SuitabookBelonging and protection
Evan and Davis are recruited by the Chasers, a fringe crowd promising protection and status after they have been beaten up.
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Brian Farrey - Author
This is a relationship-focused story about identity, secrecy, belonging and pressure. It places Evan between a secret boyfriend and a friendship drawn towards a group promising protection and status.
When are you too far in to get out? Eighteen-year-old Evan and his best friend, Davis, get beaten up for being loners. For being gay. For just being themselves. But as rough as things often seem, at least Evan can take comfort in his sweet, sexy boyfriend Erik, whom he’s kept secret from everyone for almost a year. Then Evan and Davis are recruited to join the Chasers, a fringe crowd that promises them protection and status. Davis is swept up in the excitement, but Evan is caught between his loyalty to Davis and his love for Erik. Evan has lied to keep his two worlds separate. Now his lies are about to implode…and destroy the very relationships he’s been trying to protect.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a relationship-focused story about identity, secrecy, belonging and pressure. It places Evan between a secret boyfriend and a friendship drawn towards a group promising protection and status.
Evan and Davis are recruited by the Chasers, a fringe crowd promising protection and status after they have been beaten up.
Evan has kept Erik secret while trying to maintain both his relationship with Erik and his loyalty to Davis.
Evan and Davis are attacked for being gay, for being loners and for being themselves.
Be ready for depicted anti-gay bullying and physical assault, secrecy around a same-sex relationship, and possible emotional strain as Evan’s relationships come under pressure.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough.
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