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A review by melodierhae
If This Gets Out by Cale Dietrich, Sophie Gonzales
4.0
3.5, rounded up to four. I received a digital advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The boys of Saturday are nonstop! It’s time to take their tour international, and it feels like everything is going to change.
And everything does, but is it for the better? Secrets are tearing the band apart, management is growing more strict with every tour stop. Tensions are high, and there doesn’t look to be an end in sight. What happens when they can’t take it anymore?
This is exactly what you think it is, a serious but breezy queer romance about some boys in a band. I think the pacing was solid, the dialogue felt VERY natural, and we got just enough exposure to the performance parts of their job to feel like we were on tour with the guys without it being just about the stage, but I don’t feel like the authors gave enough depth to the issues- every “issue” in the book felt like an ABC Family/Freeform “issue” preaching moment- (if you’ve ever watched a Brenda Hampton show, you can expect something similar).
The romance was sweet and felt very natural. The conflicts that arose were not ones people talk about often enough, but they were handled gracefully and openly.
Fun quick read. But don’t expect a whole lot from it except some softer smiles.
The boys of Saturday are nonstop! It’s time to take their tour international, and it feels like everything is going to change.
And everything does, but is it for the better? Secrets are tearing the band apart, management is growing more strict with every tour stop. Tensions are high, and there doesn’t look to be an end in sight. What happens when they can’t take it anymore?
This is exactly what you think it is, a serious but breezy queer romance about some boys in a band. I think the pacing was solid, the dialogue felt VERY natural, and we got just enough exposure to the performance parts of their job to feel like we were on tour with the guys without it being just about the stage, but I don’t feel like the authors gave enough depth to the issues- every “issue” in the book felt like an ABC Family/Freeform “issue” preaching moment- (if you’ve ever watched a Brenda Hampton show, you can expect something similar).
The romance was sweet and felt very natural. The conflicts that arose were not ones people talk about often enough, but they were handled gracefully and openly.
Fun quick read. But don’t expect a whole lot from it except some softer smiles.