Freak Show by James St. James

[description from B&N]

Meet Billy Bloom, new student at the ultra-white, ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy and drag queen extraordinaire. Actually, "drag queen" does not begin to describe Billy and his fabulousness. Any way you slice it, Billy is not a typical seventeen-year-old, and the Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes at the academy have never seen anyone quite like him before. But thanks to the help and support of one good friend, Billy's able to take a stand for outcasts and underdogs everywhere in his own outrageous, over-thetop, sad, funny, brilliant, and unique way.

Review:

Oh my gosh, I cannot even begin to describe the fabulousness of this book. In the words of Renay, it "blinds you with radiance." That really is the only was to describe this book. It's just so...AHHH. FABULOUS. (Note: the word fabulous will probably be used many, many times in this review.)

Warning: this books is not for the close minded. Billy is an over-the-top, flamboyant, loud, slightly obnoxious, FABULOUS, drag-wearing, gay boy, and he's not afraid to show it. That is why I love him so much. He knows people are going to give him a hard time about his awesomeness, but he doesn't care. He keeps on being his fabulous self, showing his conservative classmates who's boss.

Because of the unspeakable amounts of glory in this book, you may think that it is all unicorns and butterflies and joyous. But that is incorrect. Billy's classmates are definitely not the most accepting of him being gay, and often he gets hurt for it. His hilarious voice makes most of the sadder events seem unimportant and usual to him, but you can still tell that the events effect him and make him even more determined to shock all his classmates.

Freak Show is a hilarious, smart, FABULOUS, and deeper than it seems, book that I definitely recommend. I think all of you should read it, because I really cannot even begin to describe its glory.

8.5/10