
'Summer Sons' by Lee Mandelo is a Southern gothic tale interwoven with elements of mystery, horror, academia, and queer relationships. The story follows Andrew as he delves into the supernatural world to uncover the truth behind his best friend Eddie's alleged suicide, leading him to confront ghosts, curses, and dark academia themes. The writing style is described as raw, lush, and haunting, with a slow burn pace that gradually reveals layers of grief, repression, identity, and relationships set against the atmospheric backdrop of the deep South.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
Triggers and content warnings for Summer Sons include discussions of suicide, grief, drug use, homophobia, toxic relationships, and themes of death.
Has Romance?
While not the central focus, the story contains romantic subplots and explores queer relationships with significant emotional depth.
From The Publisher:
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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Fantastic book! Is it me or was every character hot in this book? They way the main character was observing each male character had me feeling some way 😂
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