More happy than not
By: Adam Silvera
Publisher: Soho Press, Incorporated; Soho Teen
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781616955601
Subjects: Dating (Social customs); Memory; Gays; Youths' writings; Fiction; Single-parent families; Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Description: When it first gets announced, the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure seems too good to be true to Aaron Soto-miracle cure-alls don't tend to pop up in the Bronx projects. Aaron can't forget how he's grown up poor, how his friends all seem to shrug him off, and how his father committed suicide in their one bedroom apartment. He has the support of his patient girlfriend, if not necessarily his distant brother and overworked mother, but it's not enough. Then Thomas shows up. He doesn't mind Aaron's obsession over the Scorpius Hawthorne books and has a sweet movie set-up on his roof. There are nicknames. Aaron's not only able to be himself, but happiness feels easy with Thomas. The love Aaron discovers may cost him what's left of his life, but since Aaron can't suddenly stop being gay Leteo may be the only way out.
Notes: 9YA Childrens Plus, Inc.