Sam is gay and his new friend, Tom Swift, is trans. It’s not easy to prevent yourself from falling in love, so that’s a problem for Sam.

He is told that if he falls in love before his seventeenth birthday, that person will leave him forever.

Sam has a similar situation in this story. Blue is told that if she sees a ghost it’s either because she is his true love, or she will kill him. In that series, Blue’s family is also cursed. I loved that there was even a reference to the series near the end of the book. The story reminded me so much of The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. It was difficult to find a good place to stop reading! The ending of the first few chapters gave hints of what was to come, but kept me guessing. I read most of it in just a couple of hours. It was fast paced so I read it in two sittings. A mysterious girl Sam talks to on the phone late at night and a woman he’s only seen in a dream might have the answers he’s been looking for-but time is running out to save the people he cares about. But when a new guy comes to town, Sam finds himself in trouble when they strike up a friendship that might be way more than that.Īs Sam’s birthday approaches and he still hasn’t quite fallen in love, the curse seems to get more powerful and less specific about who it targets.

He’ll spend his time working at the Eezy-Freeze with his dad cooking up some midsummer magic with his grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother (the Grands) and experimenting with drag with the help of the queens at the Shangri-La, the local gay club. Sam doesn’t plan to fall for anyone in the nine weeks before his birthday. A mysterious girl Sam talks to on the phone late at night and a woman he's only seen in a dream might have the answers he's been looking for-but time is running out to save the people he cares about.The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations-if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. As Sam's birthday approaches and he still hasn't quite fallen in love, the curse seems to get more powerful and less specific about who it targets. He'll spend his time working at the Eezy-Freeze with his dad cooking up some midsummer magic with his grandmother, great-grandmother, and great great grandmother (the Grands) and experimenting with drag with the help of the queens at the Shangri-La, the local gay club.īut when a new guy comes to town, Sam finds himself in trouble when they strike up a friendship that might be way more than that. Sam doesn't plan to fall for anyone in the weeks before his birthday. 'The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. 'I'm pretty sure I'm the only guy in my school who can replace a faulty kick-down switch and also create the perfect smoky eye.

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