Review: Ok, Jeff Jacobson, you have me hooked.....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2014
Always exciting to read a new writer that captures your attention with a thrilling plot, vivid characters and leaves an impressionablemark. I'd put Jacobson in the running with such authors as Chris 0'Guinn, Nora Sakavic, Jay Bell , TJ Klune and MomsDarkSecret.I think you get the picture if you have read any of these authors. The essential quality is the ability to emotionally engage the readerin a tasteful, entertaining story. You finish and shake your head. Wow! What did I just read?Let me say only a little about this bewitching(no pun intended) story. Charlie reminds me of Charlie in PERKS OF A WALLFLOWER.Although, the sexual orientations are different , the two boys have similar characteristics( quiet, traumatized, struggling with being oneself).  This growing up tale of identifying as a witch and gay had a lot of play going on. Jacobson handled his tale with sensitivity and didn't  need erotic details to create an intimate, natural, human affair between a same love interest. I believe readers will find this book worthwhile with serious social issues in this work of fiction.I do have one quibble . There didn't seem any resolution when Charlie was beaten up by school homophobes. Although, in a zerotolerance school, there still was apprehension reporting the incident. My suggestion: expel those boys  or perhaps mandatory attendance at their local GSA and PFlag.Anyways, here's the scoop. I highly recommend this book. The only other issue is wondering how long do I wait for the next installment and will the book have a similar reasonable  price and length? Frankly, I don't subscribe to the idea if a book is good one should raise the price or shorten it.  A good book  will stand on it's own merits.