Since revisions for The Boy Next Door are keeping me insanely busy, for the next couple of weeks I'll only be posting once a week on Wednesdays about what I'm reading for VCFA homework. This week I'm swooning over David Levithan's Boy Meets Boy. This novel is a sweet romance between two high school boys, Paul and Noah, and I loved the phrasings used in their early relationship scenes. Especially favorite was this passage:
"The first bell rings and I'm not sure what we'll do - is there a way to acknowledge our newfound closeness without being one of those couples who can't get through the day without a loud hallway snog?
It's Noah who finds the answer, without me having to ask the question. "I'll see you later," he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes me over like air, and makes me shiver like a kiss." (Levithan 79).
The cast of characters was laugh out loud funny, especially Infinite Darlene, the high school's star quarterback and homecoming queen. The setting was definitely utopian but fitting for the story, since it allowed the focus to stay mostly on Paul and Noah's relationship and not on their sexual orientation.
Boy Meets Boy was the April selection for the Swoon Reads book club, feel free to join the discussion here.
"The first bell rings and I'm not sure what we'll do - is there a way to acknowledge our newfound closeness without being one of those couples who can't get through the day without a loud hallway snog?
It's Noah who finds the answer, without me having to ask the question. "I'll see you later," he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes me over like air, and makes me shiver like a kiss." (Levithan 79).
The cast of characters was laugh out loud funny, especially Infinite Darlene, the high school's star quarterback and homecoming queen. The setting was definitely utopian but fitting for the story, since it allowed the focus to stay mostly on Paul and Noah's relationship and not on their sexual orientation.
Boy Meets Boy was the April selection for the Swoon Reads book club, feel free to join the discussion here.
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