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386 pp.
| Viking
| June, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-0-425-29163-4$17.99
(3)
YA
It's love at first sight for Nate and Cameron--until Nate realizes that Cameron's father is the big-time music executive who drove his musician dad to suicide. Soon guitar-player Nate is hiding from the paparazzi and his own feelings despite the pull of Cameron and his music. Told in the teens' alternating points of view, this "Cinderfella" romance gains depth as Nate learns about his father's past.
348 pp.
| Viking
| June, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-425-28811-5$17.99
(4)
YA
Gay teen Sam has dated and broken up with the only eligible boy in his small Ohio town. So, naturally, Sam has his Wiccan best friend, Meg, cast a spell to find him a boyfriend with all his desired traits--the "perfect ten." Unquestioned homosexuality is (refreshingly) the point of this breezy rom-com, but generic characters and an unexciting plot bring the book down.