Language: R (100+ swears, 85 “f”); Mature Content: R (frequent graphic teenage sexual content, repeated instances of underage drinking and drug use, suicide ideation, and dealing with other mental health issues); Violence: PG-13 (several queer slurs, one instance of beating up a teenager in a park, some racist interactions);
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
Enrique “Quique” Luna is a bisexual Latino teenager in southern California who struggles with his mental health and pining for his best friend, Saleem. He decides to work on himself during the summer by exploring some other romantic options, but his anxieties might derail everything.
It took me a long time to get into this book and to finish Quique’s story. I valued his perspective as a queer minority telling his coming of age story, but there is a significant amount of graphic sex, language, and other mature content that might be off-putting for more general audiences.
Reviewer: Kiera Beddes, ELA teacher, #bookswithbeddes
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