Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts)
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Narrated by:
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Drew Caidan
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By:
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L. C. Rosen
About this listen
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen, read by Drew Caidan.
My first time getting it in the butt was kind of weird. I think it's going to be weird for everyone's first time, though.
Jack Rothman is seventeen. A solid student with a talent for art, he likes partying, makeup and boys. Sometimes all at the same time. His active, unashamed sex life makes him a red hot topic for the high school gossip machine, but Jack doesn't really care too much about what the crowd is saying about him. His mantra is: 'It could be worse.'
And then it is.
When Jack starts writing a teen sex advice column for his best friend's website, he begins to receive creepy and threatening love letters. His 'admirer' is obsessed with Jack - they know who he's hanging out with, who he's sleeping with, who his mum is dating. And while they say they love Jack, they don't love his lifestyle. They want him to curb his sexuality and personality. And if he won't, they will force him.
As his stalker starts to ratchet up the pressure, it's up to Jack and his friends to uncover their identity, before their love becomes genuinely dangerous.
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However, I do think its problematic how nothing came from Jack's 1st time being abusive with him just shutting it off, additionally I feel like the ending was rushed like the author had a tight word count which was unfortunate leading to the final confrontation seeming a little evil villain "Heres my evil plan" monalogy and the aftermath being very very breezed over which is unfortunate.
Although, I loved the sex advice in this book, haveing taught myself SRE (Sex and relationships education) for the past 5 ish years it made me so happy for it to be such good and true/helpful advice additionally the clearly showing LGBT+ sex in a Y/A novel was amazing. (Hannah Witton's 'Doing It' podcast expands on that point)
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Like Love Simon? This is a black mirror version of that story almost like what if Martin was blue.
Like Netflix's Sex Education? This book has (in my opinion) better sex advice for readers especially for LGBT readers.
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Fantastic sex advice, great to have realistic and correlative timelines for what happens when.
An awesome novel well written, cohesive and believable. Real gay classic. Should be mandatory reading for any guy just coming out.
Grippingly Intense & Relatable
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Funny & Dark
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The side characters were well-rounded and vivid - I just ADORED Nance - and Jack's little trio of best friends were amazing.
Also, the narrator was amazing. Honestly, I never knew it was possible to make a copyright notice sound sexy!
Surprisingly emotional
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It was also refreshing to read an LGBT story that didn't exactly center around a relationship, but just an ordinary boy dealing with a complication (blackmail).
The narrator deserves full marks for his reading.
I would recommend this story to others.
Good, but not great.
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Entertaining, relatable & educational
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don't waste your time
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