I enjoyed that it was funny and obviously that it was queer, but most of all I loved that the author put so much of himself into it. The motivations of some characters were intriguing, but the resolution tied everything up beautifully.

I loved Jesse as a character, he was so relatable in his insecurities in an often fickle, body obsessed world and to see him grow was fantastic. He was lied to by nearly everyone and then treated like shit for questioning being lied to as if it was his own fault.It’s full of great characters with real depth, covers important issues like heart surgery, body image, this ‘Big-Gay-Zom-Rom-Com’ isn’t just a light fluffy read, it’s as full as depth and character as Jesse is.

It's narrated by Chris Nelson, so also narrated both of the other William Hussey audiobooks that I've listened to. There is plenty of humour, but also serious and sensitive moments that are handled well - you can definitely tell the author is drawing on. I've only ever read one other book of William Hussey (shame on me) and reading this book had me thinking about Hideous Beauty more than once. For starters, I misread the back of this and totally thought I was getting a different story than I got. Everything you could want from a YA book, great characters, zingy one-liners, and a swoony as heck romance.

It was just so heart-warming and emotionally touching, and was exactly what I needed from a book right now. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I would recommend this for fans of Simon James Green, because it's so funny, and especially the main character is hilarious. I found this a lovely, touching, and heartwarming read and will definitely be looking to read/listen to more books from this author. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

It was for me predictable at times and I knew certain things from the get go but I still enjoyed the ride and getting to know the characters on a deeper level. His other titles for children and Young Adults include Hideous Beauty, Witchfinder: Dawn of the Demontide, Witchfinder: Gallows at Twilight; Witchfinder: The Last Nightfall; Haunted; The Nightmare Eater; and Turn Her Face To The Wall. The mortality issue is very well dealt with and refreshing to find in the queer YA genre - it's been overlooked and William Hussey opens the theme up well.The pop culture references are fab as are the nods to his fellow British authors throughout the novel. If you like audiobooks, you should definitely listen to this one, because what Chris Nelson has delivered here is perfect. A Big Gay Rom-Zom-Com with HeartJesse Spark has a broken heart and in a few short weeks he’ll require major surgery to repair it – which means he only has a month to accomplish two almost-impossible tasks.

If you are looking for something to finish off your Pride Month with, do not hesitate to pick this up.relatable depictions of self image/ confidence and body positivity , loving your body can be hard especially for teenagers and i just loved how this book presented that but also pushed the important message of ; scars are beautiful and so are we as people !