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“A sweet novel, but it’s laced with enough humor and teen angst and situations with no clear, easy answers, that it doesn’t cloy. In fact, much of it rings true enough to snap you right back to your high-school years like a giant rubber band. The teasing, the daydreaming in class, the lockers, the milling about at the mall or the library…it’s all here. There is tenderness, and admirably written joyful discoveries of falling in love (and lust) and its fragility, as well as the pain of loss. Lessons are learned in this page-turner where things sometimes take an unexpected turn.”

—Edge magazine

“Robin Reardon’s A Secret Edge is a fun, compelling story about one young man’s coming-of-age, but it’s also a book of interesting ideas, touching on (but not limited to) cross-cultural relationships, family dynamics, friendship, honesty, Hindu philosophy, and the morality of violence vs. non-violence in a complicated world. It’s well worth your time, and Reardon is an author to watch.”

—Bart Yates, author of The Brothers Bishop

“Fans of works like The Front Runner should log off Out-Sports.com long enough to try this addicting and refreshingly non-tragic tale about an athletic adolescent’s coming of age.”

—Next magazine

“Dealing frankly with the challenges of being an out gay teen, Robin’s tale of a cross-cultural romance between two young athletes is as sexy as it is surprising. Jason and Raj are two characters that stand out in young adult fiction for being so wonderfully nuanced and emotionally real. In the end, A Secret Edge is a refreshing spin on the coming out story as well as a memorable new love story for the new millennium.”

—Brian Sloan, author of A Tale of Two Summers

“This year’s must-read coming-of-age story.”

—H/X magazine

“A sweet tale of first love with an abundance of heart, guts and faith.”

—Brian Francis, author of Fruit

“Engaging…This is the kind of novel I would have loved to read as a teen. I hope that many gay teens find A Secret Edge and beg the author for more books as well.”

—AfterElton.com

“Charming.”

—We The People