Tag: friends

• REVIEW: Another First Chance by Robbie Couch

  

    They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult novel from New York Timesbestselling author Robbie Couch that explores all the different ways love can live on after tragedy. It’s been a year since eighteen-year-old River Lang’s best friend died in a car accident. And every day…

  charkinzie

  22 Apr 2025

  5 stars, Books, Contemporary, grief, lgbtqia content, mental health, my faves, own voices author, read the trigger warnings, self-discovery, young adult

  2025, 2025 review, Another First Chance, book review, Bookstagram, fatal car crash, Fiction, friends, grief, grieving, psychology, reviews, Robbie Couch, social connections, texting and driving, young adult

• REVIEW: Like A Hurricane by Jonathan Bécotte

  

  A young teen’s secret is tearing him apart. He knows he is gay but is afraid to share this knowledge with his parents or his friends. What if they reject him? And what can he do with the feelings he has for his childhood friend w hen he knows his friend does not feel the…

  charkinzie

  13 Jan 2023

  Books

  2023, 2023 reviews, book, book lover, book review, Book Reviews, Books, canadian, Canadian LGBTQIA, coming out, family, friends, Jonathan Bécotte, Like a Hurricane, new books, queer middle grade, reviews

• REVIEW: The Wingman by A. Poland

  

  Always the wingman, never the one. Nathan, a college student with a thing for funky hats and a definite not-thing for the great outdoors, has been a wingman extraordinaire for his lifelong best friend Lorcan for as long as either can remember. With his innate ability to talk endlessly about how great Lorcan is to…

  charkinzie

  28 Jul 2021

  Books, coming out, Contemporary, MM romance, own voices author, sexually explicit

  2021, 2021 review, asl, bisexual, book, book review, Book Reviews, Books, coming out, friends, Gay Book Promotions, love triangle, review, The wingman

• REVIEW: After Elias by Eddy Boudel Tan

  

  The Official Description: A tragedy shatters Coen’s carefully constructed life. When the airplane piloted by Elias Santos crashes one week before their wedding day, Coen Caraway loses the man he loves and the illusion of happiness he has worked so hard to create. The only thing Elias leaves behind is a recording of his final words,…

  charkinzie

  24 Aug 2020

  5 stars, British Columbian Content, canadian, Contemporary, diverse characters, general fiction, lgbtqia content, mental health, my faves, own voices author, self-discovery

  2020 review, after elias, book, book review, Books, british columbia, brothers, canada, character is pilot, character lives in vancouver, death in plane crash, death of partner, dundurn press, eddy boodle tan, family, friends, Goodreads, grief, mental health, mourning, netgalley, NineStar Press, review, self-harm, vancouver

• REVIEW: A Bit of Me by Kent Lowe

  

  REVIEW TOUR Book Title: A Bit of Me Author: Kent Lowe Publisher: Self Published Cover Artist: Hocking Design Solutions Ltd Release Date: March 27, 2020 Genre/s: Contemporary, LGBT Fiction, Coming of age, Bisexual, Humour, Own voices Trope/s: Enemies to friends to lovers Themes: Coming out, bisexual awakening, friendship, young love, gay for you. Heat Rating:…

  charkinzie

  12 May 2020

  coming out, Contemporary, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, new adult, substance abuse, young adult

  2020 review, bad break up, becoming friends, book, book review, Books, breaking up, character has been disowned by parents, character is adopted, character is bisexual, character is gay, character is tattoo artist, character works on farm, coming out, depression, enemies to lovers, Essex, exploring sexuality, friends, Gay Book Promotions, gay for you, gaybookpromo, lgbtq lit, London, piercings, review, toxic masculinity