Blaine for the Win
After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more “serious” guys, a teen boy decides to prove he can be serious, too, by running for senior class president in this “clever, fun, original” (BCCB) romp from the author of The Sky Blues.
High school junior Blaine Bowers has it all—the perfect boyfriend, a pretty sweet gig as a muralist for local Windy City businesses, a loving family, and awesome, talented friends. And he is absolutely, 100% positive that aforementioned perfect boyfriend—senior student council president and Mr. Popular of Wicker West High School, Joey—is going to invite Blaine to spend spring break with his family in beautiful, sunny Cabo San Lucas.
Except Joey breaks up with him instead. In public. On their one-year anniversary.
Because, according to Joey, Blaine is too goofy, too flighty, too…unserious. And if Joey wants to go far in life, he needs to start dating more serious guys. Guys like Zach Chesterton.
Determined to prove that Blaine can be what Joey wants, Blaine decides to enter the running to become his successor (and beat out Joey’s new boyfriend, Zach) as senior student council president.
But is he willing to sacrifice everything he loves about himself to do it?
High school junior Blaine Bowers has it all—the perfect boyfriend, a pretty sweet gig as a muralist for local Windy City businesses, a loving family, and awesome, talented friends. And he is absolutely, 100% positive that aforementioned perfect boyfriend—senior student council president and Mr. Popular of Wicker West High School, Joey—is going to invite Blaine to spend spring break with his family in beautiful, sunny Cabo San Lucas.
Except Joey breaks up with him instead. In public. On their one-year anniversary.
Because, according to Joey, Blaine is too goofy, too flighty, too…unserious. And if Joey wants to go far in life, he needs to start dating more serious guys. Guys like Zach Chesterton.
Determined to prove that Blaine can be what Joey wants, Blaine decides to enter the running to become his successor (and beat out Joey’s new boyfriend, Zach) as senior student council president.
But is he willing to sacrifice everything he loves about himself to do it?
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Community Reviews
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I liked it! Though the whole legally blonde thing caught me off guard (being able to predict what'll happen and what each character will say is absolutely no fun), I'm really glad it started deviating around 20% into the book. I found myself feeling incredibly stressed during the debate and balloting sequence, and the plot twists inspired many feelings in me, well done! I liked the characters, and the villains even more; Joey and Zach really pissed me off a lot, so perfect. The reconciliation bit at the end was beautiful and I'm glad the race ended the way it did.
However, I did feel like the romance between Blaine and Danny was a littleeeeeeeeee forced at the end. Especially when Zach asked about Danny after the IG Live bit, so random i felt. Would've loved to see their relationship fleshed out a little more and maybe see more of Danny in the third quarter of the book because his absence genuinely made me detach myself from him. But! In the end, this is a really good book and I enjoyed it a fair bit
I liked it! Though the whole legally blonde thing caught me off guard (being able to predict what'll happen and what each character will say is absolutely no fun), I'm really glad it started deviating around 20% into the book. I found myself feeling incredibly stressed during the debate and balloting sequence, and the plot twists inspired many feelings in me, well done! I liked the characters, and the villains even more; Joey and Zach really pissed me off a lot, so perfect. The reconciliation bit at the end was beautiful and I'm glad the race ended the way it did.
However, I did feel like the romance between Blaine and Danny was a littleeeeeeeeee forced at the end. Especially when Zach asked about Danny after the IG Live bit, so random i felt. Would've loved to see their relationship fleshed out a little more and maybe see more of Danny in the third quarter of the book because his absence genuinely made me detach myself from him. But! In the end, this is a really good book and I enjoyed it a fair bit
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