YA LGBT Books discussion

I'm not too good at this promotional thing, but I do have a novel coming out in October, , that features two 18-year-old MCs. Dreamspinner Press will be issuing it in e-book and print (with signed copies available). I do hope you all like reading it a fraction as much as I loved writing it.

You can read the Prologue here and another excerpt here.

Publication date is October 14. Please bear in mind this book contains explicit sexual content. (Kind of difficult to explore a budding relationship between two 18-year-old guys without it. :))

K.Z. wrote: "Publication date is October 14. Please bear in mind this book contains explicit sexual content. (Kind of difficult to explore a budding relationship between two 18-year-old guys without it. :))"

Hi K.Z., I think it sounds good. I actually put it on my TBR list in September. I'm looking forward to reading it:).

Wow this sounds great, I can't wait to read this. I love books about young men coming of age.

Thanks, Jordie and Arlene. Feel free to let me know what you think. I have a tough hide! ;-)

I'm very honored that Val Kovalin, who writes the "Man to Man" gay romance reviews for ARe's Wild Fire newsletter, made The Zero Knot one of her Recommended Reads this month.

Keep in mind this book has explicit sexual content and naughty language. (The protags are 18.)

Here's what Val had to say about the novel:

The Zero Knot by K.Z. Snow is a story of literary realism to savor, especially if you like young adult fiction, coming of age fiction, family stories, and romance that evolves childhood friends to lovers. Like much of this author's fiction, The Zero Knot is set in the American Midwestern heartland of Wisconsin, and the vivid details of physical setting and working-class to middle-class cultural perspective make the story come alive. The main characters are strong and complex from the flirty (in danger of becoming slutty) Jesse to the endearingly shy and inarticulate Mig. Both of them change a lot through their experiences in this novel. Meanwhile, the supporting characters are fascinating and vivid enough to be worthy of such great main characters. There is Jesse's irrepressible kid brother Jared, Jesse's decent and compassionate dad, the exasperating but interesting Tomby, and the creepy sociopath Bran.

The story opens with the Domino Club, a group of teenage outcasts who are supposedly bisexual. Tomby, sixteen year-old girl genius, came up with the idea, though she seems mostly attracted to Bran. Bran, on the other hand, lusts after Jesse, and Jesse is falling for Mig who keeps his feelings to himself, at least at first. To Jesse, the Domino Club is something he has outgrown at eighteen in the summer after high school graduation. He knows he's gay (not bisexual) and wants to explore his sexuality. Meanwhile, he works at a Renaissance Fair and prepares to move to Madison, Wisconsin for college. When he and Mig unexpectedly fall for each other, it triggers a series of events from coming-out to a brush with the law. Life will never be the same for Jesse and Mig.

(Thank you, Val.)

I love the cover for Zero Knot. It was my favorite of the year.