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The Price of Popularity - beautiful_and_damned

Author: @beautiful_and_damned

Asher's life revolves around two things; being popular and his boyfriend, Danny.

Unfortunately for Asher, these things don't really coincide, so he leads two completely separate lives.

At school he is captain of the football team, he flirts with pretty girls and parties like there is no tomorrow, but that all changes when his boyfriend visits on the weekends.

This jock thinks that he has the best of both worlds but things are changing and Asher's entire façade starts crumbling around him like a house in an earthquake.

Will Asher be able to keep his boyfriend once he finds out all of the secrets he has been keeping, or will losing Danny be the price of popularity?

Nominated by @JustAnotherWeirdo13

My thoughts: This piece of teen fiction hit me with the feels. I was so mad at Asher at so many points in this novel, and that means I connected with him which isn't very common. It's a well-written piece, dealing with very real problems. It also shows another side of things than many other bxb novels taking place in high school. You get to follow the terrified Jock, who wants nothing more than to save himself and the person he loves, even though he doesn't seem to know what he's trying to save them from.

Go read it!