Content warnings: cancer, death, homophobia, When I first heard about Only Mostly Devastated I was already very keen to read it. I swooned, I cried, I laughed and I got angry – if a book makes you feel, it’s a pretty damn good book and that’s exactly what Only Mostly Devastated did for me. Find books In this novel, Ollie has fallen in love over the summer break. Only Mostly Devastated (Book) : Gonzales, S. : Will Tavares is the dream summer fling, and Ollie thinks he's found his happily ever after. 1. Ollie would have to be an idiot to trust him with it again. Now! In this book: (SPOILERS) homophobia, biphobia, depictions of a person with later-stage cancer, death of supporting character, death of a family member, coming out, an unintentional outing to a small group of people. Only Mostly Devastated begins very much like the Grease movie. Were you a fan of the original Grease movie or musical before you read Only Mostly Devastated? I won’t even lie, I was a complete sucker for this book from the moment I read the blurb. reviews. Only Mostly Devastated (Book) : Gonzales, S. : When his aunt's illness keeps Ollie in North Carolina, he hopes his summer fling with Will can grow into something more, but at school Will proves to be a completely different--and firmly closeted--man.Will Tavares is the dream summer fling, and Ollie thinks he's found his happily ever after. It’s a Grease retelling except with 2 teenage boys. My thoughts bit:  Oddly enough, I somehow managed not to read that this was inspired by Grease until I was finished the book! And sometimes, those things all kind of happened at once.’. To complicate the fairytale further, a family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country—Will’s school—where Ollie finds that the sweet, affectionate and comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn’t the same one attending Collinswood High. When Ollie starts at his new school, he discovers that Will is a student there. The story starts pretty quick in the beginning and it took me a minute to find my footing with all the characters, but once I was about 20 pages in, I was hooked. ( Log Out /  --Hannah Capin, author of The Dead Queens Club and Foul Is Fair. To complicate the fairytale… The story of Ollie’s terminally ill Aunt really hit me hard. One of the things I really appreciated is that Gonzales gently explores both sides of the issue of coming out. Sophie Gonzales î 1 FREE DOWNLOAD. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets Clueless in this boy-meets-boy spin on Grease A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection “Only Mostly Devastated is the kind of book I wish existed when my kids were younger—a charming, funny, laugh-out-loud teen romance that reminds all readers love comes in a multitude of flavors, and they are ALL sweet.” —Jodi … Were you a fan of the original Grease movie or musical before you read Only Mostly Devastated? Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. But wait. Even though his actions were often problematic and hurt those around him, his kind nature and spirit always drew me right back to him again. By the time I finished the last word, I couldn’t believe the book was really over and found myself wishing there was just one more chapter – this book is surprisingly short! Well-written. Links: Goodreads // The Author // The Publisher. The story line is one familiar to all; summer love, the best kind, especially when you are a teen testing the … Finding both of things together has been hard for me as of… You'll be rooting for Ollie and his messy, wonderful friends from the first page to the last." Since Ollie and Will parted ways at the end of the summer, Will has gone radio silent. 1. Will was the boy I couldn’t help love. A modern take of the much-loved Grease, Only Mostly Devastated is a definite must read for teens and their parents. Change ). This story probably depicts the reality of life for some people when they find themselves stuck between who they are and who they want to be. Could end in lightning and thunder.” Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. lots of tales from the spine, your place for book reviews of all kinds, SPOILER FREE Review: The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary, SPOILER FREE Review: The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson. Ollie and Will were just so cute together. SURPRISE! Like Grease, Only Mostly Devastated had a varied cast of side-characters and friends alongside the MC’s, but the one that stood out the most for me was Lara. Turns out Collinswood High is where Will goes to school-- but here he is a class clown, closeted-- and a bit of a jerk. But once summer’s ended, Will stops texting him back, and Ollie finds himself one prince short of a fairytale ending.

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