I very recently realized I had read a gay romance before I knew what gay romances were like in grade 4 or 5 my brother brought home a book from his high school library and told me I could read it if I want (technically he was talking to me and my mom but still). So I decided to read it. My brother introduced the concept "what if on the day you died, you were told you would die in the next 24 hours?" And that intrigued 10 year old me so I read it. It was actually good but I just realized this. The book is called "they bothe die in the end" by the way. It was good. It's still funny thinking that at thirteen years old, my brother read gay romances, not because guys don't read them, but because my brother isn't the kind of person to read them