There will be things in this novel that may be triggers for some, but I cannot state more emphatically how essential it is that we not shy away from the subject matter this author bases her novel on, and how critical it is for us to remember that the events in this novel happen every day around us. It is bloody, angry, violent and far too real to be a comfortable read, but it is also that veracity which makes this novel so outstanding and essential to read.
Before I enumerate the riches to be found in this novel, and convince you as to why you should make it one of your top reads for 2017, let me tell you that this is a hard fought happy-ever-after. She presents a story that is both heartbreaking and violent, but oh so very, very important. Make no mistake, author Laura Lascarso does not pull her punches in her novel The Bravest Thing. When they do, both Berlin and Hiro will not walk away unscathed.Įvery once in a while a novel comes along that is so very important, so visceral and real that it almost hurts to read it. Unfortunately, the world is not built on “if onlies”, and things are about to come to a head in this small Texas town.
If only Hiro could trust that he was worth Berlin’s attention and affection. If only Berlin were strong enough to stand up against the bullying and violence his friends have perpetuated over the years. If only Trent was not hell-bent on making life a misery for Hiro. But he must, or he will lose his chance at a football scholarship, and his best friend to boot. He is drawn to Hiro like a magnet to iron, and hiding his sexuality from his violently homophobic best friend, Trent, is going to be nearly impossible. The high school he attends is a little bit of hell on earth, and there is only one thing redeemable about it, and that’s the star of the football team, Berlin Webber.īerlin has been fighting the fact that he is gay for a long time, but when he spots the new guy dismounting his motorcycle in the school parking lot, he knows he is in big trouble. Now he’s starting over in a small Texas town where homophobia is a driving force that is not only unhidden but almost gloried over. Hiroku has come back from the edge of an addiction that was both dangerous and all consuming, not only to drugs but also to a man who doled out pain that Hiro felt certain he deserved, and often craved.
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