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Summer Sons av Mandelo
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Summer Sons (urspr publ 2021; utgåvan 2021)

av Mandelo (Författare)

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"Lee Mandelo's debut Summer Sons is a sweltering, queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by a hungry ghost. Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew a horrible inheritance: a roommate he doesn't know, friends he never asked for, and a gruesome phantom that hungers for him. As Andrew searches for the truth of Eddie's death, he uncovers the lies and secrets left behind by the person he trusted most, discovering a family history soaked in blood and death. Whirling between the backstabbing academic world where Eddie spent his days and the circle of hot boys, fast cars, and hard drugs that ruled Eddie's nights, the walls Andrew has built against the world begin to crumble. And there is something awful lurking, waiting for those walls to fall"--… (mer)
Medlem:JamieDuncan
Titel:Summer Sons
Författare:Mandelo (Författare)
Info:St Martin's Press (2021), Edition: 1, 384 pages
Samlingar:Ditt bibliotek
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Summer Sons av Lee Mandelo (2021)

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I spent the majority of this book going between, my god this is beautifully gay and I don’t care about cars to I SWEAR IF THIS BITCH ISNT THE BAD GUY ILL SCREAM. It can’t be SAM I swear to god….I like that west took his shot and sued the school. And that the topic of racism and academia was handled well, not to mention homophobia in the south. I love that Sam and Andrew were left with possibilities and overall I am satisfied with the ending, however I would read about the beautiful train wreck of them finding their ways back to one another. You know Andrew is a mess and would be SO HUMAN and I just….

I love this book whole heartedly ( )
  ChaoticGoblin | Jan 23, 2024 |
I've only recently started venturing into the 'Horror' genre and this is one of the best books I've read. Everything about it was perfect.

I loved the characters and story building. Tbh, I cannot come to terms with the fact that it's Lee Mandelo's debut novel.

All components of the story - the queer characters, handling of the composite emotion of grief, the curse, the hauntings, THE MYSTERY OF IT ALL worked so well to give us a wonderful time while uncovering the tale.

Also, the cover is chef's kiss. It's breathtakingly beautiful. ( )
  AnrMarri | Aug 1, 2023 |
Well, this was steamy. It took a while to get going for me, but I'm glad I stuck with it because the characters and story did grow on me over time. Set at Vanderbilt University, it's a coming-of-age story, a coming-out story, a ghost story, a Southern gothic, a mystery, and a pretty hot romance--which in my opinion makes this an ideal vacation read. It's hyper-masculine, what with the hot cars and tight t-shirts, and as a result, the women characters are mostly sidelined, but this is not a book that claims to be about anything but men. It's probably not for everyone, and I have to admit that the interstate racing raised my hackles, nor did I care for the fact that the protagonist is a litterbug (seriously, why does he always throw his trash out the car window?). But I was definitely into the romance and rooting for the couple, and I dug the humid Southern gothic atmosphere dripping off almost every word. So it was a win for me, but I think my next book will have to have a lot of women characters to compensate. ( )
  sturlington | Jul 24, 2023 |
Wow. What can I even say about this all-consuming book? My very first analytical thought as I started to read it was, “hey, I kinda like these unlikable characters.” I loved Riley from the beginning, but the others needed time to grow on me, and grow they did—particularly Andrew and somewhat Sam. I never came around to liking Del—she was more of an annoyance than anything, though I do see where she was coming from and why she was important to Andrew’s arc. The author wrote everything so well that I was sure they’d experienced all the things that happened in the book, right down to being haunted by a revenant. Not even joking, I’m convinced they know because of how well they nailed every single aspect of this book, from racing cars to academics to the supernatural things.

Let me preface this with the fact that I have a hard time with books surrounding grief, due to being able to relate too closely. I received this book in the October 2021 Rainbow Crate book box, but held no interest in it for the sole fact it was about losing a best friend. Fast forward to August 2022, when I saw a few posts about it on bookstagram, and suddenly I *had* to read it. I was in a good head space at the time, and managed to not be too triggered by the premise, though some of the things Andrew said/thought about grief and losing a loved one hit close to home. Overall, I’m so glad I read it, but I’m also glad I waited for the right time on a personal level.

First things first—the writing was *gorgeous*. Mandelo used the perfect amount of prose—enough to set the scene and show you a clear picture of what was going on, but not so much it turned purple-y. I really felt like I was there in Tennessee with the characters, and I loved how all the analogies/metaphors/similes were well done and creative and felt quite natural (that is to say, not forced). I will say there was more jumping around than I’m used to, as far as not documenting every step the characters took, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing, more just a different style than what I usually read/write.

Now, onto the story! The concept itself, of the Fulton curse, was done so uniquely from anything supernatural I’ve ever come across. I won’t say much more so as not to spoil anything, but what people could do with it, in many different senses, was so creative. The horror factor was a tad less than I expected, to be honest, or maybe it just wasn’t the type of horror that scares me (though I was reluctant to read this book in the dark, just in case hehe). I found the revenant to be more helpful than spooky—there to help guide Andrew to the truth of what happened to him more than to haunt him for the sake of haunting. Their souls, their blood, were tied together, and I liked the idea of that not changing even in death.

I found the mystery remained a mystery until the climax. The suspects Andrew identified throughout most of the story remained suspect, and I honestly couldn’t figure out who the murderer was (though to be fair I’m never good at figuring that out in mysteries, but I do think it was well done in this book, and keeps you guessing until it doesn’t). The ending was… interesting. I fully expected some sort of climax like the one everything led to, and the part with the ring felt anticlimactic given what transpired.

I liked the theme of one’s life continuing after the death of their loved one, because it does, even if we don’t know how to accept that at the time. I liked that Andrew found new people with whom to spend his time, though the little bits with the love interest that got romantic/sexual felt out of place, like the characters’ “relationship” with each other in that added regard didn’t fit with how they already were with each other. And that’s coming from a hopeless romantic who swoons when there’s romance in the books I read, lol.

Overall, a 5 star read for me, without question. I kept picking up this book when I didn’t intend to sit down and read because I couldn’t stop. I had to know what happened to Eddie and how, or if, Andrew would resolve the persistence of the revenant. I do feel like the climax didn’t last long enough, but that could’ve just been me unknowingly speed reading my way through it to see what happened, haha. Doesn’t change how well written, beautifully worded, and unique the story as a whole was. Will pick up books from Mandelo going forward.

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  KennedyRaine | Jun 23, 2023 |
Creepy almost dark academia? A lot of queer representation with some graphic scenes, and a lot of spooky supernatural elements. The characters are fantastic, and the plot unfolds at a good pace. ( )
  KallieGrace | Jun 8, 2023 |
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A haunting ghost story, a mystery, a queer romance, an Appalachian street-racing adventure: it’s impressive enough that Lee Mandelo’s debut novel, Summer Sons, doesn’t get lost in its potentially-contradictory impulses. Even more impressive is the way it pulls these threads together—or, perhaps, is pulled and balanced between them—to tell a vibrant story of love and grief....The characters feel real, the cars feel real, and Mandelo absolutely nails the setting, right at this very specific intersection of Appalachia and collegiate uncertainty: the heat, the drinks, the casual physicality, the habits borne of rural poverty that recent affluence and city-living can’t entirely erase. The ghostly and magical elements, though disturbing, feel organic....Ghost stories, of course, are a way to think about loss. Mandelo balances that almost positive sense of haunting—the absence, the ache, the desperate longing—with the negative, the spooksome: old debts, old crime, old guilt beyond the chance of reconciliation.
 
"VERDICT A great choice for readers who enjoy thought-provoking and engaging horror that asks its protagonists to come to terms with the monsters—both literal and metaphorical—in their past (such as Sam J. Miller's The Blade Between or Cynthia Pelayo's Children of Chicago). Also a good option for fans of dark academic thrillers, like Donna Tartt's The Secret History."
tillagd av jagraham684 | ändraLibrary Journal (Jun 1, 2021)
 
Mandelo brings a queer goth aesthetic to the Southern gothic in their slow-building, brooding contemporary fantasy debut—with drag-racing, drug-use, and plenty of ghosts to boot. When Eddie Fulton dies of an apparent suicide, his best friend Andrew Blur inherits his fortune, house, roommate, research topic at Vanderbilt’s graduate program—and frightening sensitivity to ghosts....the central mystery provides few interesting twists. Instead, the novel shines in the tortured love triangle between Andrew, an intriguing stranger, and the ghost that haunts him. Full of angst and lingering spirits, Mandelo’s debut is like Tennessee molasses—dense, dark, slow-moving, and with a distinct Southern flavor.
tillagd av Lemeritus | ändraPublisher's Weekly (May 3, 2021)
 

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"Lee Mandelo's debut Summer Sons is a sweltering, queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by a hungry ghost. Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew a horrible inheritance: a roommate he doesn't know, friends he never asked for, and a gruesome phantom that hungers for him. As Andrew searches for the truth of Eddie's death, he uncovers the lies and secrets left behind by the person he trusted most, discovering a family history soaked in blood and death. Whirling between the backstabbing academic world where Eddie spent his days and the circle of hot boys, fast cars, and hard drugs that ruled Eddie's nights, the walls Andrew has built against the world begin to crumble. And there is something awful lurking, waiting for those walls to fall"--

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