*Book source ~ NetGalley
Title ~ Fine Young Gentlemen
Author ~ C.W. Slater
Publisher ~ EJF Productions
Published ~ 25 September 2013
Genre ~ YA | Suspense
Pages ~ 252
My Rating ~ 4 bites
Percy College School is private, elite and an
all-boys school. It should be an upstanding and outstanding institution, but
behind its walls there are sinister things happening. Craig Osterman is the
popular all-star quarterback, Jacob Aberdeen is the smart yet quiet kicker and
Matt Cutler is an average guy no longer on the football team due to injury. All
of these 16-yr-olds have something in common besides football and where they go
to school. They are harboring secrets. Secrets that would disgrace Percy
College School and Headmaster Dr. Anthony Helmond will do anything to keep that
from happening.
Wow. This is one fucked up story. It’s awful, it’s
terrible and it’s horrifying, but in a good way. I couldn’t put it down. Told
from several POVs, I got a pretty good feel of these characters. I felt bad for
Craig who has been keeping a terrible secret about the Coach and then he adds
an even bigger secret to that one. I can’t believe that he didn’t just have a
mental breakdown. His best friend Matt has been acting like an asshole ever
since his injury has kept him from the team. He’s a douchebag, but he’s
probably not any worse than most horny 16-yr-olds. He’s still a virgin and
desperate to rid himself of the burden yet always strikes out. It makes him
cranky. Then there’s Jacob. Omg, what a psychotic little fucker he is. Man, I
wanted him to get his comeuppance so damn bad. And finally there’s Helmond, the
Headmaster. A weasel, but not horribly so.
All of these people have their reasons for doing
what they do, but only Jacob is actively plotting his course. Everyone else is
basically reacting to events. But Jacob, sweet Baby Jane, he’s just unbelievable.
Talk about a viper hiding in plain sight. He is so distasteful, so disturbing
and so shudder-worthy that I really hoped he would get his ass kicked at the
very least. But no. At the end he has surpassed everything he has done up to
that point and then the book just stops. Wtf? That’s just wrong and I deducted
for the cliffhanger. But the rest? Oh, man.
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