But when he texts Dre his feelings about that, it's like.lol, not like texts from a kid, telling Dre 'this isn't a simple case of adolescent ennui.' To me (a cis het lady who has spent 20 years teaching adolescents and with a 17 year old son).he didn't 'sound' like a kid as much as like the voice of an adult author helping to explain his complex identity to readers. His journey to understanding himself as demisexual and also gay (he tells Dre every person he developed sexual attraction towards were other men) is problematic, as outlined in a twitter thread by the person who did a sensitivity read, and she pointed out that the has stereotypical ace representation, portraying Dean as 'robotic' and that it's overall lacking depth. He is on the ace spectrum but doesn't really know how to define that for himself. At one point he thinks that Dean's Mom will try and criminalize his identity saying, 'Your Mom also thinks people like me don't deserve the same rights as everyone else' meaning that he is queer, but for some reason he doesn't at this time think about what Republicans think about Mexico, the wall, border camps, etc.ĭean on the other hand is a portrayed as preppy vegetarian. There is **absolutely nothing** about how connected he is to his identity as a Mexican American. He basically has no real cultural or ethnic identity, except being proud that his Dad will be the first Mexican-American president if he wins.

They end up deciding to be friends, but use an encrypted texting app to do it.Ĭharacterization wise: So, I guess I have a whole lot of questions about Dre's background. The boys get trapped into the Green Room with no wifi while something vague is happening outside that turns out to be nothing. PLOT: So the book starts with 17 year olds Dre & Dean with their parents at a debate. If it wasn't hard enough falling in love across the aisle, the political scheming of a shady third-party candidate could cause Dean and Dre's world to explode around them.This thing is full of spoilers without tags. But as Dean and Dre's meet-ups on the campaign trail become less left to chance, their friendship quickly becomes a romantic connection unlike any either of the boys have ever known.

The only problem is that Dre Rosario's on the opposition he's the son of the Democratic nominee. But still that doesn't mean Dean wants to be part of the public spectacle that is the race for the White House-at least not until he meets Dre.

When Dean Arnault's mother decided to run for president, it wasn't a surprise to anyone, least of all her son. Dre and Dean have got my vote -Adib Khorram, award-winning author of

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