So as my first blog I thought I'd write about this book I finished reading a few weeks ago. A Secret Edge written by Robin Reardon is an interesting coming of age story of a high school junior coming out and finding love. I found this book at my local Borders. When I was at Borders, in Emeryville, I wanted to pick up a book to read, a personal entertaining book, not another book assigned for reading. For the first time in my life I felt comfortable enough to look for Gay fiction. At Borders I found it very difficult to find the Gay and Lesbian section and when I finally found the location the selection was anything but extensive. Standing in front of the Gay fiction I felt as though everyone was looking at me, in a sense of judgment, but I took it to myself to dismiss those feelings and just search for a book, my first gay fiction book. While I was browsing through the books I came across this book, A Secret Edge, and the thing about this book that made it my selection over all the other books was the story itself. From the cover and from the summary in the back of the book, I felt I could relate to this book. Back in high school I ran track. I ran distance my first two years and then I ran hurdles the second half of high school. This book was not only appealing due to the presence of batons and hurdles, the idea of coming out during high school provided much of an equal appeal. I have always questioned my timing in coming out. In high school I know I was into guys, but for some reason I was afraid to admit it. This story brought that situation out and gave me a view of what it might have been like to come out and to find my first love in high school. I do recognize the fact that the tolerance in the high school is enough to make the story develop and conclude the way it does where as in my high school I doubt the same would be applicable. Then again, it is a speculation on my part and there really isn't any way of finding out for sure what my outcome could of, should of, would of been like.
This book is a good read. It's in no shape or form a erotic read, although it does provide us a few brief-detailed, situations of boys... playing around, we'll put it.
My next read is called The Perfect Boy by Mark A. Roeder. Lets see what that book has in store for me.
