Been Here All Along: He's in Love with the Boy Next Door

Sandy Hall

Aug 2016 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

Gideon always has a plan. It includes running for class president, becoming head of the yearbook committee, and having his choice of colleges. It does NOT include falling head over heels for his best friend, Kyle. It’s a distraction, it’s pointless—Kyle is already dating the head cheerleader, Ruby—and Gideon doesn’t know what to do.

Kyle finally feels like he has a handle on life. He has a wonderful girlfriend, a best friend willing to debate the finer points of Lord of the Rings, and social acceptance as captain of the basketball team. So when both Ruby and Gideon start acting really weird, just as his spot on the team is threatened, Kyle can’t quite figure out what he did wrong.

Sandy Hall, the author of A Little Something Different, is back with her signature wit in this quirky and heartfelt LGBT YA novel.

Ratings and reviews

Starts strong but tries to resolve everything too quickly and then ends abruptly. Other than one brief date, there's little romantic development between the two. The dialogue in the second half feels stilted in some cases. Not bad, but not one of the greats.

Cute cute cute. But what's with the abrupt ending? Usually books don't end immediately after everything is resolved. Still, beautiful and heartwarming and adorable and I love it!

About the author

Sandy Hall is the author of A Little Something Different and Signs Point to Yes. She is a teen librarian from New Jersey, where she was born and raised, and has a BA in communication and a master's degree in library and information science from Rutgers University. When she isn’t writing or teen librarian-ing, she enjoys reading, marathoning TV shows, and taking long scrolls through Tumblr.