What About After – 4.3.2023
Scott Boscoe is on a rollercoaster to gain his independence as he preps to start his next chapter in life. He’s inches away from getting a degree in a highly esteemed Californian college, and he’s just been promoted at a job he hasn’t even started yet. Success and freedom from a prejudiced, stifling grandfather seems right around the corner.
However, a lie he’s been hiding behind since high school has resurfaced, one he thought he dusted under the rug years ago. Now he’s falling back on a deal he made with David “After” Después, his childhood ex-best friend turned celebrity and household name.
Through the course of Scott cashing in his favor, and After making the best of it for his own gain, both of them get stuck learning a difficult lesson: you can make all the promises in the world as a kid to be there for your best friend…but what about after?
‘What I think he’s thinking is: this is it. I doubt he’ll ever have any reason to come ask me for his big favor, not with how different we are, how successful he is. This is a weird happenstance for me; I never thought I’d be trying to claim the promise after we stopped talking years ago.
Once he helps me smooth things through with this new job and
with my writing, and once his five stupid things are done, then.
We’re done. For good.’
Reviews for What About After
There are so many great scenes in this book, and I don’t want to spoil the story. I can tell you there is glam, fast cars, hard conversations, Spanish getaways, and two old friends finally learning to love themselves and each other. I absolutely recommend this read to anyone! This book will make you hate putting it down and think about it until you pick it back up again!!
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You need to be sensitive in order to truly appreciate What About After; you also need to enjoy being fully immersed in a story and be willing to go with the turbulent flow of Scott’s emotions. Those who have had to endure discrimination, have been forced to hide their true identities, have lost loved ones and haven’t been loved the way they deserve — this book will be a salve for your soul’s wounds. Despite the fact that there are steamy scenes, I have no qualms about recommending What About After to teenagers, particularly LGBTQIA+ youths, as Coleman centers the importance of consent throughout the book, whose readers will be likely to view it as a blueprint for healthy interpersonal relationships.
Quinn Coleman 