Us Three

By Mia Kerick

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Release Date Apr 3, 2014
Type Novels
Pages 180
ISBN-13 978-1-62798-908-4
SKU 4858

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By Mia Kerick

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One Voice: Book One

In his junior year at a public high school, sweet, bright Casey Minton’s biggest worry isn’t being gay. Keeping from being too badly bullied by his so-called friends, a group of girls called the Queen Bees, is more pressing. Nate De Marco has no friends, his tough home life having taken its toll on his reputation, but he’s determined to get through high school. Zander Zane’s story is different: he’s popular, a jock. Zander knows he’s gay, but fellow students don’t, and he’d like to keep it that way.

No one expects much when these three are grouped together for a class project, yet in the process the boys discover each other’s talents and traits, and a new bond forms. But what if Nate, Zander, and Casey fall in love—each with the other and all three together? Not only gay but also a threesome, for them high school becomes infinitely more complicated and maybe even dangerous. To survive and keep their love alive, they must find their individual strengths and courage and stand together, honest and united. If they can do that, they might prevail against the Queen Bees and a student body frightened into silence—and even against their own crippling fears.

Series One Voice | Book One , Award-Winning Books

Genres Contemporary Romance / Gay / Queer Spectrum / Teen Fiction

Review of Us Three
By Christy
on May 2, 2014 08:05
Mia Kerick is one of the very few authors where I will read the young adult genre. I've said it before and my reasons haven't changed. I lived that miserable time of being bullied and harassed, I certainly don't want to read about it. But, this author wrote an incredible book by the name of 'The Red Sheet' and I fell in love with her writing and her understanding of teenagers. So, it was a given that I would read 'Us Three' when it released. As I've come to realize, this is an author to keep my eyes on because she's constantly pushing the boundaries and I've yet to not adore her work.
I can seriously give the author major kudos for beginning this book with a scene right out of my own nightmares with teenage girls. Whoever said all that crap about girls and kittens and spice, didn't know the girls I knew and obviously Casey knows. Girls are a hundred times more vicious and backstabbing than boys could even dream of being. So, my heart went out to Casey right away. Casey is small, effeminate, wears pink for goodness sake, and is still trying to be friendly with the Queen Bees, the group of girls he was BFF's with until they turned on him. Casey is a chatterbox with the biggest heart imaginable. Nate, through the eyes of Casey, is seen as the enormous, scary guy who lurks in the back of class. Nate is also living through his own nightmare, though at home, and has learned to keep his mouth shut 99 percent of the time. Zander is a jock in the popular crowd who is pretty sure he's gay but he isn't about to let that secret out. His home life consists of a mom who seems to behave fairly slutty and an older brother Zander has a great relationship with but he's off at college.
These three incredibly different young men get assigned to a group project in their French class. Poor Casey. Those horrid Queen Bee bitches are so mad that the teacher picked the groups, since they wanted Casey in theirs so he'd do all the work and they could get the grade, that their hostility and nastiness to him skyrocket. Over time each of these young men learn more and more about each other. Casey is a genius who loves to cook and make something out of nothing, and Casey is just pure good. Nate is a protector from the top of his head right down to the bottom of his feet, and a lot smarter than he shows. Zander, for all his fear of being outed and not wanting any negative attention thrown at him, knows how to stand up and take charge when the time is right. Zander also knows how be honest and say what he wants. Remarkably, these young men discover that they really like each other, and decide that since they don't fit the mold at school, maybe they'll make their own mold. A lot easier said than done, especially when you're a teenager.
One of the things I loved about this story was the differing ways the author showed each \"voice\". Casey was in first person, Nate's was through his diary, and Zander's was in the e-mails he sent to his brother. Basically each of them was in first person, but it didn't make it confusing, at all. It just seemed right and perfect for how the story developed. I loved this book. It brought back some memories and reminded me that bullying is so much worse than in my generation and that was bad enough. I loved Casey, Nate, and Zander as they are incredible young men I'm proud to have gotten to know.
The fact that Mia Kerick addressed a taboo subject, even for adults, of a multiple partner love just solidified in my mind why I'm watching and waiting for new works by her. She continually amazes me by making me think and feel. Once again she has woven an incredible tapestry of the finest silken threads and created something enduring that will last. A story of courage and strength in the face of serious adversity, and a love that shines through everything making it whole.
NOTE: This book was provided by Harmony Ink Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews

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- Review of Us Three
- By Lauren Agliata
  on May 10, 2015 03:05
- Great young adult romance that deals with high school and the future these three guys have together!
- Review of Us Three
- By Marinieves
  on Oct 22, 2014 07:10
- Us Three ... Beautiful story about perseverance and the realization that you can truly appreciate and believe that you can love someone who is different than you ... In this case two someones.
  Zander, Casey and Nate bond over a French class project. Things shift from not knowing each other to becoming one ... Becoming the three of us.
  One thing that I love about this book is the way each of the boys have their own voice in telling the story.
  One thing also we need to learn is that what Casey suffered by being bullied in a horrible thing and should never be tolerated.
  I will love for this book to have a sequel to know what happened to the boys.
  Excellent book ... Always remember that you are free to live and love ...
  💙 is 💜 is 💝
- Review of Us Three
- By Christy
  on May 2, 2014 08:05
- Mia Kerick is one of the very few authors where I will read the young adult genre. I've said it before and my reasons haven't changed. I lived that miserable time of being bullied and harassed, I certainly don't want to read about it. But, this author wrote an incredible book by the name of 'The Red Sheet' and I fell in love with her writing and her understanding of teenagers. So, it was a given that I would read 'Us Three' when it released. As I've come to realize, this is an author to keep my eyes on because she's constantly pushing the boundaries and I've yet to not adore her work.
  I can seriously give the author major kudos for beginning this book with a scene right out of my own nightmares with teenage girls. Whoever said all that crap about girls and kittens and spice, didn't know the girls I knew and obviously Casey knows. Girls are a hundred times more vicious and backstabbing than boys could even dream of being. So, my heart went out to Casey right away. Casey is small, effeminate, wears pink for goodness sake, and is still trying to be friendly with the Queen Bees, the group of girls he was BFF's with until they turned on him. Casey is a chatterbox with the biggest heart imaginable. Nate, through the eyes of Casey, is seen as the enormous, scary guy who lurks in the back of class. Nate is also living through his own nightmare, though at home, and has learned to keep his mouth shut 99 percent of the time. Zander is a jock in the popular crowd who is pretty sure he's gay but he isn't about to let that secret out. His home life consists of a mom who seems to behave fairly slutty and an older brother Zander has a great relationship with but he's off at college.
  These three incredibly different young men get assigned to a group project in their French class. Poor Casey. Those horrid Queen Bee bitches are so mad that the teacher picked the groups, since they wanted Casey in theirs so he'd do all the work and they could get the grade, that their hostility and nastiness to him skyrocket. Over time each of these young men learn more and more about each other. Casey is a genius who loves to cook and make something out of nothing, and Casey is just pure good. Nate is a protector from the top of his head right down to the bottom of his feet, and a lot smarter than he shows. Zander, for all his fear of being outed and not wanting any negative attention thrown at him, knows how to stand up and take charge when the time is right. Zander also knows how be honest and say what he wants. Remarkably, these young men discover that they really like each other, and decide that since they don't fit the mold at school, maybe they'll make their own mold. A lot easier said than done, especially when you're a teenager.
  One of the things I loved about this story was the differing ways the author showed each \"voice\". Casey was in first person, Nate's was through his diary, and Zander's was in the e-mails he sent to his brother. Basically each of them was in first person, but it didn't make it confusing, at all. It just seemed right and perfect for how the story developed. I loved this book. It brought back some memories and reminded me that bullying is so much worse than in my generation and that was bad enough. I loved Casey, Nate, and Zander as they are incredible young men I'm proud to have gotten to know.
  The fact that Mia Kerick addressed a taboo subject, even for adults, of a multiple partner love just solidified in my mind why I'm watching and waiting for new works by her. She continually amazes me by making me think and feel. Once again she has woven an incredible tapestry of the finest silken threads and created something enduring that will last. A story of courage and strength in the face of serious adversity, and a love that shines through everything making it whole.
  NOTE: This book was provided by Harmony Ink Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews

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