"This LGBTQ+ charmer explores the price of fame, along with love, sexuality and conflicted second chances."
Brimming with engaging dialogue and authentic voices, James L Sutters’s Darkhearts is an entertaining, emotional YA romance with gallons of gripping will-they-won’t-they tension between two young adults.
The crucial context: David was “almost famous” after forming a poppy goth-rock band at the age of thirteen, but come freshman year he proposed taking a break, what with the new pressures of high school, and the trials competitiveness of being in an underage band. A mere two months after David left, Darkhearts landed a deal and, with their stars rising, his remaining bandmates, Chance and Eli, quit school and found major success.
Now, a couple of years on, David and Chance reunite following Eli’s tragic death, much to the fangirl delight of David’s best friend Ridley (their “mixed-gender bromance” - Ridley’s term - is an utter joy). As the guys see each other more regularly, Chance’s feelings of guilt and grief, and David’s regrets and resentment rise to the surface, along with unexpected romantic feelings.
Then there’s the question of whether the old band (almost) should get back together, complicated by the fact that David’s dad hasn’t forgiven his son’s former bandmates, and going public with a boyfriend is likely to ruin Chance’s career. Cute and true-to-life complicated, Darkhearts is a hands-down heart-stirrer for fans of Phil Stamper, Simon James Green, and YA romance.
'These boys and their love story filled up my heart - I couldn't stop reading' Amie KaufmanDavid used to be in a band with his best friends Chance and Eli. Now the band, Darkhearts, is super famous, with a legion of fans - and David's out of the band and back in high school, brooding over everything he lost out on. Then tragedy throws David and Chance back together. Chance is everything David is not: a swaggeringly drop-dead gorgeous rock god. And yet spending more time alone with Chance, David has to admit he actually misses being with his old friend - and maybe he feels something more. Can you mix music with love?An enemies-to-lovers gay romance, perfect for fans of Simon James Green, Heartstopper and Adam Silvera
Darkhearts features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Music and musicians, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family / groups), Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
Darkhearts is available in Hardback, Ebook, Paperback
Darkhearts was written by James L. Sutter and published by Andersen Press Ltd
£5.99
