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The Decisions We
Make
Series: love is….
Pub: 2012
Love Lane Books
Author: RJ Scott
Genre: Romance
Format: iBook; 174p w/ 24 chapters
Whose: Jamie & Daniel
Age
Range: YA
Synopsis
Daniel Keyes is an orphan, fostered by the Walkers. The product of
a lonely childhood, he is thrown into the chaos of the Walker family and into
the life of his new foster brother Jamie.
This story is the journey of Daniel and Jamie finding their place
in the world. Through Jamie being a victim of hate crime to coming out to
family and friends, there are many decisions the boys have to make before they
become men
Thoughts
This one is going to run a little differently, mostly because I
can’t seem to find it in my to review something under 200 words. I’m not sure
why. But unless I just can’t stop my fingers I feel its too short to go up.
So as it is, under the review of this book, I’m going to talk a
little about Scott’s YA series Love Is… which isn’t really where this book
sits, it’s a standalone.
Anyway. This story is about two boys falling in love at the age of
nine. Okay not really, but the connection they have when they first meet because
Daniel is moving into their house after his mother died. It’s instant and they
become best mates.
The whole story is about them. It flashes backwards and forwards
showing things that needed and also moving the story along of how they hooked
up.
There’s a valid part about gay bashing in it, but I felt, though
it’s a good thing that it was there in the first place, not sugar coated when
this book is designed around coming out. It wasn’t a high list of the book. The
anxiety of that attack on Jamie was brushed aside, though knowingly, if that
makes sense. When he thought about it, when it came up, Jamie would brush it
aside, because he didn’t want Daniel seeing it and running—something the kids
prone to do.
This book was very like The Throwaway Kid. Scott seemed to swing
into that horrid past and pulling it out of your heart. You can’t help but
sympathise. Get pissed off, and rant the hell out of the world for treating
something like that.
The best part, about the whole gay bashing, is it was so…teenage. The
chick wanted Jamie to be her first, he turned her down and, then went and made
up a heap of bullshit about the man because she was hurt.
She was a messed up girl. The worse, she was…well, a friend at
school.
I found that a bit in the middle was a little hushed over, and
maybe could have gone into a bit deeper, or that having been a big thing, but
all in all I love the story. I found, even the flashes back, that can piss me
off, was well timed and was mostly there instead of them talking about it. You
see it happen.
You fall in love with both Jamie and Daniel for very different
reason.
But mostly it’s about a lost little boy who found a family and
love. It’s sweet. It’s easy to read. And though it has an element of sex, it’s
nothing to graphic, nor penetrating, and even though it’s there, there’s that
first time scared that comes with something so big.
I loved it. Though I can’t say it’s my all-time favourite by
Scott, it defiantly hit the top of the list.
After reading this, I found that I needed something more. So I
went ahead and got the first three books in the Love
Is… series, it’s her YA collection and is based on the relationship
between Luck—a nerd and Cameron—a Jock.
We come into the series with Luke making a phone call on his
brake. It’s something he does every Friday night. Make a request for a song,
that coincides with Cameron’s life.
Love is in the Title, takes us on the short trip of the two boys
as they become a couple. This is mostly them talking after Luck finish work.
I found it to be a little boring since the whole book was one
giant conversation between them both, opening up to each other. Confessing shared
love. But since it only has 43 pages on iBook, it made it easy to keep on reading;
you knew it was going to end soon.
Love is in the Hallway comes straight off the last book, or at
least, the next day as they are about to walk into school. It’s about backlash
of the whole ‘King Jock is Gay’.
It’s kinda sad, and probably sadly true.
This book seems more about Cameron understanding the added stress
and uncertainty in Luke’s school life. (Again
this is 42 pages)
Love is in the Message, is kinda hard to talk about without giving
everything away. It’s a continuation, though there has been 3 months since the
last book.
This one is the past for Luke
It’s sweeter, and it’s helpful and it’s got a great guy in the Principle
at the school. It makes you wonder if there will be more, and when that more
will be ready, because you can’t help it at this point. (This book was 34pages)
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