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A review by missamandamae
Confederates Don't Wear Couture by Stephanie Kate Strohm
3.0
Totally passed by this at B&N, and decided to get it because of the title. I'm a sucker for Civil War YA novels, even if this isn't strictly Civil War, but Civil War reenactment. When I flipped through it at the store, one of the characters references Dr. Thomas Lowry's book The Story the Soldiers Wouldn't Tell, and that was the moment I tucked it under my arm and headed to the register!
This is a bubble gum book. It's not heavy at all. It's a sweet YA novel about boyfriends and gay friends, with a little history thrown in. I settled in this evening with my vinyl copy of the soundtrack to Gone With the Wind (following up with the soundtracks to The Great Gatsby and Black Orpheus) and just marathon read this one. I was glad the writing wasn't ridiculously bad. It was light and fun! (I've chanced on some YA novels with interesting premises that were *horribly* written to the point that I gagged.) The gay friend Dev wasn't nearly as annoyingly stereotypical as some gay characters I've read. And the boys our (thankfully) not-Mary Sue encounters are just sweet and charming. This book is something you might pick up at an airport and enjoy for the flight.
A nice indulgence for this Civil War buff!!
This is a bubble gum book. It's not heavy at all. It's a sweet YA novel about boyfriends and gay friends, with a little history thrown in. I settled in this evening with my vinyl copy of the soundtrack to Gone With the Wind (following up with the soundtracks to The Great Gatsby and Black Orpheus) and just marathon read this one. I was glad the writing wasn't ridiculously bad. It was light and fun! (I've chanced on some YA novels with interesting premises that were *horribly* written to the point that I gagged.) The gay friend Dev wasn't nearly as annoyingly stereotypical as some gay characters I've read. And the boys our (thankfully) not-Mary Sue encounters are just sweet and charming. This book is something you might pick up at an airport and enjoy for the flight.
A nice indulgence for this Civil War buff!!