A01=Blair Hanson
Author_Blair Hanson
Category=YFM
coming of age
contemporary
convention center
dating
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funny
gay
gay love
LGBT
light-hearted
middle America
New York City
on the road
reality TV
road trip
romance
situationship
social media
toxic relationships
young adult
Product details
- ISBN 9798890032720
- Weight: 494g
- Dimensions: 150 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jul 2025
- Publisher: Page Street Publishing Co.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Alec Braud may have won his season of the hit teen reality TV show Campfire Wars, but he’s lost the war of public opinion. At seventeen, he’s the most hated teen in America just because he betrayed his showmance, Joaquín Delgado. Alec only did it to use the cash prize to help his parents’ wildlife rehabilitation centre. And Joaquín forgave him - so why can’t everybody else?
Joaquín was the golden boy of their season, and everyone still loves him - including Alec. So when he asks Alec to join him on a trip to re-create classic movie kisses for his art school portfolio, Alec agrees in the hopes it’ll mend his reputation. What could possibly go wrong on a week-long cross-country road trip with his ex and lots of fake kissing?
Lines get blurred between what part of the trip is for the camera and what isn’t. From there, things get even more complicated when trouble at his parents’ wildlife rehabilitation center tempts Alec to attend a CW convention for a chance to get his family more money. At the convention, Alec hears that villains from other seasons are plotting to get onto an upcoming allstars season to redeem themselves - and they want him to join.
With former players trying to recruit him, Joaquín hinting he might want to get back together with him, and show execs whispering in his ear, Alec will have to decide for himself who he really is and what he really wants.
Blair Hanson is a contemporary young adult fiction writer from the East Coast. In his free time, Blair enjoys falling down Wikipedia wormholes and cuddling with the world's most adorable (and neediest) cats. America's Not-So-Sweetheart is his debut novel.
