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Fabulous Boys in Unicorn Shirts
★ Kai's the hearts-and-starshine glitter boy of J.R. Bailey High, and no one's taking that away from him. Not God, not Justin Bieber, and not some kid with a hippie horse name and a pink Def Leppard shirt he'd start a war over. ★
Kai's so sparkly he glows, and he's got the fabulous life locked down, with an enby bestie Bowie and a tight-knit squad that might as well be called The Gay Team. That is, until new kid Spirit saunters into school. He has a mint-green puffer jacket. He has Bubblegum-painted nails. He has so much sparkle he and Kai are mistaken for one another.
But Kai always plays the sidekick, never the romantic lead. So when Project Spirit turns from ignore, ignore, ignore to fake-nice, they share a secret make-out and realize they may have more in common than they thought. But one screw-up and Kai's convinced Spirit wants to steal The Gay Team for his own. Newbie Spirit just wants friends. Kai thinks Spirit must be stopped. Somehow.
Full of dueling parties, office supply battles, Dungeon and Dragons deaths, coffee wars, and hate make-outs, their sparkly battle for supremacy has to end somehow. Kai and Spirit might stan sequins, but they both want the same thing: someone to see them as more than a glittery boy in eyeliner. Someone to really love them. Someone like a real boyfriend...
From best selling author Annabeth Chatwin comes a novel-length rom com with the heart to ask serious questions about how we see others, how we see ourselves, and how we can find love in the most unexpected places. #1 in the Spring Stories of the Seasons series, Fabulous Boys in Unicorn Shirts will keep you laughing -- and like most of Chatwin's books, maybe shedding a tear or two along the way.
Kai's so sparkly he glows, and he's got the fabulous life locked down, with an enby bestie Bowie and a tight-knit squad that might as well be called The Gay Team. That is, until new kid Spirit saunters into school. He has a mint-green puffer jacket. He has Bubblegum-painted nails. He has so much sparkle he and Kai are mistaken for one another.
But Kai always plays the sidekick, never the romantic lead. So when Project Spirit turns from ignore, ignore, ignore to fake-nice, they share a secret make-out and realize they may have more in common than they thought. But one screw-up and Kai's convinced Spirit wants to steal The Gay Team for his own. Newbie Spirit just wants friends. Kai thinks Spirit must be stopped. Somehow.
Full of dueling parties, office supply battles, Dungeon and Dragons deaths, coffee wars, and hate make-outs, their sparkly battle for supremacy has to end somehow. Kai and Spirit might stan sequins, but they both want the same thing: someone to see them as more than a glittery boy in eyeliner. Someone to really love them. Someone like a real boyfriend...
From best selling author Annabeth Chatwin comes a novel-length rom com with the heart to ask serious questions about how we see others, how we see ourselves, and how we can find love in the most unexpected places. #1 in the Spring Stories of the Seasons series, Fabulous Boys in Unicorn Shirts will keep you laughing -- and like most of Chatwin's books, maybe shedding a tear or two along the way.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 19, 2021
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Annabeth Chatwin
15 books21 followersAnnabeth Chatwin hit best seller lists in three countries with her debut novella "He Called Me Beautiful," a gay YA romance set in 1998. Hailed as "full of yummy pop culture references!," "He Called Me Beautiful" reaches back to Annabeth's high school years as a bisexual teenager. She earned numerous writing awards during her graduate program in fiction.
Annabeth's young adult fiction features LGBTQ teenagers dealing with gossip, finding themselves, and living extraordinary lives in ordinary situations. She writes characters people want to "wrap up and snuggle," often in instalove and friends-to-lovers situations. She especially loves manic pixie dream boys and the complications they bring to the real world.
Annabeth taught creative writing and wrote in the freelance (read: non-fiction) world before turning to young adult literature, with pieces appearing in The Washington Post, Time Magazine, and The Huffington Post. During that time, she was a featured guest on CNN, NPR, and Canadian public radio. Much of her writing focused on her three sons, all of whom have offbeat names and love David Bowie.
Annabeth's young adult fiction features LGBTQ teenagers dealing with gossip, finding themselves, and living extraordinary lives in ordinary situations. She writes characters people want to "wrap up and snuggle," often in instalove and friends-to-lovers situations. She especially loves manic pixie dream boys and the complications they bring to the real world.
Annabeth taught creative writing and wrote in the freelance (read: non-fiction) world before turning to young adult literature, with pieces appearing in The Washington Post, Time Magazine, and The Huffington Post. During that time, she was a featured guest on CNN, NPR, and Canadian public radio. Much of her writing focused on her three sons, all of whom have offbeat names and love David Bowie.
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October 2, 2021
I’m a big fan of Annabeth Chatwin’s other books. The ones I’ve read so far (Brighten the Stars series, I Promise No Lies, Stars Belong to Us) are all very good, with complex, believably flawed characters and a heartwarming sweetness that still feels grounded in reality.
I was looking forward to reading this book because I find that many books about gay men/teens ignore the more “femme” gay guys. Like the characters say in this book, they are usually treated like sidekicks.
A large chunk of this book is very frustrating to read. Due to a misunderstanding, the two leads end up hating each other. The animosity is exhausting. Now, it’s intended to be, other characters comment on how exhausting it is. Chatwin wrote some VERY believable teens: prone to being overdramatic, stuck in their own feelings, not very empathetic. At multiple points in the book I wanted to grab the leads by the shoulders and scream “JUST TALK TO EACHOTHER DAMMIT”
The problem is that as a reader, I just want the conflict to get resolved and for the leads to get together. I was very disappointed with the ending, it felt so abrupt.
I'm not sure if the book is worth reading, it’s the weakest of Chatwin’s works that I’ve read so far. The characters don't seem as well developed as in her other works, and the conflict between the leads was overdramatic instead of being grounded. At the end of the day though, I’m glad somebody wrote a love story for two femme boys.
I was looking forward to reading this book because I find that many books about gay men/teens ignore the more “femme” gay guys. Like the characters say in this book, they are usually treated like sidekicks.
A large chunk of this book is very frustrating to read. Due to a misunderstanding, the two leads end up hating each other. The animosity is exhausting. Now, it’s intended to be, other characters comment on how exhausting it is. Chatwin wrote some VERY believable teens: prone to being overdramatic, stuck in their own feelings, not very empathetic. At multiple points in the book I wanted to grab the leads by the shoulders and scream “JUST TALK TO EACHOTHER DAMMIT”
The problem is that as a reader, I just want the conflict to get resolved and for the leads to get together. I was very disappointed with the ending, it felt so abrupt.
I'm not sure if the book is worth reading, it’s the weakest of Chatwin’s works that I’ve read so far. The characters don't seem as well developed as in her other works, and the conflict between the leads was overdramatic instead of being grounded. At the end of the day though, I’m glad somebody wrote a love story for two femme boys.
February 27, 2023
DNF... kept trying to finish. Finally had to give up. the writing felt as though it was from a prepubescent child.
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