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    Fan Art
    Fan Art
    Fan Art
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    Fan Art

    By Sarah Tregay and Melissa DeJesus

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    A sweet contemporary romance about a boy who falls in love with his best friend and the girls who help them get together.

    Jamie Peterson has a problem: Even though he tries to keep his feelings to himself, everyone seems to know how he feels about Mason, and the girls in his art class are determined to help them get together. Telling the truth could ruin Jamie and Mason’s friendship, but it could also mean a chance at happiness. Falling in love is easy, except when it’s not, and Jamie must decide if coming clean to Mason is worth facing his worst fear.

    In Fan Art, Sarah Tregay, the author of the romantic Love and Leftovers, explores the joys and pains of friendship, of pressing boundaries, and how facing our fears can sometimes lead us to what we want most. Fan Art is perfect for fans of contemporary romances as well as novels like Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan and Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 17, 2014
    ISBN9780062243171
    Fan Art
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    Sarah Tregay

    Sarah Tregay is a graphic designer and the author of Love and Leftovers. When she isn't jotting down poems at stoplights, Sarah can be found hanging out with her "little sister" from Big Brothers Big Sisters. She lives in Eagle, Idaho, with her husband, two Boston terriers, and an Appaloosa named Mr. Pots.

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    • 5/5
      This is completely glorious. Beyond glorious. The characters were beautifully written, extremely dynamic, and, I felt, stayed well away from the stereotypes that seem to completely overwhelm queer young adult literature. It wasn't extremely unique, in the sense of the high school writing students telling the stories, but I felt like it dealt with a lot of things that I, personally, haven't seen handled well often in any book, let alone a young adult book, and I felt like Sarah Tregay did a very good job of dealing with friends and self and high school and morally vs ethically right in the text. I enjoyed every single thing about this novel and could not put it down this evening once I picked it up.
    • 4/5
      A YA LGBTQ romance about coming out, falling in love with your best friend, fighting for what's right, art, and fandom. I enjoyed this a lot--the writing was great, and I thought the aspect of the story involving some of the characters' over-involvement in their friends' lives (including shipping them) was handled well.
    • 5/5
      All I have to say is: KAKCMWKAMCOWKID THIS IS THW CUTEST THING I HABE EVER READ IN MY ENTIRE LIFE IT WAS

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      GOOD YAS
    • 5/5
      It was a bit predictable and I figured out the ending about half way through the book... but I gave it an extra star for the cool graphic art in the middle. We need more lgbt books for young adults.
    • 4/5
      This one may not be the best glbtbook ever but I enjoyed it a lot.Everything about the story wasjust so cute.Jamie fell in love to his best friendMason but so was afraid to confessbecause it might ruin theirfriendship. But Mason also had thesame feelings for his friend.And they apparently ended upbeing together after theirgraduation.The story has humor that made laughand giggle and of course the highschool love romance.
    • 4/5
      I wanted to read this one because it sounded like a perfect discovering yourself story. The idea of having a crush on your best friend is such a universal concept, and I have read about it and enjoyed it but never with a gay guy crushing on seemingly straight best friend. I have read it both ways, where it turns into a romance or where another love interest was introduced and I was wondering where this story would take it. Jaime and Mason as best friends worked so well. They are comfortable with each other, go to school together, and have been friends and part of each other's lives for quite some time. Another aspect that I enjoyed was the family togetherness from Jaime. He is so sweet and patient with his younger twin sisters, and is thoughtful of his mom. He helps with the girls, and he also has an open and honest relationship with her. He came out to her and she luckily was very accepting and she gets to the point of bordering on annoying how in tune she wants to be about Jaime's love life. The art class, where his friends there are fun to read about. The girls seem to know about his preference and try to help him out and set him up. He ends up asking one to the prom and they have an interesting time because she is a lesbian but her parents aren't supportive so they put on quite the show. The magazine, his friendship and cover up with Eden, the prom and senior pranks all make this story even more real and full. It has characters who are openly gay, supportive and then the complete opposite and against homosexuals. But it is more open than my high school was, but that was also years ago that I was in school. I kept going back and forth if Mason knew anything about how Jamie felt or if he was completely oblivious and I think that totally added to the suspense and build up of the story. The ending worked wonderfully because of this as well. It was hard to read at times, but so glad that I got to see Jamie begin to accept himself and trying to be okay regardless of what Mason's orientation was. I could understand why he was so afraid to tell him, and I can't imagine what pressure was on his shoulders. While it had a great message, in some ways to me it was a feel good read. It was quick, I liked the growth in Jamie and the build up, friendships and family relations both positive and negative all drove this character driven story. The pacing was great and it felt like I flew through it. Bottom Line: Fast read that made me feel good.
    • 5/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: An excellent story about a teenage boy who is in love with his straight best friend.Opening Sentence: “Nah,” I say about the brunette at the next table.The Review:Fan Art is unbelievably adorable and given the recent announcement in America, this is the perfect time for my review. Without sounding politically incorrect, this is the first book, let alone love story, I’ve read from a gay guy’s perspective. There’s probably plenty of them out there but because this was my first it’s set a very high benchmark for future books on the same topic. In recent years most YA books incorporate a gay character, usually the best friend, so he (it’s hardly ever a lesbian) is usually side lined. Reading the story from a gay teenage boy who is ‘in the closet’ was a unique experience.The author doesn’t use the stereotypical version of being gay: overly feminine, very organised / super smart, excellent fashion taste and lots of female friends. Jamie isn’t feminine, squirms when girls come near him and his best, and only, friend is Mason.“Oh,” she says, suddenly interested in the menu. “Sorry, I just thought we had something in common. I can totally relate, you know?”This is why I don’t date girls. They’re weird. They talk about everything and assume you want to too. I don’t get it. It’s as if their bras are filled with words.Jamie’s trepidation in coming out, more importantly, in coming out to his best friend came across so clearly that I felt Jamie’s emotions as my own. His confusion, the hurt he felt when seeing Bahti and Mason together, and the emotions the graphic art brought out were palpable.Eden squeezes my hand back and says, “Sometimes I wish things weren’t so complex.”“Like, so I wouldn’t have to come out? Yeah?”“Like, if people didn’t care, if love was love.”“Love is love,” I say, more to myself than to Eden, as I scan the room for Mason.Although we think that our society has become more open minded and people are more accepting of our differences, this book highlights that we have a long way to go. The book isn’t just about Jamie’s dilemma of falling in love with his ‘straight’ best friend, it looks at other characters facing problems because of their sexual orientation. Eden, like Jamie, had come out to her family but not at school. Unlike Jamie’s supportive mother, Eden’s parents are trying to change her mind into becoming straight by encouraging her focus on religion. It pains me to think how others can judge someone else’s feelings and I hope that more people read this book to increase awareness and obviously because this is a fantastically awesome read!Notable Scene:No. No, no. No.I did not just do that. I can’t believe I just did that! Mason and I have been friends since third grade, and I have never looked at him like that. Other guys, yeah, but not him. It should be in the Bible. Thou shalt not check out thy best friend.I wait a minute to catch my breath and the last shred of my sanity before I follow Mason into the locker room. I head for the sinks and splash water onto my face in an attempt to straighten out my thoughts. I’m okay with my bent thoughts-I have them all the time-but checking out Mason? That’s going too far. He’s my best friend. And everyone knows best friend crushes are the worst-even guy-girl friend crushes-drama, angst, broken hearts, you name it. It’s bad-real bad. And straight-guy-gay-guy friend crushes? I don’t even want to think about that apocalypse.FTC Advisory: Katherine Tegen Books/HarperTeen provided me with a copy of Fan Art. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
    • 4/5
      Sarah Tregay’s YA novel Fan Art is tailor-made for the modern m/m fangirl. With her classic will-they-or-won’t-they romance, Tregay shamelessly embraces every single trope of the slash genre to concoct a sweet, quirky confection that’s bound to win the hearts of gay romance readers everywhere. The storyline is fairly typical - high school senior Jamie Peterson is secretly in love with his longtime best pal, Mason Viveros (a hot, brainy Latino who also happens to look just like Glee’s Darren Criss), and fears that not only is his love unrequited, but that Mason isn’t even gay. The love story plays out in the weeks leading up to graduation, against the backdrop of the all those familiar high school rites of passage, the year-end band concert, Senior Prom, class prank, skip day and final exams. But the main conflict centers on the publication of the school’s annual arts journal and whether the editorial staff will allow the inclusion of a G-Rated yaoi manga story about two boys who are tricked into kissing during a game of spin the bottle…and like it. Tregay has a real feel for the pleasures and pains of the school experience (all those larger than life adolescent emotions) and, overall, it makes for entertaining reading. Her cast of characters runs the gamut from popular jocks to the Gay/Straight Alliance art geeks, all well-realized and distinct. She mostly avoids broad clichés and allows each character a degree of relatability [and dignity] not often seen in YA LGBT novels. Nor any gay romance, for that matter. This owes largely to the fact each of the featured characters (the dimwitted, macho football hero, a closeted lesbian and the class valedictorian, among others) submits a poem to the journal, revealing to the reader their innermost hopes, dreams and fears. A truly nice, and humanizing, touch. I enjoyed this book. It was a light, easy read. In many ways, it reminds me of Glee – which is good and bad. While the characters are high school age, it seems pitched more to a junior high level readership because it’s often pretty corny. And even though it’s ostensibly for young gay males, it strikes me that it will find more traction with the female market. Overall, a nice addition to the YA Gay Romance catalogue.

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