An excellent well written m/m romance from Sara Alva. Ghetto kid Alex is taken into foster care away from his neglectful mother and her abusive partner Hector. Here Alex meets the withdrawn mute Seb who he chooses to vent his fears to."You fucking show up at my school and take my whole life away fro...
I had a moment of feeling uneasy with the gritty talk, when inside Alex’s head. He has internalized so much racial denigratory crap that it almost hurt my eyes. It most certainly hurt my heart. As did the whole book. This story is heartrending. Sad. Full of devastation. Kids and drug dealers. Youn...
I don't think I have the words to do this book justice. I'm just going to say that I don't give out 5 stars lightly but this one deserves every last one of them. Everything in this story felt so real and alive. The characters, the environment and atmosphere, it all sucked me into a world I didn't wa...
Sometimes I want a book that’s heart-wrenching and makes me cry. Silent did this. (But there are also funny and light-hearted parts! ;))
I liked this book, but it wasn't as good as Social Skills for me. This one was a little slow in getting going, and I would have liked a little more story where Seb was responsive to Alex rather than Alex talking to him with little to no reaction. Otherwise it was a great story. I love that Seb ha...
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