Book Review: ‘Only Mostly Devastated’ By Sophie Gonzales

A Summer romance between two high school guys entering their senior year.

Ollie is in North Carolina for the summer with his parents. His Aunt has cancer and they are helping out taking care of her kids and being there for her. Ollie is at the beach with the children when Will comes by with his younger brother. They develop a friendship and it turns into more. Ollie is out and Will is not. They know it will end at the end of the summer.

But Ollie is in for a shock. His parents are moving here for a year to be with his Aunt, who is not doing so well. Ollie tries to contact Will, who is not responding. And then Ollie sees Will at a party the second day of school. Will is shocked to see him and acts like he doesn’t know him and is a different person around his friends, something that shocks Ollie.

Whey they finally talk Will explains to Ollie why he hadn’t talked to him and why he acts like he does. Ollie wants them to be together but isn’t sure he can deal with this different Will. Supporting Ollie is his new friends, 3 senior girls, who he know hangs out with. Soon he and Will are hanging out on the sly but things are not going good. If this is going to work between them it will be up to Will and Ollie is only hoping it will work out.

A tender love story between two high school guys and how coming out can be difficult. The characters are well-written with a lot of sub-plots going on with the supporting cast. You root for Ollie and Will to overcome the obstacles and be together.

You can pick up Only Mostly Devastated in stores on Tuesday, March 3rd from Wednesday Books.