Summer Sons
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Lee Mandelo
Lee Mandelo's debut Summer Sons is a sweltering, queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by a hungry ghost.Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew a horrible inheritance: a roommate he doesn’t know, friends he never asked for, and a gruesome phantom that hungers for him. As Andrew searches for the truth of Eddie’s death, he uncovers the lies and secrets left behind by the person he trusted most, discovering a family history soaked in blood and death. Whirling between the backstabbing academic world where Eddie spent his days and the circle of hot boys, fast cars, and hard drugs that ruled Eddie’s nights, the walls Andrew has built against the world begin to crumble.And there is something awful lurking, waiting for those walls to fall.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Author
Lee Mandelo
Pages
336
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Published Date
2021-09-28
ISBN
1250790301 9781250790309
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"Definitely a neat book but not for me! It is a heavy read with a wide variety of topics that all are a bit dark. The author knows what they are doing when trying to give someone the chills "
Courtney Campbell
"⭐️⭐️⭐️.75"
Abby
"Lovelovelovelove"
Elizabeth Farrell-Chatha
"Captivating story with characters that spring to life off the page. Queer Southern Gothic in every sense of the term. A slow burn at first, with thrilling (and enjoyable) turns at every corner. Favourite book of 2023."
J S
Jeremy Sheffield
"five stars oh my god oh my god it was amazing"
Asher
"I should’ve DNF’ed this on page 15 like I wanted to (I definitely wouldn’t have bothered finishing this if it weren’t for a readathon)"
C Z
Cailin Zoltak
"I got to finish this on a long car ride through the mountains which in my opinion in how this is meant to be read; gives you the perfect scenery to imagine the kind of old magics that are tied to the land.
Semi-elderitch blood magic, hauntings that are more about the people then the place, the dark-side of academia, and the realization that 'that is not normal best friend behavior.'"
Cryptid Holliday (They/Them)
"this book made me feel unspeakable things in a good way. lee mandelo must have been going through hell because that's certainly where this book took me. again its really good"
Parker Peters
"I've seen people compare this book to The Raven Cycle series which hurts a deep part of me since I love that series and hates this book. Yes, it does give off some vibes of The Raven Cycle but that's only if Ronan was the only character which he isn't. Without the other three main characters of TRC I definitely wouldn't think so highly of the series either. Perhaps I'm just not the targetted audience of this book but the main character constantly annoys the crap out of me with his bitching and the cast does basically nothing for the first half of the book except going different places. Another problem I had with this book are the female characters. THEY ARE SO ANNOYING. Maybe that's just the case for every character in this book but all the female characters either reminds me of those popular girls in high school or Sakura from Naruto. No dimension and there's this one main girl who seems to just be there for the main guy to yell at "
Crimson Serpents
"One of my new favorite reads (the audio really takes even further)! The story was interesting and compelling while also telling such a harsh and super relatable story about grief and repression. "
Glimmerbugz
