Billy Bronner is, to all appearances, every inch the 1950s American dream: handsome, clever, captain of the high school football team, looks good enough in tight jeans that people can even forget he’s Jewish. Then the new guy on the block, the enigmatic Leonard Nachman, turns his head, and over the summer Billy discovers a new world of romance and love—in a man’s arms. But when Kit O’Reilly, Billy’s best friend and shadow, comes home after spending the summer with relatives, he finds Billy acting… differently. Soon enough, it becomes obvious that this change is related to Len, and Kit will have to decide if he’ll accept the relationship Billy and Len have forged, or if he’ll push Billy and their longtime friendship away.
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Sweet Summer of the 50s
26 Sep 2010
By Clannad Yenti
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I admit, the first few chapters take some getting used to - when Louise writes in the first person, she means more than just a point-of-view but also a language, a thought process, and a method. Once I caught on, I loved switching voices, seeing a situation or understand a recap from the other character's viewpoint. It never added too much, it was the right amount of depth, something Louise builds in a great story set in 1950s America. It's all really less about the cars/fads of the 50s, although there are a couple nice nods, but more about the tension built when the all-star football jock suddenly switches alliances and spends less time with his co-star football jock and instead disappears with a nerdy book-ish guy every moment you look around. Won't give you more than that, but highly recommend this read!
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5 Hearts from TRS!
15 July 2010
By Tina Pavlik
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This was a wonderful story about love and friendship. The plot is well written and interesting, it moves at a moderate pace. The characters are engaging and have an innocence that seems to be lost in many of today's young people. I did have some trouble starting the story because it is told in the first person POV by the various characters in the story which did take some getting used to. But if you can get through it, this story is so worth it. It was really touching and at times almost heartbreaking to see how the various characters looked at the situation, especially since it was incredibly taboo to be gay in the 1950's. There are some m/m situations in the story but nothing explicit and in fact it helps give some depth to the characters and the era they are living in. I felt the author handled this very well. While I enjoyed seeing Billy and Len's relationship unfold, I would have to say my favorite part would be how Kit handles finding out the truth about their relationship. The author really captured Kit's feelings with humor and insight that allows empathizing with him. I would recommend this book to reader's young and old. - Ana
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Mid-Century Modern
1 Jan 2011
By Mark Ian Kendrick
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After perusing the winners of the 2010 Rainbow Awards, I decided to pick up this story. There's a good reason why Summer Song won in the Best Gay Coming of Age / Young Adult category. This is one sweet tale.
Billy Bronner, all-American 17 year old kid in CA, has discovered that he's not the straight boy he and everyone else has thought he was. Not after he met Len Nachman that summer. That meeting starts a whirlwind romance that, if you ask me, well-establishes that you're reading about a slice of 1955. As other readers have mentioned here, it takes a few dozen pages to get into the first-person style that Louise Blaydon has crafted. But don't give up! Once you're on, say, chapter three or four, that style flows quite well and you'll be absorbed in the storyline as it swings from Billy's voice, to Leonard's voice, to Billy's best friend's voice, etc.
It still amazes me (am I being sexist?) that straight women have such a flair for writing M/M romances. The wonderful description of first-time love between Billy and Leonard was well-crafted and subtly erotic all at once. You can tell it was written from a woman's perspective since the roughness I would expect from them had a certain feminine softness to it. Do NOT let this detract you from this story! This story has all sorts of hot scenes and emotional content that makes it a wonderful addition to the genre. I especially enjoyed the fact that neither boy had the right word to use for their relationship, since all they had were ancient Roman texts to define themselves. And that was wholly inadequate to describe what they had discovered about themselves and each other.
So, kudos to Ms. Blaydon for making me all verclempt at that dance and at the end, and writing this wonderful little tale about the middle of the last century.
Billy Bronner, all-American 17 year old kid in CA, has discovered that he's not the straight boy he and everyone else has thought he was. Not after he met Len Nachman that summer. That meeting starts a whirlwind romance that, if you ask me, well-establishes that you're reading about a slice of 1955. As other readers have mentioned here, it takes a few dozen pages to get into the first-person style that Louise Blaydon has crafted. But don't give up! Once you're on, say, chapter three or four, that style flows quite well and you'll be absorbed in the storyline as it swings from Billy's voice, to Leonard's voice, to Billy's best friend's voice, etc.
It still amazes me (am I being sexist?) that straight women have such a flair for writing M/M romances. The wonderful description of first-time love between Billy and Leonard was well-crafted and subtly erotic all at once. You can tell it was written from a woman's perspective since the roughness I would expect from them had a certain feminine softness to it. Do NOT let this detract you from this story! This story has all sorts of hot scenes and emotional content that makes it a wonderful addition to the genre. I especially enjoyed the fact that neither boy had the right word to use for their relationship, since all they had were ancient Roman texts to define themselves. And that was wholly inadequate to describe what they had discovered about themselves and each other.
So, kudos to Ms. Blaydon for making me all verclempt at that dance and at the end, and writing this wonderful little tale about the middle of the last century.
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