"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.
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David 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
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Darkhearts and determined it is suitable for children aged 15-18 years old
Darkhearts features in the following genres: PSHE: Bereavement and Grief, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s, Teenage and Educational, PSHE: Sexuality, Gender and Relationships, Romance / Relationship Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, School Stories, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations
Darkhearts is available in Hardback, Paperback
Darkhearts was written by James L. Sutter and published by Wednesday Books
Darkhearts has 327 pages
