![]() ![]() ![]() It took me a minute to get past what a stupid name “Pony” is, but I accepted it because of the The Outsiders homage (for the record: I love that book but Ponyboy is a dumb name there, too also, it feels like every time I hear something about SE Hinton lately it’s bad, so…). Is it maybe a little too cute for the seriousness of the end of Stay Gold? Yeah, possibly. I mean, look at it! It’s so adorable! I love this art style, and in fact it was the covers that first brought me to Tobly McSmith’s books. ![]() For that reason I decided to break out an old review format: I liked / I didn’t like. On the whole I enjoyed reading Stay Gold, but there were a lot of things that bothered me the more I thought about them. ![]() When he meets Georgia, a popular and beautiful cheerleader, his decision to stay under-the-radar starts to look decidedly less attractive. After being bullied at his last school after coming out, Pony decides to go stealth because he can pass, he decides that there’s no reason to tell anyone that he’s trans. This time, though, switching schools feels like an opportunity rather than a hardship. Pony is an army brat, so he’s used to moving around all the time. I’d been meaning to read Stay Gold ever since I enjoyed Tobly McSmith’s sophomore novel Act Cool.I bought it ages ago, and it finally made it to the top of my pile. ![]()
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