A review by whatcha_listening_to
Pictures of You by Leta Blake

emotional inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 🎧 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎧

I am taking a star off because I felt like we were getting one story, and we got something different. Almost like the author was going one way and just ventured in a completely different direction.

Peter is an interesting character he knows he is gay and has been getting bullied for it for a long time. He isn’t “out” per se but doesn’t have to say it people just know.

Adam a charming new guy comes to town and befriends Peter, but they also become more.
Here is where the twist happens.
He doesn’t want to be labelled so to throw people off he starts to date a girl and falls for her but also is still with Pete. Pete is in love with Adam, so he puts up with it. Even though it makes him utterly jealous.

Peter’s parents are different the mother is down in a bottle of Vicodin and the father is almost ignoring what is going on. But he is supportive of his son.

I don’t know I loved the ’90s aspect of the book and I am looking forward to Book 2, but I am just a little heartbroken for how it felt like it was going one way and turned completely around.

The narrator Michael Ferraiuolo does a fantastic job, and I very much enjoyed his tone. 

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