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Summer Sons
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Lee Mandelo's debut Summer Sons is a sweltering queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by a hungry ghost.
Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew a horrible inheritance: a roommate he doesn’t know, friends he never asked for, and a gruesome phantom that hungers for him.
As Andrew searches for the truth of Eddie’s death, he uncovers the lies and secrets left behind by the person he trusted most, discovering a family history soaked in blood and death. Whirling between the backstabbing academic world where Eddie spent his days and the circle of hot boys, fast cars, and hard drugs that ruled Eddie’s nights, the walls Andrew has built against the world begin to crumble, letting in the phantom that hungers to possess him.
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What the critics say
"Summer Sons is a southern summer in book form: hot and hungry and haunting. I couldn't put it down." —Alix E. Harrow
"Truly intense: you can smell the blood, the sweat, and the petrol. It absolutely rips." —Tamsyn Muir
"At once a raw, beautifully written gothic and an adrenaline-fueled debut, Summer Sons heralds a rich new voice in speculative fiction. Lee Mandelo is for real." —Andy Davidson
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- Hannah-Rose Taggart
- 2023-03-08
Slow burn
Slow burn is not for me. But this does end satisfyingly and other than the main character taking far too long to figure out his own queerness, handles its queer subject matter well. Interesting mystery. Fun spooky stuff. Definitely listen to it because the performance is perfect.
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-10-22
Positively smouldering
This book was enthralling, spooky, and pretty sexy. As a trans man myself I appreciated the casual realness of the representation of queerness, without making it weird. I also loved how the author captured the way that 20 year old dudes actually speak to each other. Overall a super interesting book with excellent representation, truly nailed it.
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