Beau Schemery

I honestly can't quite process what I thought of this.
I liked the world building and the ideas and the characters. However this was supposed to be YA and as such the leads exchanged no more than a few kisses and the implication of more once they shared a bed. Fine, I don't have problem with that, but the death, destruction, and torture (mainly of children) was there front and centre in all its graphic glory. Why was this deemed to be acceptable but the sexual relationship was not?
What message does this uneven censorship subconsciously send to the readers?
Isn't it the same fight we've been battling in mainstream media for years? That it's more socially acceptable for two men to kill than kiss. That this message appears to be condoned by a publisher in our own domain is worrying.

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