It was okay

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I was excited to win this book through Bookish/Netgalley because I loved the premise of the book. A boy band with a queer member going through the management craziness of telling him how to act and/or dress, fans who were demanding, a nasty fallout from an ex, and a potential love interest all while being seventeen and figuring out personal stuff. I loved the premise, but was hoping for something light. I have to admit, it took me awhile to get into this book. And things didn’t pick up for me until 75% into the book. In the beginning of his new tour, Hunter had to deal with an angry and jealous ex which was annoying. The ex was nasty enough to post personal texts online. The Label was horrible to him, and decided to rebrand him a certain way to sell to fans, and by doing that meant having him fake date another guy. Online fans, writers and social media stated cruel things online that was awful about Hunter who by the way was seventeen. Those pages I could do without but it added to Hunters stress. I felt so bad about him. The unrealistic expectations from the public was gross. Now to the band mates. I couldn’t tell who was who except for Ashton. I enjoyed that they were from the different cultures but not enough was used about them. And I didn’t see much support from them until much later. I liked Hunters new relationship, who was Iranian American, but again not enough material was used about his culture or himself. The parts I loved was the message to communicate openly, to love oneself, to be authentic, the positive sex talk, and yes teens have sex. That being all stated this book was heavy, and not as light as I wished. I appreciate what the author was conveying through this book. But it wasn’t really an enjoyable story. Overall, it was an okay book and I would read his other books. I’m curious about them since others raved about them.