A Hard Day’s Night
by Mia Kerick
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GENRE: YA
LGBTQ Contemporary Romance novella
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BLURB:
High
school senior Kalin (Lennon) Macready knows several facts for certain: John
Lennon is his hero. Beaumont Finley Danforth II (Fin) is his best friend.
And—this is the complicated one—he feels more for Fin than mere friendship.
For weeks, Lennon pesters
Fin, who like Lennon admits to questioning his sexual orientation, for a
commitment to spend twenty-four hours together exploring “the gay side of
life.” Fin reluctantly agrees. Each boy will seek to answer the daunting
question, Am I gay? Lennon pre-plans the day, filling the hours with what he
assumes “gay life” is all about: shopping for fashionable clothing, indulging
in lavish dessert crepes, boogying to Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off”, and yes,
listening to show tunes.
However, Lennon quickly
realizes that in creating his plan he has succumbed to the most common and
distorted of gay stereotypes. Can he be gay and not fit them? And more
importantly, is it possible that spending one very hard day and night together
will help Fin accept that he’s gay, too? If so, maybe Lennon has a shot at
winning the heart of the boy of his dreams.
“A Hard Day’s Night” is
an amusing young adult contemporary romance about two boys who seek to discover
if they must fulfill stereotypes to be together.
In the end, maybe all you
need is love.
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My Review:
It 's a short but fun reading about two teenagers to discover themselves. I was fascinated by the title of this book, and when I saw the guitar I had no doubt that had some reference to the legendary Beatles. In fact, the protagonist of this story, Kalin, is called Lennon because John is his idol: has the same haircut and wearing also the same glasses. Kalin is attracted by his best friend Fin and decided that the time has come to declare. Fin is confused, he does not know whether he is homosexual or not. Kalin decides to help him and make him live a day as gay: where to go shopping, to attend local, so maybe it will make things clearer. But he realizes he made a big mistake.
This is a very enjoyable reading. It 's a short novel full of humor with some sexy and some touching scene. I loved all the references to the Beatles in the story. I could not love this book.
I recommend it to those who love the Beatles and want a short but intense reading.
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EXCERPT:
“Okay, ladies... and, um, dudes... let’s take it from the
top!”
I’m not sure how much Fin and I really like that Boom Boom
Pow, but we’re quick learners and we know how to “jack the style” of the
fifteen middle-aged Moms at the On Stage Dance Academy’s Super Saturday Zumba
Fitness Class.
Here’s a brief rundown of how we ended up shaking our
booties at a com- petition dance school’s Saturday afternoon Zumba class:
Warning—it ain’t perty.
Everybody knows the song “Dancing Queen” by ABBA. It is
arguably the number one song representing the queer man’s love of grooving.
Now, rock ‘n roll, and I will venture to label ABBA’s hit as such, has long
been all about the way the political breezes are blowing, and since the song’s
release in 1976, the gay community has embraced it. Though purely
unintentionally on ABBA’s part, “Dancing Queen” has become more of a political
statement regarding busting out of the closet than a mere song about dancing
with your prom date. And so, I thought I’d take Fin dancing in my effort to
explore our gay pride.
See where I’m going with this?
Problem: We are barely eighteen years old. We do not own
fake IDs. Even if my Jeep could handle the two-and-a-half hour trek to Boston,
we would get laughed out of any dance club at which we dared to we show our
boyish faces.
What to do? What to do?
I knew that as part of our gay exploration it was critical
that we dance and jive and feel the beat from the tambourine. But where could
Fin and I do this both locally, and legally?
It hit me like a sledge hammer—Zumba Fitness Class!
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Mia focuses her
stories on the emotional growth of troubled young people and their
relationships, and she believes that physical intimacy has a place in a love
story, but not until it is firmly established as a love story. As a teen, Mia
filled spiral-bound notebooks with romantic tales of tortured heroes (most of
whom happened to strongly resemble lead vocalists of 1980s big-hair bands) and
stuffed them under her mattress for safekeeping. She is thankful to
Dreamspinner Press, Harmony Ink Press, CoolDudes Publishing, and CreateSpace
for providing her with alternate places to stash her stories.
Mia is a social
liberal and cheers for each and every victory made in the name of human rights,
especially marital equality. Now marital equality is the law of the land!!
WOOT!! Her only major regret: never having taken typing or computer class in
school, destining her to a life consumed with two-fingered pecking and constant
prayer to the Gods of Technology.
Stop by Mia’s
Blog www.miakerick.com with questions or comments, or simply share what’s on
your mind.
Find Mia on:
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
Mia will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B/N GC to a
randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Terrific post, thank you!
RispondiEliminaThank you so much for reviewing my book! Greatly appreciated!
RispondiEliminaThanks for sharing your review! Sounds like a good book and I have enjoyed following the tour and learning about it, thanks for sharing and I wish you success with your book.
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