Loved this book, if you liked it too I suggest e-mail the author, I have a few times and he seems pretty cool.

Like Julie Andrews and the movie Mary Poppins, this book may seem too sweet. On the other hand, non-grim fairy tales are a nice change once in a while.

Charming, funny and smart. A very good book.

This book was sitting on display on top of the Young Adults' section of my local library, and I couldn't resist the title. It reminds me strongly of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I read last summer. It's charming, witty, and although told through a series of diary entries, instant messaging, and emails, everyone has the exact same writing style and sense of humour. No villains. The gay characters are all unconditionally loved and accepted by their family and friends. There are two deaf little boys who are, of course, cute as all hell. And Julie Andrews makes a cameo appearance. Her expressions, writing style and sense of humour is exactly the same as everyone else's. Isn't that lucky? All in all, this has the feel of one of those Disney teen sitcoms where everyone is very attractive, quick with the punchlines, and overcome their problems without so much as getting their feet wet. A number of them can sing and dance too. Put this under "undemanding reading". It's fun. It's also a fairytale.

A tale of teen brothers respectively wooing the girl and boy of their dreams. An examination of the definition of family. A joyride through love and hope and friendships in Brookline, Massachusetts. As camp as a row of tents, this novel starts out strong and zips right along with journal entries, email, IM and other alternative text presentations. Every single character, even the minor ones, are larger than life. TC is handsome, charming, loyal and caring. He is politically active and gets a 98 average at school when he doesn't purposefully keep it down to B+. TC's brother Augie is adorably cute and a total stage queen, performing old musical numbers right and left. (This was almost too much for me, except that the author blurb mentions that Kluger had always seen himself as the next Ethel Merman, and so I forgave him for making Augie over-the-top.) Alejandra is a top student AND she excels at song and dance AND her best friend is an agent of the US Secret Service. You get the picture. Lots of fun. Recommended to readers who like Alex Sanchez, David Levithan and James St. James.