Improper Fraction by V.L. LoceyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Sweet, at times bittersweet and humorous story of best friends, who lose each other along the way. O’Malley has been in lust and love with his best friend Garrison since forever. Even when Garrison was off chasing girls. But one night, the night before they go off to college, leads to things between the friends that changes everything. O’Malley has known he was gay for a while. Finding out that Garrison isn’t as straight as he thought, gladdens him. But it confuses and scares Garrison. It will be four years
The contrast between O’Malley (Mal) and Garrison are many. Mal is a math nerd and completely non-athletic. Everything in life can be put into the form of a math problem. Everything except why Garrison left for college and baseball, then never came back. Garrison is the popular all-star athlete, with a full scholarship to play baseball.
For the past four years Garrison has been conflicted, confused and flat out scared of labeling himself as anything but straight. No one on his baseball team is out yet. And he doesn’t think he wants to be the first. But he knows how badly he treated Mal. He wants Mal to forgive him. And he still loves Mal, does he want more, maybe? But what would that do to his world?
The journey taken between these two is full of emotions on both sides. There is pain and disappointment for Mal as he patiently waits for Garrison to come to grips with who he is. There’s the growing pains for Garrison as he figures things out, about his sexuality, his career and Mal.
The characters are wonderfully written and are well developed. The secondary characters, such Garrison’s little sister Emily, Mal’s Dad and the Professor at camp all add to this story. This is well written and a great read I recommend.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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