They make such stupid, juvenile comments but they’re the kind that you can’t help but laugh at. I really enjoyed the humour and laughed along with Max and his friends multiple times. I definitely believed in all of the other characters too, so I’m sure that they’ve also been lifted from real life. I don’t think that Max could have been written by anyone other than a queer man and I wouldn’t be surprised if some of Max’s thoughts and feelings mirror the thoughts and feelings that McSwiggan knows very well. I think my favourite part of this book was the fact that it all felt so authentic. How can Max get back to the life where he’s living his truth alongside his best friend? But the next morning, Max is astonished to discover that his crush on Oliver Cheng has gone and that Alicia is apparently his girlfriend -and he can see how hot she is! The worst part is that Dean doesn’t seem to exist in this reality. One evening, while hanging out with his best friends Dean and Alicia, he loses it and wishes that he could just live a normal life like the straight kids seem to. Max has always been out and proud but recently, he has been frustrated with his inability to get a boyfriend in the small town he lives in. In case you were wondering, it is absolutely no relation to the Charles Dickens classic novel of a similar name! There really are few things I love more than a good gay rom-com, so I was very excited to devour this one. I was delighted to be invited to join The Write Reads blog tour for this colourful new YA release. Review: Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan
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