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A review by kaje_harper
The Ongoing Reformation of Micah Johnson by Sean Kennedy
4.0
I enjoyed this look at Micah, the gay teen athlete who showed up in the last of the Tigers and Devils books. (I think this could be enjoyed as a stand alone although his situation is definitely the ongoing fall-out from the events in [b:Tigers on the Run|25719764|Tigers on the Run (Tigers and Devils, #3)|Sean Kennedy|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1434196312s/25719764.jpg|45554523]. The adult series beginning with [b:Tigers and Devils|6430659|Tigers and Devils (Tigers and Devils #1)|Sean Kennedy|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1350519754s/6430659.jpg|6513774] has no on-page sex and could be enjoyed by teen readers, although the characters are older and there are adult situations.)
Part of what I appreciated was that Micah is a flawed character. He's a volatile teen guy and he makes mistakes, flies off the handle and does things he shouldn't, and is a long way from perfect. And yet he's mostly a sympathetic character and my heart ached for him even when I wanted to shake some sense into him. Micah has supportive family, avoiding the common rejection tropes, although they don't really understand him or what he's going through. He has a great best friend in Emma, and I appreciated a strong female character in the book. He grows and learns and tries to fix mistakes and makes new ones. This is about growing up and being human. I particularly enjoyed Micah's younger brother, and had a lot of respect for Emma's cousin Carl - the straight boy who didn't stop being friends with the gay kid just because people started to give him a hard time about it.
The end of this is a decent resting point, but clearly not the end of Micah's journey. I was eager for more and immediately read the next one.
Part of what I appreciated was that Micah is a flawed character. He's a volatile teen guy and he makes mistakes, flies off the handle and does things he shouldn't, and is a long way from perfect. And yet he's mostly a sympathetic character and my heart ached for him even when I wanted to shake some sense into him. Micah has supportive family, avoiding the common rejection tropes, although they don't really understand him or what he's going through. He has a great best friend in Emma, and I appreciated a strong female character in the book. He grows and learns and tries to fix mistakes and makes new ones. This is about growing up and being human. I particularly enjoyed Micah's younger brother, and had a lot of respect for Emma's cousin Carl - the straight boy who didn't stop being friends with the gay kid just because people started to give him a hard time about it.
The end of this is a decent resting point, but clearly not the end of Micah's journey. I was eager for more and immediately read the next one.