Only Mostly Devastated, Sophie Gonzales
Only Mostly Devastated, Sophie Gonzales
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Only Mostly Devastated
A Novel

Author: Sophie Gonzales

Narrator: Mark Sanderlin

Unabridged: 7 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/03/2020


Synopsis

"[Narrator Mark] Sanderlin convincingly shares this LGBTQ romance, with emotions ranging from snark to sweet and everything in between, and serving up a satisfying conclusion...A fun listen on a variety of levels, but make no mistake: it packs some great messaging without any nasty aftertaste. Yum!" -- Booklist

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets Clueless in this boy-meets-boy spin on Grease

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

“Only Mostly Devastated is the kind of book I wish existed when my kids were younger—a charming, funny, laugh-out-loud teen romance that reminds all readers love comes in a multitude of flavors, and they are ALL sweet.” —Jodi Picoult, New York Times–bestselling author of Small Great Things and A Spark of Light

“A delightful, heartwarming, heartrending story about family, love, friendship, and living your most authentic life. I couldn't put it down.” —New York Times–bestselling author Sandhya Menon

Will Tavares is the dream summer fling—he’s fun, affectionate, kind—but just when Ollie thinks he’s found his Happily Ever After, summer vacation ends and Will stops texting Ollie back. Now Ollie is one prince short of his fairytale ending, and to complicate the fairytale further, a family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country. Which he minds a little less when he realizes it’s the same school Will goes to…except Ollie finds that the sweet, comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn’t the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, closeted—and, to be honest, a bit of a jerk.

Ollie has no intention of pining after a guy who clearly isn’t ready for a relationship, especially since this new, bro-y jock version of Will seems to go from hot to cold every other week. But then Will starts “coincidentally” popping up in every area of Ollie’s life, from music class to the lunch table, and Ollie finds his resolve weakening.

The last time he gave Will his heart, Will handed it back to him trampled and battered. Ollie would have to be an idiot to trust him with it again.

Right? Right.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books

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"Only Mostly Devastated [is] an instant hit and Sophie Gonzales one YA author to watch.” —Julia Lynn Rubin, author of Burro Hills

About Sophie Gonzales

SOPHIE GONZALES is a young adult contemporary author. She graduated from the University of Adelaide and lives in Adelaide, Australia, where she can be found ice skating, painting, and practicing the piano. She is also the author of Perfect on Paper, Only Mostly Devastated, and The Law of Inertia, and If This Gets Out with Cale Dietrich.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Miranda

4.5 stars OHMYGOSH. Goodreads Choice Award Nominees are up and My Reaction Video is too! Don't forget to vote! The Written Review“And life was too short to play chicken with something as important as the person you loved.”Ollie just hadthe perfect summer romance. Will was sweet, kind and......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea

I really, really enjoyed this!! I do wish we had gotten a little more show and a little less tell in regards to the romance between Ollie and Will, but I still really enjoyed this and I could NOT put it down. Not only was it super fun and romance-y, but it also had some depth and really took a good......more

Goodreads review by Josu

AAAH, ¿por dónde empezar? Esta novela vino a mí de pura casualidad. Tras leer la sinopsis y saber que se trataba de una especie de retelling de la película Grease, dije: ¡ESTO TIENE QUE SER MÍO! Y así fue. No me equivocaba al haberme hecho con él, porque este libro ha sido un viaje. La última novela c......more

Goodreads review by jessica

this is a cute and lighthearted read, but not something that really stands out. its your typical YA realistic fiction about teenagers and crushes and school and family. i think the story does a decent job at representing the LGBT community, normalising being plus-sized, combating harmful stereotypes......more

Goodreads review by Maja

I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS BOOK! 😍❤️💖 I requested this book from Netgalley for one reason - it is branded as an LGBT version of Grease! Instantly I thought, 'How can that not be great?!'. I was lucky enough to get this on a wish and oh boy was I right! It was so great, so sweet, so nostalg......more