Play Me, I'm Yours

Really good story. Parker does a great job bringing across her very human characters, including all their flaws and hangups and mistakes, well meaning as they might have been at the time, as well as all their positives. Poor Lucas is so sweet and adorable you just want to cuddle him to pieces and the friends he makes are just absolutely wonderful.

How easy is it to be an outcast? Some people call themselves originals. Some call themselves rebels. Some call themselves freaks with pride.
Then there are those of us that don't know where we fit. Or, maybe, more t the point, why we don't fit. We try to be nice. We try not to care about the names or noises thrown our way. We try to turn the other cheek when people call us any number of names.
I'm neither a man, nor am I gay, but I identified with Lucas in the most basic way. I spent high school being misunderstood. I spent a lot of it confused about what I'd done wrong. I spent all of it unhappy.
This book makes me wish it were around in the '90s for no other reason than, maybe, I could feel like there was someone who understood how hard it was to be a teenager. How hard it is to find yourself in a sea of conformity. How hard it was to yearn for acceptance and find none. And that it's okay when you don't.
(BTW, Cyndi Lauper is one of my favorite singers and True Colors is one of my favorite songs.)

Loved it! My first story from Harmony Ink, but it won't be my last :) I did pay for my copy and would do so again. Really enjoyed the characters and the slice of their high school life you see - I'm definitely going to check out this author again.

Received this early because of Harmony Ink Press Anniversary giveaway. This book was an amazing read and had I paid for it it would have been well worth the price. The main characters were very likable and it was romantic. It was a journey learning about Lucas and watching his growth because of the amazing people who supported him (even those who didn't really show it like Mason and his father).