Review: Wonderful addition to series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2012
This is the 3rd book in the Foster High series and I just have to say I REALLY love this series.  I really love these boys.This book picks up where The End of the Beginning left off.  Brad and Kyle are out and together but are they really happily ever after?  Just like real life, life in Foster is no fairy tale.  The boys have so much stacked against them.  Classmates who once were "friends" are now verbally and physically abusive.  Teachers and an Administration that not only look the other way but, by virtue of their inaction, condone and, in fact, blame the boys for the injustices committed against them.  Bad enough their present is so awful but their future is in jeopardy as well.  Things look bleak there for awhile for both Brad and Kyle.I love Kyle's voice.  I love how freakin brave he is and how strong.  I was so moved by the courage he found in himself to stand up for Brad.  To stand up for what was right.  It is amazing what loving someone can give you the courage to do.  My kids have always said they have found it easy to stand up for their friends but difficult to stand up for themselves.  Kyle found his steel, his voice, his fists and his strength for Brad.  No longer invisible, Kyle was a superhero.  I just loved him.  Ok and his voice?  Again, from the raw pain and anguish to laugh out loud funny comments, just really loved him.Brad was great too.  It was hard to be down on him seeing as he had the farthest to fall.  It was difficult to journey with him through his struggle to grasp his fallen status at school, the injustice of the administration, and his whole world being turned upside down.  The social battleground of high school was captured so very well in this story.  So easy to remember those days and emotions so similar to Brad and Kyle's, even if the cause was different, the results were the same.  I actually teared up as Brad realizes how very much he loves Kyle.  Written with such heart and so beautifully, the emotions really got to me.I absolutely love the humor and snarkiness in this series.  I love the cultural references scattered throughout the book.  The character's voices are so real I feel like I am there with them as they struggle through their day.  I laughed out loud several times and teared up a few times too.  Best kind of stories that can make you do both.  This book was a wonderful addition to the series and I can't wait to read more about Brad and Kyle.P.S. The author's note is important.  Please read it.