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Summer Sons

Written by: Lee Mandelo
Narrated by: Will Damron
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Lee Mandelo's debut Summer Sons is a sweltering queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by a hungry ghost.

Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew a horrible inheritance: a roommate he doesn’t know, friends he never asked for, and a gruesome phantom that hungers for him.

As Andrew searches for the truth of Eddie’s death, he uncovers the lies and secrets left behind by the person he trusted most, discovering a family history soaked in blood and death. Whirling between the backstabbing academic world where Eddie spent his days and the circle of hot boys, fast cars, and hard drugs that ruled Eddie’s nights, the walls Andrew has built against the world begin to crumble, letting in the phantom that hungers to possess him.

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©2021 Lee Mandelo (P)2021 Macmillan Audio Dark Fantasy Fantasy Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

Critic Reviews

"Summer Sons is a southern summer in book form: hot and hungry and haunting. I couldn't put it down." —Alix E. Harrow

"Truly intense: you can smell the blood, the sweat, and the petrol. It absolutely rips." —Tamsyn Muir

"At once a raw, beautifully written gothic and an adrenaline-fueled debut, Summer Sons heralds a rich new voice in speculative fiction. Lee Mandelo is for real." —Andy Davidson
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summer sons is a must read of dark academia and nothing beats each of the characters in the book. I couldn't have enjoyed the book even if one character was missing including the dead ones. Sam is the best. his no nonsense made him adorable. Andrew is so much more than what is written in the narrative. you need to get your between the lines to truly get him. don't miss the southern twang in the audiobook by the narrator.

beautiful just beautiful! what a story

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