Laurel's Reviews > Same Love

"Same Love" is a promising addition to the YA shelf - it has diversity and a positive message about staying true to who you are.
The supporting characters of Rhonda and Mike provide a fun and entertaining side to the rather serious plot of the main character, Adam, being sent to a conservative Christian camp to "pray the gay away."
Adam's parents are just plain awful and a horrible representation of the title 'parents' and 'Christian;' nothing redeemable about them at all.
Paul, the love interest, is dull. Yes, points for diversity as he is Korean and gay - but the spark between him and Adam is bland and hardly gets across to the reader, well...this reader anyway.
There was a lot of negative representations of the Christian church, and those who belong to the church. A lot more negative representations (the Bishop, Randall, Adam's parents, Brian) than realistic positive (Paul, Paul's parents) ones which was disappointing.
A promising storyline and interesting concept, however still a tidge rough in the editing and overall transition side of things, and the dialogue at times was somewhat chunky and stilted.

Copy provided by Netgalley.