Sunday, March 15, 2020

Only Mostly Devastated

What's the absolute best way to describe "Only Mostly Devastated" by Sophie Gonzales? Grease (the original High School Musical) but with a fuck ton of rainbow sprinkles.

It's also described at a "Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens' Agenda" meets Clueless. But I like my description better. ;)


["Will Tavares is the dream summer fling―he's fun, affectionate, kind―but just when Ollie thinks he's found his Happily Ever After, summer vacation ends and Will stops texting Ollie back. Now Ollie is one prince short of his fairytale ending, and to complicate the fairytale further, a family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country. Which he minds a little less when he realizes it's the same school Will goes to...except Ollie finds that the sweet, comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn't the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, closeted―and, to be honest, a bit of a jerk.

Ollie has no intention of pining after a guy who clearly isn't ready for a relationship, especially since this new, bro-y jock version of Will seems to go from hot to cold every other week. But then Will starts "coincidentally" popping up in every area of Ollie's life, from music class to the lunch table, and Ollie finds his resolve weakening.
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? Right."]


And fuck, this book was so freaking good! I cried, quite a few times actually. All sad tears.

The beginning was a little predictable, only the second and third chapter, though. Only because it followed the movie Grease very, very to the original plot. But then, it quickly changed (or I was just sucked that much into the story).

Honestly, it was so freaking great. So great. I loved it. Read it now. Like now, now. Pretty much everyone is in quarantine, so you really have very few excuses.

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