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Into the Light
Into the Light | Mark Oshiro
6 posts | 3 read | 5 to read
KEEP YOUR SECRETS CLOSE TO HOME It's been one year since Manny was cast out of his family and driven into the wilderness of the American Southwest. Since then, Manny lives by self-taught rules that keep him moving--and keep him alive. Now, he's taking a chance on a traveling situation with the Varela family, whose attractive but surly son, Carlos, seems to promise a new future. Eli abides by the rules of his family, living in a secluded community that raised him to believe his obedience will be rewarded. But an unsettling question slowly eats away at Eli's once unwavering faith in Reconciliation: Why can't he remember his past? But the reported discovery of an unidentified body in the hills of Idyllwild, California, will draw both of these young men into facing their biggest fears and confronting their own identity--and who they are allowed to be. For fans of Courtney Summers and Tiffany D. Jackson, Into the Light is a ripped-from-the-headlines story with Oshiro's signature mix of raw emotions and visceral prose--but with a startling twist you'll have to read to believe.
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Kicked out of his family, Manny travels until he learns of an identified body near where he used to live. Worried that it‘s his sister, he returns to confront his past & everything he‘s been running from.

Such an intense read! Questions of identity, conformity, & the abuse of power by those supposed to care for the most vulnerable. Very clever with the changing POVs/fonts. & a supernatural twist I think could have been set up better. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

BookmarkTavern #LGBTQBookBingo #LGBTQ2024 @Kenyazero Plant on the cover CW 👇🏻 (edited) 8mo
BookmarkTavern There are no chapter breaks so a general warning throughout for cults, brainwashing, Christian nationalism, child abuse, child abandonment, threatened sexual assault, child homelessness 8mo
peanutnine I did not see that twist coming!! 7mo
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BookmarkTavern
Into the Light | Mark Oshiro
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I‘m currently reading the tagged book and The Nightland Express by JM Lee! And I‘ve got an audio copy of Queers Destroy Science Fiction that I hope to start today! 💖

#SundayFunday Have a wonderful day, and don‘t forget to tag me in your posts!

ChaoticMissAdventures I really enjoyed Oshiro's Each Of Us A Desert! He is a great writer. 8mo
BookmarkTavern @ChaoticMissAdventures That‘s my favorite of theirs! 💕 8mo
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peanutnine
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This book was so riveting & creepy & twisty! Manny lives on the road after being cast out by his family and has his rules to survive and not let anyone close. But when he hears of an unidentified body found in the woods surrounding a small town, he's forced to face his trauma bc he might know who it is. This story is dark & raw & uncomfortable but I didn't want to stop listening.
My Sept #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks
#LGBTQ2023 QBIPOC @Kenyazero

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coffees
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This was such a beautiful book. I loved Manny. He's such a great character and *everything he went through* 😭 Have you ever watched Under the Same Moon? This reminded me of that movie except way darker and traumatic. Like bro, I can't believe people are capable and willing to do these things (and yet here is 2023 proving me wrong) #gayromance #lgbtq

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coffees Tw: homelessness, SH, mentions of pedophiles, graphic murder and violence scenes, abandonment, dissociative amnesia, negative experience in foster care system, conversion "therapy", zealots, abuse/torture of minors (ie. starvation, gaslighting)/abuse of power, etc 1y
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coffees
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It's been tough but I'm slowly getting through my Netgalley backlog 🥹🥹 it helps that I haven't requested many new #books 😂😂 next up will be these two audiobooks and then I'll finally sit down with some ebooks

Maybe I can get my score to 45% by the end of June? 🤔 🤔 #netgalley #tbr #tbrpile

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