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Only Mostly Devastated

By: Sophie Gonzales
Narrated by: Mark Sanderlin
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Ollie and Will were a summer fling, now they're classmates. But only one of them is out.... Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets a modern-day, queer re-imagining of Grease.

It was the very last Wednesday of August when I realized Disney had been lying to me about Happily Ever Afters. Because, you see, I was four days into mine, and my prince was nowhere to be found.

'Please don't lose contact. I need to see you again,' he'd said. So why was I here, banging my head against a metaphorical wall, weighing up the pros and cons of sending another message? This wasn't a big deal. It was just a guy texting another guy. A guy who knew all my biggest secrets, and had Seen. Me. Naked™. A guy who'd convinced me he really, really liked me. A guy who'd better have been abducted by goddamn aliens....

When Ollie meets Will over the summer break, he thinks he's found his Happily Ever After. But once summer's ended, Will stops texting him back and Ollie finds himself short of his fairy-tale ending.

A family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country - Will's school - and Ollie finds that the sweet, affectionate and comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn't the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, a basketball jock and, well, a bit of a jerk.

Ollie isn't going to pine after a guy who isn't ready for a relationship. But as school life repeatedly throws them together, from music class to the lunch table, Ollie finds his resolve weakening.

With the noisy drama of their friends as the backdrop - from ambitious Juliette and frosty Lara, to big-hearted Darnell and king-jock Matt - Ollie has a decision to make.

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?

©2020 Sophie Gonzales (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

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Slow and it got there

This was a slow book for me. I found myself bored with unnecessary characters and drawn out sub plots I didn’t care about. I wanted the story to focus 98% of the time on the 2 leads but the other story lines made it difficult to relate and wasted other adventures or growth from Olly and Will.

I don’t think it was until 3 and a half hours in I warmed to some other characters and was actually drawn in by the story. I stayed with it because I hoped it was going somewhere.

Narration was good. Was just hoping for something more. Wouldn’t rave about this.

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Decent teenage romance story

This story was pretty decent overall - not my favourite from this author, but I found it enjoyable and I love Gonzales’ LGBTQIA+ representation, especially when it comes to bi people.
The narrator was really good, except it was REALLY annoying every time they said the word ‘ugh’ they pronounced the G 🙄

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Refreshing take on Grease

There’s little to no representation of LGBTQI+ people who are into heavier music but don’t necessarily fit the pre conceived image others think of when they hear “alternative/emo people.” So imagine my delight when I learn that, like me, the protagonist’s name is Ollie, he loves heavy music and is gay. Mark’s performance was so wonderful and his versatility made it easy to follow which character he was voicing. Only gripe I’d have is there wasn’t much more time devoted to fleshing out some more of the supporting characters. Besides that, this book was awesome!

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