Go Your Own Way
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Will Osborne couldnt wait to put the roller coaster ride of his public education behind him. Having suffered bullying and harassment since grade school, he planned a senior year that would be simple and quiet before going away to college and starting fresh. But when a reform school transfer student struts into his first class, Will realizes that the thrill ride has only just begun. Lennox McAvoy is an avalanche. Hes crude, flirtatious, and the most insufferable, beautiful person Wills ever met. From his ankle monitor to his dull smile, Lennox appears irredeemable. But when Wills father falls seriously ill, Will discovers that there is more to Lennox than meets the eye.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
High school romance is complicated by homophobia and trust issues in Riley's adequate debut contemporary. Lennox McAvoy comes unwillingly to the small town of Leon, Va., dumped by grandparents who dislike his gayness and are sick of dealing with the ankle monitor he wears as a teenage delinquent. Will Osborne, the only openly gay kid in Leon, has been keeping his head down, but Lennox's brash flirtations excite and annoy him in equal measure. Riley's decent characterization and believable high school atmosphere don't make up for an overall lack of plot, nor for the way some of Lennox's flirtations skirt the line between sincere attention and sexual harassment. The romance is believable, but not necessarily in a good way.
