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snixx · 6 months
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good god my obsession with infidelity is becoming a little bit concerning but hot women (so like all women) cheating on their mid-ass boyfriends/husbands with either their homoerotic girl best friend or "the other woman" in their relationship (who they used to scorn as cheap and a homewrecker as a scapegoat for the boyfriend's ungratefulness) ESPECIALLY in historical settings will always be a top tier trope for me and i will never not eat it up
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My piece for @rainbowcrate’s December book box.
Sophie Gonzales’ Never Ever Getting Back Together.
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rubenmontez · 4 months
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Ruben's arc
I'll shut up soon, but I keep thinking about how Ruben is the quiet tragedy in If This Gets Out. There are so many comments about his life that are dropped in and left there.
Like, he was raised by an emotionally abusive narcissist and a father who never stood up for him against her. He went to music camp to please his mom, and makes friends with a guy (Jon) on her orders. Because of this, he ends up in the band formed by Jon's famous father, where he is forced to hide his sexuality when he doesn't want to, and limit his own talent in case he outshines the other band members. He dates a bunch of guys that abuse him the same way his mother did, treating him as something they can use for their own gains, and is (alluded to) SAd or close to it when he's forced to do things for them in order to keep them and their "love".
Then he finally finds something real with the guy he has feelings for (Zach) and Zach immediately freaks out and pulls away, leaving Ruben terrified he's going to lose his whole found family. He's incredibly anxious and afraid because he's spent his whole life being told he's not lovable if he isn't perfect and doing things for other people. Zach (accidentally) calls Ruben ugly in front of the world, while ignoring him (imagine kissing your crush, only to have him pull away, promise to talk then continually cancel your attempts to work through it, and then telling the world they can't see why people would find you attractive!) My heart broke at that part.
Then they finally work things out and he finally gets a moment of happiness, for probably the first time in his life, and abusive people in power (the story of his life) start interfering and separating him and Zach. To add to it, he's been begging to come out so he doesn't have to sneak around and lie and be afraid (which is another layer of trauma) every time he loves someone, and he finally discovers they're never going to let him come out, and he has to sacrifice his own happiness and wellbeing for the band. Then when the band rally around him and try to help him come out anyway, he's literally and figuratively silenced by his abusers, who then take him to court for 'defamation' when all he's doing is finally speaking out about the years of abuse he's endured.
I also found it very smart how the authors juxtapose Zach and Ruben, because most characters view Zach as the people-pleaser, but Ruben has that in common with Zach. The whole book, Ruben allows himself to be silenced and shoved into a corner for the band, allows his literal identity to be denied for the band, gives Zach plenty of grace to work through his bisexuality even when it crosses over into cruelty sometimes, allows his Mom to emotionally abuse him while still buying her property etc... Ruben's toxic trait of people pleasing is called out less than Zach's but it's as much at the heart of his arc as it is Zach's. In a way, two people-pleasers found each other and were so horrified at each other's insistence on neglecting themselves, they managed to convince each other to stand up for themselves. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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zaachknight · 3 months
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nah but what if cale and sophie gossip about the fandom like what if cale sees what we say then they talk about it together?
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bookaddict24-7 · 29 days
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NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES! (MARCH 26TH, 2024)
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HAVE I MISSED ANY NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES? HAVE YOU ADDED ANY OF THESE BOOKS TO YOUR TBR? LET ME KNOW!
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NEW STANDALONES/FIRST IN A SERIES:
The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist by Sophie Gonzales
Icarus by K. Ancrum
Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman
Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis
Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen
NEW SEQUELS:
Royal Scandal (Royal Blood #2) by Aimee Carter
Return of the Vengeful Queen (Rise of the Vicious Princess #2) by C.J. Redwine
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Happy reading!
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your-stroopwafel · 1 year
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Zach x Ruben aesthetic
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vaampiricdecay · 9 months
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IF THIS GETS OUT NEEDS A MOVIE YOU DONT UNDERSTANDDDDD
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thepeculiarbird · 8 months
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English books but french titles (part1?) :
This Winter - Cet Hiver (Alice Oseman)
Solitaire - L'année Solitaire (Alice Oseman)
Radio Silence - Silence Radio (Alice Oseman)
They Both die at the end - Et ils meurent tous les deux à la fin (Adam Silvera)
If this gets out - Si ça s'apprend (Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich)
Only Mostly Devastated - Un si joli désastre (Sophie Gonzales)
Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children - Miss Peregrine et les enfants particuliers (Ransom Riggs)
Library Of Souls - La bibliothèque des âmes (Ransom Riggs)
A Map of Days - La Carte des Jours (Ransom Riggs)
The Conference of the Birds - La Conférence des oiseaux (Ransom Riggs)
The Desolations of Devil's Acre - Les Désolations de l'Arpent du Diable (Ransom Riggs)
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jacedevilliers · 9 days
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Of all the terrifying decisions I’d had to make this year, among all the missteps and bad calls and failed attempts—agreeing to help Alexander Brougham was the most perfectly right decision I’d ever made - PERFECT ON PAPER, Sophie Gonzales
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starsforhours · 3 months
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nothing just thinking about how Zach's credited on End Of Everything and how when they came out on stage that was almost the end of everything
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lgbtqreads · 5 months
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YA eBooks on Sale for Under $4
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therefugeofbooks · 2 years
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A super special June TBR with some Queer books I'm looking forward to reading this month!
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Gostaria que Você Estivesse Aqui by Fernando Scheller
Perfect On Paper by Sophia Gonzalez
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Are you guys reading any Queer books for Pride Month? 🌈
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bookishfreedom · 1 year
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coffee and currently reading ☕️
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rubenmontez · 4 months
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“Everyone wants the world to see them as they are. The truth isn’t the problem. The problem is that the world doesn’t always make the truth safe for us to share.” - Ruben Montez, If This Gets Out
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zaachknight · 8 months
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ZACHHHHHHH
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plz don't ruin the quality tumblr x
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the-final-sentence · 6 months
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'Sounds perfect,' she says.
Sophie Gonzales, from The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist
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