Be not inhospitable to – handsome – demons, lest they be angels in disguise.
Two things are well known about Alberto.
One: he’s gorgeous. Like it or not, like him or not, there’s no debating that.
Two: Alberto feels nothing and everyone constantly jokes about it. There isn’t much else to say about him. He’s a model and he’s gay. He’s soulless and he’s vain. Or is it the opposite? No one knows for sure.
Floating about like a drifting cloud, Alberto likes minding his own business, but out of nowhere, an angry guy named Mathias charges into his life, demanding answers.
Alberto doesn’t have answers, he never did, but for once he’s curious, and he has questions. And deep down, he knows Mathias isn’t the solution to his problems, but it doesn’t matter, as long as he feels something.
But here’s the annoying thing with feelings: they can sneak up on you at the least opportune time …
Mathias is new in town and enrolled at Colette International due to unfortunate circumstances. His devotion to his family places him face to face with a puzzling equation, one he never thought he’d have to solve before.
Now he’s forced into the path of a schoolmate he particularly dislikes, and not without reasons. The only problem is, he can’t seem to take his eyes, nor his hands, off him.
He was promised a peaceful senior year after everything he went through. But Mathias already knows life is never that easy.
And now he’s in the thralls of an unfeeling demon.
He looks so fine is a book about two young men’s rediscovery of empowerment, communication and trust, about the lasting damages of trauma and the healing virtues of friendship.
It’s also a story seeking to challenge the way we regard others as well as ourselves. Just like its two protagonists, the readers are made to look in the mirror and hopefully, come to realise they too deserve to be happy.
Content Warning: Due to the presence of difficult themes, sexual content and other potentially upsetting scenes, this novel isn’t intended for readers below the age of eighteen. (A full content warning list is found at the beginning of the book, or right below.)
For the reasons listed below, this story isn’t intended for readers under the age of 18. In addition to profanity and underage drinking, the contents of the book depicts acts or mentions acts of:
Abuse (physical, mental, emotional, verbal, sexual), depression, harassment, homophobia, grieving, implied animal cruelty, racism, sexism, suicidal thoughts, violence, as well as sexual acts between a seventeen-year-old and an eighteen-year-old, which at times may make the reader uncomfortable.
Treat yourself with care and proceed with caution.
MINIMUM READING AGE: 18 • CHARACTER AGE: 17/18 and 18/19 • SPICE LEVEL: high. Several scenes of an erotic or sexual nature written in a coarse language but in no detail • ANGST LEVEL: high
Slice of Life · Character Driven · Hurt/Comfort · Although the author humbly disagrees, many readers associate this novel with the Enemies to Lovers trope.
