Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend by Carrie Jones

Her unreliable father cries a lot, wears blue tights, and drives a little beige car. And the other people in her world aren’t exactly role model material, either. But her mom’s live in boyfriend has a thing for booze, touching, and telling dark family secrets. If you want to read more about Belle, check out Tips on Having a Gay ex Boyfriend from Flux.Īfter landing a lead role in the high school musical, freshman Liliana Faltin is hoping for some stability and happiness in her life.

Not to mention, there’s THE BIG PROBLEM with Tom and other well, unexpected surprises. Belle’s not too sure about all the sureness that other people seem to have about things like labels popular, sl*ut, jock, change college, real adulthood, new friends, lost friends, and love oh yeah, that. No, it’s not cool all the time at all.īelle is closing in on her last few months of high school and things are much better than they were before. People keep changing who they are & defining themselves by their own choices, and that’s cool most of the time, but not all the time. ‘Jones offers an atypical perspective of the coming out story by legitimizing the love that is not lost, but changed, when young people grow up and apart.’ School Library Journal The author’s poetic prose ably captures her hero*ine’s emotional upheavals.’ Publishers Weekly ‘From the first sentence of Carrie Jones’ novel, I could tell that here was a bright new writer who was going to set the world of young adult letters aflame.’ Kathi Appelt, award winning poet and author Praise for Tips on Having a Gay ex Boyfriend The author’s poetic prose ably captures her hero*ine’s emotional upheavals.’ Publishers Weekly’It’s good to have Carrie Jones’ talent in the field.’ KLIATT’Jones offers an atypical perspective of the coming out story by legitimizing the love that is not lost, but changed, when young people grow up and apart.’ School Library Journal’From the first sentence of Carrie Jones’ novel I could tell that here was a bright new writer who was going to set the world of young adult letters af lame.’ Kathi Appelt, award winning poet and author

Where, Belle wonders, does that leave her? And how will the rest of their small town deal with an openly gay Homecoming King? This beautifully written debut explores what happens when you are suddenly forced to see someone in a new light, and what that can teach you about yourself. Until one day when Dylan drops the ultimate bomb: he’s gay. Dylan is Belle’s true love maybe even her soulmate.

Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend by Carrie Jones