Solo Stan
Talia Tucker
From the author of Rules for Rule Breaking comes a queer YA romance about two solo concertgoers and unwitting seatmates who, when the show is abruptly cut short, embark on an unforgettable North Carolina summer night together, discovering how opposites can attract under the right circumstances. Dakarai (Kai) Barbier was supposed to be at CYPHR's sold- out show with his best friends. Instead, he finds himself going solo, reeling from the news that they've decided to accelerate the next chapter of their lives, leaving him alone the summer after high school graduation. Meanwhile, Elias Davis has just been sent from New York City to North Carolina to live with his uncle after a last-straw fistfight. Stuck in a town he doesn't want to be in, and without knowing a soul his own age, he buys a single ticket to CYPHR's Raleigh show. When a sudden blackout ends the show early, forcing these unwitting seatmates back onto the streets of Raleigh, they are faced with a choice: get on the bus and head home or take a chance on each other. They might have arrived alone, but will they be leaving together?
I so badly just want to give both of these boys a hug <3
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0I don't know how to put into words how much I adored this book but I'll do my best. First, the characters completely had me in a chokehold. I just wanted to shake them both and shout at them that they deserve to be loved and seen for who they are!!! There's Kai, the sensitive sweet cinnamon roll with so much love to give that it scares people off. Someone please hug him. Someone tell him he's not too much! Then there's Elias, who just wants to protect the people he loves, but all it does is get him into trouble. Someone tell him he's not a bad kid!! He's so good it hurts!!!! They're both dramatic as hell in different ways and I just adored them so much and the dynamic they had. Kai sees Elias for who he is and Elias WANTS to not only hold but to EARN the love Kai usually gives so freely. I just. Love. Them. I'd give this book a million stars, but I can only fill in five, so that's what it's getting.
0Thank you so much to Talia Tucker for sending me an eARC of Solo Stan! It is only January and I’m not even kidding when I say this is a STRONG contender for my favourite book of the year!!💜🩷 (it wriggled its way into my heart and made a home for itself there 🥹🩷💜) I absolutely adore Kai and Elias, and I know you all will too!! I can't wait for everyone to fall in love with this gorgeous book!!
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