High school junior Blaine Bowers has it all-the perfect boyfriend, a pretty sweet gig as a muralist for local Windy City businesses, a loving family, and awesome, talented friends. Think: Queer, Legally Blonde, and although I haven’t seen the show, someone told me it seemed like Glee without the singing? Basically: iconic. Since the book has been released, this is the full review! Thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada for providing an ARC of Blaine for the Win in exchange for an honest review. I received an ARC from Simon and Schuster and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Robbie, you’ve done it again! I can’t wait to read your next novel! Like I said: you really are the king of feel-good queer YA. And although mental health is such a heavy topic, this book was happy and funny and fluffy at the same time. Life isn’t always beautiful, and it’s so important to share our mental state with others.

I treasured those beautiful and vulnerable conversations about fears. I loved how Robbie showed us that Blaine, his friends, and his family all were anxious about something. ’Let’s talk?’ It’s a brilliant way to start a campaign to become senior class president. To Aunt Star, everyone’s number one cheerleader. To the wonderfully diverse cast of supporting characters. To Blaine’s journey to get Joey back by entering the senior class president election.

And surrender I did! To his captivating writing. Chapter by chapter Robbie pulled me further into the story until I couldn’t do anything but surrender. Whereas The Sky Blues was an insta love-I fell head over heels, Blaine for the Win was a slow burn. Robbie Couch is the king of feel-good queer YA! This relatable, funny, and sweet story feels like a safety blanket, wrapping heavier stuff like mental health. Guys like Zach Chesterton.ĭetermined to prove that Blaine can be what Joey wants, Blaine decides to enter the running to become his successor (and beat out Joey’s new boyfriend, Zach) as senior student council president.īut is he willing to sacrifice everything he loves about himself to do it? And if Joey wants to go far in life, he needs to start dating more serious guys. On their one-year anniversary.īecause, according to Joey, Blaine is too goofy, too flighty, too…unserious. Popular of Wicker West High School, Joey-is going to invite Blaine to spend spring break with his family in beautiful, sunny Cabo San Lucas.Įxcept Joey breaks up with him instead. And he is absolutely, 100% positive that aforementioned perfect boyfriend-senior student council president and Mr. After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more “serious” guys, a teen boy decides to prove he can be serious, too, by running for senior class president in this joyful romp from the author of The Sky Blues.

Blaine for the win by robbie couch