And at the same time, I want to shout out about When You Call My Name. I’m speechless I don’t have many words to say. And this review is my dedication to Callum. A dedication to the late eighties and early nineties. It’s a dedication to all those young people who lost their lives to AIDS. Pitched as a young adult novel, When You Call My Name is so much more.

When You Call My Name is not perfect, the pop references were a bit too much, and still, I want to rate this story a million stars. Actually, for anyone who cherishes unforgettable books. For 40- and 50-somethings who remember those years. As both begin to open their eyes to the possibilities of queer love and life, they realize sometimes the only people who can help you are the people who can really see you-in all your messy glory.Ī love letter to New York and the liberating power of queer friendship, When You Call My Name is a hopeful novel about the pivotal moments of our youth that break our hearts and the people who help us put them back together.įor teens who want to know more about AIDS. And in a chance meeting near the hospital where Callum is being treated, Ben and Adam meet, forever changing each other’s lives. When Adam finally tracks Callum down, he learns the guy he loves is very ill. Then Callum disappears, leaving Adam heartbroken, and Ben finds out his new world is more closed-minded than he thought. When he comes to New York City, Ben’s sexuality begins to feel less like a secret and more like a badge of honor. Heart racing, Adam accepts, quickly falling in love with Callum like the movies always promised.įashion-obsessed Ben is eighteen and has just left his home upstate after his mother discovers his hidden stash of gay magazines. Choi.įilm fanatic Adam is seventeen and being asked out on his first date-and the guy is cute. Named 'this summer's most powerful LGBTQ+ novel' by GAY TIMES, this book is perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H. Tucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York City in 1990 at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw