A review by jess_mango
May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

3.0

Let me start out by saying that I really wanted to love this book but it just didn't do it for me. This YA novel stars Lukas and Jeremy who were former boyfriend/girlfriend until Jeremy transitioned to male. So, we have a story told partly by Jeremy and partly by Lukas sometime after their split. They are both semi-rabid about becoming homecoming king at their high school. Lukas seems nice enough. He is autistic and dealing with recent traumatic events in his family. Jeremy on the other hand, well.... he was just annoying and vapid in my opinion. He wasn't nice to anyone, including his own friends.

I had so much hope for this #ownvoices LGBTQ+ novel but it left me feeling irked and disappointed. I listened to the audio and in my opinion they should have done it with two different narrators, one for Lukas' part and one for Jeremy's. I rate it somewhere between 2 and 3 stars.

What to listen to while reading...
You Can't Tell Me by Jake Edwards
I Bet on Losing Dogs by Mitski
Stolen Dance by Milky Chance
Transgender by Crystal Castles
Can I Call you Tonight? by Dayglow


Thank you to the publisher for the audiobook.