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I saw this book floating around TikTok and knew I needed to read it. I really enjoy books about bands and that is what Kiss and Tell is about. We follow the boy band Kiss and Tell as they travel on their first major tour. Hunter, the frontman is the only boy in the group who is openly gay and going through a messy breakup. As they travel Hunter starts to catch feelings for their opening bands lead singer. On top of that Hunter has preasure from his label to dress and act a certain way so they can publicizes that hunter is gay.
I really enjoyed this read. Growing up as a 90’s baby I lived off of Brittany Spears and boy bands. I really loved the journey Hunter went through. I also loved that this book is more than a novel. You get interviews, magazine write ups, twitter feeds and conversations from fans. It made the book feel even more real.
I listened to this as a audiobook and highlight recommend it as a audiobook. The audiobook has a full cast which I think makes it so much better because you get the personality’s coming through even more of these characters.
I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars.
“Kiss & Tell is a total rush! Perfectly sweet and swoon worthy. I loved every page! – Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’
A smart, sexy YA novel about a boy band star, his first breakup, his first rebound, and what it means to be queer in the public eye, from award-winning author Adib Khorram
Hunter never expected to be a boy band star, but, well, here he is. He and his band Kiss & Tell are on their first major tour of North America, playing arenas all over the United States and Canada (and getting covered by the gossipy press all over North America as well). Hunter is the only gay member of the band, and he just had a very painful breakup with his first boyfriend–leaked sexts, public heartbreak, and all–and now everyone expects him to play the perfect queer role model for teens.
But Hunter isn’t really sure what being the perfect queer kid even means. Does it mean dressing up in whatever The Label tells him to wear for photo shoots and pretending never to have sex? (Unfortunately, yes.) Does it mean finding community among the queer kids at the meet-and-greets after K&T’s shows? (Fortunately, yes.) Does it include a new relationship with Kaivan, the drummer for the band opening for K&T on tour? (He hopes so.) But when The Label finds out about Hunter and Kaivan, it spells trouble–for their relationship, for the perfect gay boy Hunter plays for the cameras, and, most importantly, for Hunter himself”