Autoboyography | Christina Lauren | Simon & Schuster | Pub: 9/12/17
“In summary: love and respect, but only if
you’re willing to live by their rules… and if not, then exclusion is the only
answer.”
I have been reading so many
fantasy and mystery books lately that I needed a change of pace. After
receiving Autoboyography in the mail from a giveaway win, I decided it was just
the change I needed.
Tanner is a bisexual male
who moved from California, land of the accepting, to Utah, land of the Mormons.
Tanner has to close himself back up for fear of how the people of Provo will
treat him. His family knows about him and accept and love him but are just
concerned about how he will be treated. He hasn’t even told his best friend.
So now in senior year of
high school, he signs up for the Seminar. It is a class where you write a book
in 4 months. Tanner’s semester is turned upside down when Sebastian is
announced as the Teacher’s Assistant for the class. Sebastian was in the class
the year before and got a book deal. Sebastian is also ridiculously hot, and
Tanner feels himself falling for him.
Unfortunately, Sebastian is
Mormon, is the son of the Bishop and is not gay. Sebastian and Tanner work
together on Tanner’s manuscript and Tanner feels things he definitely shouldn’t
but, can we really help who we love?
THIS BOOK RUINED ME. My
heart was twisting the entire time. It was interesting to get a peek into
Mormon life and into the life of a bisexual person. There was so much pain and
it is so not okay that there are people who think that love and marriage and
sex is just between a man and a woman. We can’t control who we love and how we feel.
We’re not supposed to.
It was hard to see Tanner’s
family being so supportive and loving and then to see people just cringing at
the thought.
I loved this book until the
very end. It leaves me wanting a bit more. I need a little more closure but
otherwise this book was absolutely incredible. Highly recommend.
Synopsis (Credit: Goodreads)
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