

Keep This to Yourself
Author: Tom Ryan
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/12/2019
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Author: Tom Ryan
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 08/12/2019
Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Tom Ryan is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and producer. His YA mystery Keep This To Yourself was the winner of several awards, including the 2020 ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Thriller, and is currently being adapted for television. His follow-up YA mystery I Hope You’re Listening was the winner of the 2021 Lambda “Lammy” Award for Best LGBTQ Mystery. He was a 2017 Lambda Literary Fellow in Young Adult Fiction. Tom, his husband, and their dog live in Nova Scotia.
This gay YA murder mystery was one of my most anticipated releases of 2019. I love how queer characters slowly conquer different genres in YA that aren't limited to romance/contemporary fiction. We finally get the sci-fi/fantasy/thriller rep we deserve. The book was rather plot-driven, and a slow bur......more
booooooo This sounded so great. A thriller about a serial killer, with an lgbtq main character and a group of childhood friends, now estranged, each with their own secrets. Doesn't that sound awesome? Keep This to Yourself is a letdown. None of the characters are fleshed-out and the minor side characte......more
Actual rating: 3.5 (rounded down) I really struggled with this rating. It’s one of the rare instances in which a book is ACTUALLY halfway between three and four stars. I’ve also tagged *SPOILERS* appropriately, so I say: only open them if you’ve already read the book! Many thanks to the publisher a......more