In addition to accepting the challenge for how many books I will read in a year, I always set out to explore genre and subject matter I have not previously explored. The plot and storyline are well done, the setting allows for a certain extra tension as well as giving an opportunity to reflect on the impact of religion on who we are and who we become. This is a wonderful book that operates on many levels. I thought the book dragged a little around the three/fourths mark, but on the whole this was a wonderful, engaging read. The depiction of the complications that arise for Tanner and Sebastian is tender and lovely, and I really appreciated the way Lauren grapples with Sebastian's faith and never lets the story brush off how important it is to him, despite the difficulties it causes him. I loved all the characters here, as well as the format of the book (most of it takes the form of the autobiographical novel Tanner is writing in his seminar). Eventually he discovers Sebastian reciprocates his feelings, and then thing get reeeally complicated. During his senior year of high school, Tanner finds himself falling for LDS golden boy Sebastian Brother, who TAs the creative writing seminar Tanner is taking. His father is Jewish, his mother is ex-LDS, and the family moved to Provo from California when Tanner was a teen, so he always feels somewhat like an outsider in town and at school, though he has a loving, supportive family and a best friend named Autumn. In this YA contemporary romance, Tanner lives in Provo, Utah, not necessarily the easiest place to be bisexual. And it takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. It turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long time. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah.īut when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High’s prestigious Seminar-where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester-Tanner can’t resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this “sensitive and complex” ( BCCB) coming-of-age novel from New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class-one from a progressive family and the other from a conservative religious community. “A hopeful and moving love story.” - Publishers Weeklyįangirl meets Simon vs.

Autoboyography by christina lauren