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A Passing Phase
High school senior Nate Whitby is not gay. Well, not really.
Okay, so he's only attracted to guys. And he's had sex with several. But he knows it's just a phase.
He always figured that, along the road to becoming an adult, he'd mutate into someone who preferred Keira Knightley to Chris Hemsworth. It would just happen, like puberty. But as adulthood approaches and his transformation has yet to begin, he panics.
Taking desperate measures to change his sexual orientation, Nate finds himself mired in surreal situations populated by, among others, his overbearing mom, current-and former-best friends, a dominatrix, and a muumuu-wearing psychic. Eventually, he's not sure who's trying to help and who's doing more harm than good. But he's determined to find himself-his true self.
After all, where there's a will, there's a way... right?
Okay, so he's only attracted to guys. And he's had sex with several. But he knows it's just a phase.
He always figured that, along the road to becoming an adult, he'd mutate into someone who preferred Keira Knightley to Chris Hemsworth. It would just happen, like puberty. But as adulthood approaches and his transformation has yet to begin, he panics.
Taking desperate measures to change his sexual orientation, Nate finds himself mired in surreal situations populated by, among others, his overbearing mom, current-and former-best friends, a dominatrix, and a muumuu-wearing psychic. Eventually, he's not sure who's trying to help and who's doing more harm than good. But he's determined to find himself-his true self.
After all, where there's a will, there's a way... right?
254 pages, Paperback
Published December 3, 2015
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J. Paul Devlin
1Ìýbook3ÌýfollowersJ. Paul Devlin is a native of Orange County, California, where he still resides. As a professionally trained actor and musician, he worked for a number of years in local theater, as well as doing film and voice-over work in Hollywood. Currently, he works as an assistant to a children’s hospital executive and devotes as much time as possible to writing fiction. Visit his website at JPaulDevlin.com.
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August 16, 2019
I wanted to like this story of a young guy trying hard not to be gay and failing miserably, and there were parts that kind of worked for me, but I couldn't tell whether this was supposed to be a comedy, a weird coming-of-age story, or a romance. The romance part definitely didn't work (kind of inserted in a rush at the end). Some parts were vivid and others over the top. The main character didn't appear to have a whole lot of empathy for the women he was...what? Trying to use to cure himself of gayness? They were way nicer to him than he honestly deserved.
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