After the Snow Melts
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Rich, popular, and gorgeous Bryan DeChamps pines from afar for his best friend. He loathes the idea of helping Elliot score a date for the snow dance. With his time running out, Bryan must find a way to capture his buddy’s attention—and that means boldly leaving an anonymous card in his main man’s locker. Grateful for Bryan’s friendship ever since he moved from his Ojibway community to Thunder Bay to attend high school, Elliot Wasacase can’t disclose his true feelings, or he’ll lose the one true friend he has. Upon discovering an unsigned card in his locker from an admiring dude, he’s terrified someone knows his secret but suspects the person might be Bryan. When Bryan’s car breaks down, stranding them on top of the mountain during a snowstorm, the two must either take a leap of faith or let fear and clashing beliefs cost them what they truly desire.
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Maggie Blackbird brings young love alive in After The Snow Melts. Blackbird lays the crumbs of sweet sorrow before trapping the lovebirds in a car (laugh). Picture two horny teenage boys who are confused about the emotion “love” nevermind the additional pressures of being gay. Blackbird tackles this with finesse and leaves us with an unfinished “happily-ever-after”.
It is two kids who are still partly in the closet hence my use of the term “unfinished”. I really hope Blackbird comes back to these two later in life and we see what happens and get some adult fun in too (laugh).
There are so many parts of the book I really liked because Blackbird let them be unlikeable - especially Bryan. Blackbird did not write an easy answer to their situation because they are still in high school - there are no easy answers. The characters' lives, from their viewpoint, are being driven by others and therefore in their mind they have only so many solutions. Kudos to Blackbird for showcasing this so adroitly.
This is not so much a sweet romance as a teenage romance with both the highs and the lows of love. Though you have to hand it to Bryan for knowing how to romance someone.
I received an ARC of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.
