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My Big Fat Southern Gay Wedding (2000)

by Sara York(Favorite Author)

4.18 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Romance

series

A Southern Thing

review 1: Fyi, this is primarily listed as an LGBT love story, but it is so much more. This story also isn't a stand alone. You have to read all three books to get the ENTIRE story, so my review is mostly based on all three, since I binge-read them over the weekend. I'll be posting the same review on all three books because they should be read together.Yes, the story has a love at first sight element, but it carries through beautifully with the true love theme all the way through to the last book. I'm not going to give away spoilers, but it's not a happy-happy book. Be prepared for the reality of abuse, prejudice, and other ugliness. Also, be prepared for the tried in fire kind of true love that we all aspire to having.The whole 'A Southern Thing' series goes a long way in showing b... moreasic ignorance and how it can hurt. It also shows the love and healing that a family can have for one another. I can't say enough good things about this series and highly suggest it. It's very much real and in your face with issues that kids and adults face every day. Unless you want fluff and gratuitous sex... Then read something else.
review 2: I was given an ARC of this series by the author in exchange for an honest review.I cannot tell you how hard I fell in love with this amazing M/M series. I adored everything about these books, which contain everything you could possibly want for a perfect read: love, drama, romance, sexiness, angst, and emotion. This series will pull at your heartstrings and make you fall in love over and over again.The series starts out with Pray The Gay Away. This is the story of Jack, the star football player, who wants nothing more than a man of his own, and, Andrew, the sweet, shy boy who only wants to graduate and be able to get away. The pair meet and start to fall in love but then the unthinkable happens when Jack’s parents discover that he is gay.This book is an emotional read. Jack and Andrew are both young, but you know their relationship has the ability to bloom into something spectacular, but all is not rainbows and roses. The pair have to face abuse, prejudice and pain because of their relationship. They have to face more than any couple should have to in order to be together. Which leads us to book two, Sending Jack Off To Jesus.This book required a lot of kleenex. It made me so angry and then would make me cry only to turn around and make me fall in love with Jack and Andrew again. Jack’s parents are messed up. They are in denial and will stop at nothing to rid Jack of his “gayness”. Jack’s mother is convinced that sex with a girl will turn Jack into a heterosexual and his father has decided that a Pray the Gay away camp will rid Jack of his gayness. I have never disliked two characters more than Jack’s parents. They each made me want to throw my kindle against the wall. And then there is poor Andrew. While Jack is being sent away he is being put through unspeakable agony. I was on pins and needles the entire length of this book. Would Jack and Andrew ever find their way back together? On to My Big Fat Southern Gay Wedding.I will be honest in telling you that I think I cried the entire length of this book. Andrew and Jack are separated, lost to each other. They are in horrible emotional pain because they are without the other. Their love is still strong, but Jack and Andrew are broken after having been through the whirlwind of their lives. Jack is trying so hard to find Andrew, who has disappeared and Andrew is convinced that all is lost and is determined to end it all. This is an amazing conclusion to this series, but you will cry. I was an emotional wreck. Many times I had to put my kindle down and take a breath. Kudos to Sara York for creating this incredible series filled with one of my favorite all time couples- Jack and Andrew. You really have to work for this HEA but it is so incredible and so worth it. This is a fantastic series and I would highly recommend it.5 out of 5 big old stars from this reviewer. less

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