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Kiss & Tell

Adib Khorram

Review:

I am mixed about this book. On the one hand, I feel like it is really cute and has a great plot, but on the other, there is not one character that I didn’t find at least mildly annoying. The main character is even more wrapped up in himself than most MCs, and the love interest was a jerk (there was no better way to say that). I really liked the band aspect of it, and I thought the news articles, emails, and texts that broke up the book were amazing. While the characters were annoying, they still felt really real. I feel like this is the kind of drama that would actually go on around boy bands in real life. This was a cute and light book, but it had some flaws.

Trigger Warnings:
Body shaming, Cheating, Emesis, Homophobia, Racism, and Sex shaming

Synopsis From Book:

Hunter never expected to be a boy band star, but, well, here he is. He and his band Kiss & Tell are on their first major tour of North America, playing arenas all over the United States and Canada (and getting covered by the gossipy press all over North America as well). Hunter is the only gay member of the band, and he just had a very painful breakup with his first boyfriend--leaked sexts, public heartbreak, and all--and now everyone expects him to play the perfect queer role model for teens. But Hunter isn't really sure what being the perfect queer kid even means. Does it mean dressing up in whatever The Label tells him to wear for photo shoots and pretending never to have sex? (Unfortunately, yes.) Does it mean finding community among the queer kids at the meet-and-greets after K&T's shows? (Fortunately, yes.) Does it include a new relationship with Kaivan, the drummer for the band opening for K&T on tour? (He hopes so.) But when The Label finds out about Hunter and Kaivan, it spells trouble--for their relationship, for the perfect gay boy Hunter plays for the cameras, and, most importantly, for Hunter himself.
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