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Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

32 reviews

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am…unwell over this book. This was just fucking fantastic and I’m honestly at a loss for words for this review. Summer Sons is one of the absolute best books that I think I’ve ever read and I just want to scream about it. It’s this mix of dark academia, paranormal hauntings, and queer longing that had me hooked from the very beginning. Everything about this book was feral and unhinged and tinged with the sticky restlessness of a southern summer. And I could read about Andrew and Sam and Riley endlessly. This book is one that will haunt my dreams for a long time to come and I can’t recommend it enough. This is the easiest five stars I think I’ve ever given a book. I’m just gonna excuse myself now and go scream about it into the void…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Drug use, Gaslighting, Racism, Violence, Vomit, Classism, Eating disorder, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Racism

ghazalandotherpoems's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit

introverted_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

babe wake up and smell the petrol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, and Sexual content

Minor: Religious bigotry and Fire/Fire injury

basementofbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Self harm, Violence, Homophobia, Murder, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident, Colonisation, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

fuchs_galaxis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Oh my God this book is so good. I devoured the audiobook in about a day.
Different ways to describe it: 

• Dukes of Hazzard but gay and haunted
• Someone read The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater and went "this could be gayer and scarier"

It's spooky and visceral and filled with unrequited longing, gay panic (the queer kind not the murder kind), and fast cars. So fucking good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Vomit

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book is oozing in atmosphere. Lee Mandelo has a way of describing things that cuts right to the heart of the image, transporting you into the story. This skill is employed to great effect in this creepy, tragic southern gothic. A story about haunting, inheritance, personhood, and love in all its fucked up forms, this is a great tale to raise the hair on your neck an leave you with a lot to consider.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Cursing, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Sexual content, Classism, Gore, Death, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book was soooooo good omg omg... i dont have many complaints other than i wish eddie might have played a bigger part in it (hes definitely present all throughout it but its like...an absent kind of presence? if that makes sense) but other than that i thoroughly enjoyed it 💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Goddamn 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Grief, Gore, Alcohol, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia, Murder, Racism, Violence, Classism, Vomit, Suicide, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Body horror, and Child abuse

Minor: Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Cancer, Child death, Animal death, Car accident, and Kidnapping

ryssabean's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A heartbreaking tale of love lost and possibilities gained, and an exploration of  identity, ghosts, and the act of becoming. A stellar read, even if it’s not my typical haunt, and just enough romance to keep me interested like the romantic wreck I am.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Racism

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Alcohol, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit and Slavery