He has no trouble finding partners and goes through them like water. Beautiful young women come and go in his life, and they rarely form any kind of bond with Aiden. His model mother abandoned him in early childhood and dad is a super-wealthy serial philanderer. It doesn’t help that Aiden’s home life is so problematic. Aiden, on the other hand, is in a downward spiral because he has always loved Harvard and cannot handle being in the friend-zone any more. Harvard wants to at least have a friendship with Aiden, thinking that Aiden finds him romantically repulsive. Harvard is also secretly in love with Aiden, but each thinks the other is not interested. But what Harvard doesn’t realize is that Aiden has always been in love with him. To help Harvard out, Aiden agrees to “practice date” him as a way to give him boyfriend lessons. Harvard had realized in volume one that he is attracted to guys, not girls, but he has no romantic experience at all, unlike his BFF Aiden, who is the campus heartbreaker.

Sarah Rees Brennan continues to write with heart, humor and great compassion for these teenage boys as they struggle to figure out who they are and whom they can trust.Īt the end of volume one, the nearly lifelong friendship between Aiden and Harvard was on the rocks. Would they come together as a team or would personal relationships fall apart, taking the team with it? In volume two, coach Williams, team captain Harvard, heartthrob Aiden, intense Seiji, and black sheep Nicholas pack their bags for France and the opportunity to train with some of the best fencers in the world. When last we left them, relationships among the members of the fencing team were fraught. In Fence: Disarmed, we return to the exclusive boys boarding school known as Kings Row and its fencing team. The love affair continues and I am very much hoping that another volume is in the works. I read volume one of this series, Fence: Striking Distance, about a month ago and loved it. An original novel based on C.S.Pacat’s Fence comic series, illustrated by Johanna The Mad

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