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A review by ezichinny
My Summer of Wes by Missy Welsh
3.0
Malcolm Small was spending his summer hanging out at home bored. His parents wouldn't let him work because they were not "working class" people. So he sat on his porch just contemplating how much his life sucks right now, while some new neighbors moved in.
The new neighbors had a son named Wesley Kinney, and Mal set out to become friends with Wes before the neighborhood kids got a chance to poison Wes with their false allegations about his sexual orientation.
Immediately Wes told Mal know that Wes was gay and proud of it. He would not hide in the closet for anyone. Mal wasn't gay but was constantly tormented by school bullies who called him gay and beat up all the time.
So Mal has a dilemma, would being friends with an actual gay guy put in him in a worse. more precarious situation because school kids would see their friendship as tantamount to a confession that Mal was gay, OR should he risk the continued public ridicule and become friends with the new guy.
Mal decides to become friends with Wes and through their friendship, Mal is finally able to be himself and feel connected to someone else.
The 1st half of this book was nice, but how quickly Mal flipped caught me by surprise. I was found it a little unnerving that Wes decided that Mal was gay even though Mal told him that he wasn't. Wes decided to just touch him, flirt with him and make passes to a guy 6 years younger who was looking for a lifeline.
I liked Mal, but I am not sold on this relationship. I liked that Wes and his family had a lot of love to give where Mal's family couldn't be bothered with him. Perhaps the length of the book affected my enjoyment as well, but there was way to much sex in the 2nd half. It took way from my enjoyment of their budding friendship.
The new neighbors had a son named Wesley Kinney, and Mal set out to become friends with Wes before the neighborhood kids got a chance to poison Wes with their false allegations about his sexual orientation.
Immediately Wes told Mal know that Wes was gay and proud of it. He would not hide in the closet for anyone. Mal wasn't gay but was constantly tormented by school bullies who called him gay and beat up all the time.
So Mal has a dilemma, would being friends with an actual gay guy put in him in a worse. more precarious situation because school kids would see their friendship as tantamount to a confession that Mal was gay, OR should he risk the continued public ridicule and become friends with the new guy.
Mal decides to become friends with Wes and through their friendship, Mal is finally able to be himself and feel connected to someone else.
The 1st half of this book was nice, but how quickly Mal flipped caught me by surprise. I was found it a little unnerving that Wes decided that Mal was gay even though Mal told him that he wasn't. Wes decided to just touch him, flirt with him and make passes to a guy 6 years younger who was looking for a lifeline.
I liked Mal, but I am not sold on this relationship. I liked that Wes and his family had a lot of love to give where Mal's family couldn't be bothered with him. Perhaps the length of the book affected my enjoyment as well, but there was way to much sex in the 2nd half. It took way from my enjoyment of their budding friendship.