Tag: eating disorder

• REVIEW: As Far As You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper

  

  The Official Description: The author of The Gravity of Us crafts another heartfelt coming-of-age story about finding the people who become your home–perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli Marty arrives in London with nothing but his oboe and some savings from his summer job, but he’s excited to start his new life–where he’s no longer…

  charkinzie

  11 Jan 2021

  Books, coming out, Contemporary, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, mental health, new adult, own voices author, read the trigger warnings, self-discovery, young adult

  2021, 2021 review, anxiety, as far as you’ll take me, bloomsbury, Bloomsbury YA books, book, book review, Book Reviews, Books, character is outed by friend, disordered eating, eating disorder, Edelweiss, homophobia, homophobic parents, panic, Phil Stamper, putting, review, taxi relationship, toxic friendship

• REVIEW: To Be Alive by B. Rourke

  

  The Official Description:  At twenty-two years old, Rhett Hawkins lives a life full of secrets and lies. Nobody knows the truth about his childhood growing up in an abusive home, the eating disorder that threatens to take his life, the obsessive thoughts about death that play like a movie in the back of his mind,…

  charkinzie

  23 Jul 2020

  canadian, coming out, Contemporary, diverse characters, mental health, MM romance, sexually explicit, substance abuse

  2020 review, abuse in past, b. Rourke, book, book review, Books, character is a police officer, child abuse., drug addiction, eating disorder, Goodreads, homophobia, mental illness, netgalley, NineStar Press, review, substance abuse, to be alive

• Review: Lock & West by Alexander C. Eberhart is beautiful and painful

  The short blurb bit: Lock isn’t your average guy. He’s socially awkward, honest to a fault and anxious – oh so anxious. He counts when he’s nervous and he’s nervous a lot. “It’s complicated,” he interrupts then adds, “Like, beyond complicated. Like, solving a Rubik’s cube while hurtling off a cliff and knitting your own…

  charkinzie

  29 Mar 2019

  lgbtqia content, young adult

  Alexander C. Eberhart, attempted sexual assault, eating disorder, favourite lgbtq books, lgbtq reads, LGBTQIA+ Content, lock & west, queer books, queer YA, queer young adult