☊☊☊☊☊☊ Maybe With A Chance of Certainty by John Goode ☊☊☊☊☊
The Tales from Foster High series:
- Maybe With A Chance Of Certainty (book #1) – in this review
- End Of The Beginning (book #2)
- Raise Your Glass (book #3)
- End Of The Innocence (book #4)
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Maybe With a Chance of Certainty by John Goode
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The blurb…
Kyle has worked hard at being the invisible student, toiling through high school in the middle of Nowhere, Texas. Brad is the baseball star at Foster High. Both boys are damaged in ways that the rest of the world can’t see. When they bond over a night of history tutoring, Kyle thinks that maybe his life has taken a turn for the not-so-lonely.
He finds out quickly that the promise of fairy-tale love is a lie when you’re gay and falling for one of the most popular boys in school, and if being different is a sin in high school, then being gay is the biggest sin of all. Now Kyle and Brad need to come to an understanding amidst the scrutiny of their peers or their fledgling relationship will crash and burn before it ever gets off the ground.
So what did I think?
I bought this book (and the rest of the series) and obviously started with this one first – duh! I read and LOVED it. Then I had the chance to listen to the audio version. And WOW!
If I thought I enjoyed the story the first time round, the audio version just improved on it. The narrator, Michael Stellman, enhances the story and takes nothing away. It was so interesting to compare my thoughts on the story from my own reading experience versus my thoughts from the listening experience. Sometimes the narrator’s voice and style doesn’t match the characters I have built in my head but this one hit the nail on the head – brilliant! Michael Stellman’s voice captured Kyle perfectly with a real sense of youth and emotion.
I loved the style of writing and characters were totally wonderful. I loved the emotion and challenge of growing up. I loved the nerd and the jock facing life head on. I loved public confrontations and grand gestures. But most of all I loved the strength and honesty.
I haven’t read the second book, End of The Beginning yet but have started listening to the audio version. I’m not too far in but loving the continuation of the story, this time from Brad’s point of view.
I wouldn’t usually come right out and recommend an audio book over the ebook or print edition (I’m a bit old-school that way and prefer the characters in my head) but this is the reverse for me. I actually originally rated the written book as a 4/4.5 but it is now a definite 5 and moving to my favourites shelf!
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To find out more about John Goode check out the Tales from Foster High Facebook page.
Buy Maybe With A Chance Of Certainty from Amazon.
Buy the audio book, Tales from Foster High (books 1-3) from Audible.
