A Really Nice Prom Mess | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Sloan
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 637162
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 1416953892
EAN: 9781416953890
ASIN: 1416953892
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
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Cameron doesn't want to go to prom. Not with his boyfriend, Shane, and definitely not with his fake date, Virginia. Sure, it's senior prom, it's the end of high school, and Virginia's drop-dead gorgeous. But none of that matters to Cam, who's never liked any high school dance. Ever. Then an unexpected kiss changes everything, and Cam needs to make a quick exit. After teaming up with a waiter who's been dealing drugs in the bathroom, Cam leaves the prom. But his night is far from over. From a high-speed car chase, to a stop at the after-prom party, to a bar with a wild dance contest...Cam's night finally ends in the most unlikely of romances.
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 Twelve Hours of Hilarious Serendipity October 25, 2006
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
Brian Sloan may just be one of the better writers of comedy to come around in a long time. He manages to take a 'normal high school prom' situation and turn out a comedy of errors, of social faux pas, of class distinctions, of teenage drug and alcohol abuse, and of gay coming out stories and combine them in a page turner laugh riot that is one of the best reads around. Sort of an Augusten Burroughs dealing with normal people!
The story is literally twelve hours of a prom night attended (among others, of course) by two closeted gay boyfriends and their girl friend dates, an evening which manages to unmask everyone's foibles and secrets, lead to flaming hairdos, Russian drug dealers, police raids, and eventually a resolution to a courtship between two mismatched men that provides a world of lessons.
Sloan narrates the story as seventeen-going-on-eighteen Cameron Hayes and makes him so visual and witty and vulnerable that we can't help but love the kid and stay with him, delightedly entertained, until the very last page. There are moments when the contemporary teen language becomes a bit excessive: there are other more serious problems with Sloan's inappropriately poor grammar. But the overall result is galloping romp through that 'night of nights' when high school seniors (especially ones of wealth) toss convention to the winds of hormonal explosion and the fireworks are stunning! Grady Harp, October 06
 A tale about honesty October 2, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
"A Really Nice Prom Mess" revolves around graduating Senior Cameron Hayes attept to go to the prom with his boyfriend Shane, a football player deeply in the closet. To achieve this romantic goal he is set up on a date with a wild, out-of-control girl who soon catches on to his secret scheme. Things go from bad to worse to insanity in the course of one evening as Cameron gets beat up, goes on the run with a drug dealer, ends up dancing at a local DC Gay Bar, and learns what it is to be an honest gay man true to his friends and himself.
Dispite a goofy title, this book was vary enjoyable overall. It captures nicely the confusion and frustrations of young love well, and the author has a knack for creating interestingly mismatched characters. Even when the action of the story gets a little too out-of-whack and unbelievable it is still a good quick read for a lazy afternoon. At 25, I feared this would be one of those gay teen novels that makes me feel like a wierdo oversexualizing underage highschoolers, but Sloan does a good job making the story sexy without making it salacious. This book does contain drug & Alchohol use and sexual situations, but it's prom night after all so what did you expect?! This book will remind many of us what it was like growing up gay in High School, and the things we did to get through it.
Laugh out Loud Funny-A must read!! June 6, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A really nice prom mess was one of the funniest books I have ever read.
Cameron's misadventures on prom night are hilarious. He seriously has the worst prom ever. This is a highly unrealistic story but it is such a fun read. From Dmitri the drug dealer bi-sexual Russian to Virginia McKinley the wild party girl to Buck-the gay deaf stripper the characeters are all so likable and funny.
This book is like all those teenage prom movies (She's All That, Drive Me Crazy etc.) with a little twist.
I could not put this book down and definitely recommend it to anyone!
A riot! August 10, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very funny book. I read it at work one day and I was literally laughing out loud in some spots. I definitely reccommend this!
Very Enjoyable Quick Read July 16, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very, enjoyable, quick read. Perfect for summer beach or pool reading. A gay teen's adventures, and misadventures, on his prom night. Imagine John Hughes doing a gay teen angst movie and you can visualize this story. If there is any shortcoming in this story, it is that the author tries to stuff too many events in to too short a time. Yes, when things go bad they can really go bad, but let's be realistic here.
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