry, yeah you and me won’t make it out this house / We should experiment even to the detriment of whoever’s on the couch (Got Me Started – Troye Sivan). Ah okay, I really like this author. This probably shouldn’t come as a surprise to me this late in the game, but sometimes it takes a while for things to click for me. So yeah, I really, really like this author. She’s one of the few that actually have rich lords abdicate from their power (The Queer Principles of Kit Webb was also great). Not like that’s a prerequisite for me or anything, but it is always a nice cherry on top. A rich man who has everything in the world is more than willing to give it all up so he could be with his beloved? I could cry. Anyway, this was a lovely book, and I know this is historical-fiction, but if I were in charge of the movie adaption, I’d bathe the whole thing in bisexual lighting. This book honestly has a more nuanced and sensitive depiction of what it’s like being bi than a lot of those contemporary “shirtless-man-on-the-cover” books that I’m often reading (not like that'll stop me from reading them ha ha). Oh, but I’m getting off-topic. I just love how this is about unlearning self-hatred and forgiving yourself. All solid foundations for a story, but the amount of care and patience that went into the characters were what really made this book special to me. Its unflinching portrayal of both Will and Martin’s past trauma was a challenge to get through at times, but at the end of the day, this is a story about recovery and allowing yourself to look forward to what comes next. I’m feeling very sappy right now, but I can’t help it, this was so good! Makes me feel like everything will be alright. Yeah, I think everything will be alright.
Okay, so there are three key narrators. a high school girl who believes the headmaster is grooming her friend, the headmaster’s son, and a twenty-six-Okay, so there are three key narrators. a high school girl who believes the headmaster is grooming her friend, the headmaster’s son, and a twenty-six-year-old who thirsts after that same man. At best, this makes for a tiresome experience, at worst, an offensive one....more
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