
Title and Author of book: A Year of Ice by Brian Malloy
Fiction or non-fiction: Fiction
Genre: YA GLBT
Where did I get the book: My public Library
Who recommended this book to me? I heard about this book from reading Matt's blog A Guy's Moleskine Notebook. He always has the most eclectic tastes in books and I always come away in awe of his writing skills and of the complex novels he reads.
I'm always looking for well-written and HONEST gay/lesbian YA books. This one is both of those things and so much more. It's not just a story about a young man named Kevin who knows he's gay and just wants to find someone to love. It's about how his life is in such chaos since the death of his mother and finding out dark secrets about his father. It's about life and being a teenager on the brink of adulthood and feeling like you're ready to take on the world, but also wanting everything to stay the same and to remain safe. I loved every single word in this book and the ending wasn't quite what I expected, but I feel pretty confident that Kevin is going to find his "own" place in the world. For those of you that are participating in the GLBT Challenge for 2010 this is one book that I highly recommend for your list.
This sounds like a great book, Staci. I haven't read too much in the way of GLBT fiction, but I do want to. Thank you for your great review.
ReplyDeleteMatt does have great recommendations and eclectic taste in books, doesn't he? This sounds great!
ReplyDeletethis sounds fab...and i have a perfect person to recommend this too! :):):):):):):):):):):):):)
ReplyDeleteSounds really good - nice review, Staci!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a good book for teens/YA. It is so helpful to have books to identify with. Nice review!
ReplyDeleteSounds good and the cover really seems to fit your description of the book. Great review.
ReplyDeleteIt is so hard being young and trying to figure yourself out. This sounds like a very moving story. THanks girlie!
ReplyDeleteMust get my hands on this one. Must. Thanks, Staci...I hadn't heard of this one before.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds good. I had tried one YA book for gay teens before but it wasn't very good. It's so nice to hear there is a good one out there!
ReplyDeleteI just bought a used copy of this book; it's among the things strewn on my dining room table as we speak. :-) Thanks for the review -- I am even more excited about reading it now.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to pick this one up. Thanks for the review.
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