I found myself reaching for the other books when I was done with Close to the Heel, but I don't have them yet! Very nice crime story, overall. Will definitely go and purchase the other books in this series.

I found this book compelling. I received it through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program, and I was worried about winning this particular book because I hadn't ever read the first one. All I can say about how well I liked this book is that I definitely want to go and buy the first one now.

I wasn't entirely sure this was a gay book when I indicated my interest in reading Way to Go, but I wasn't surprised based on the summary I had been given. As a gay man, I found this book to be a nice, normal look into the teenage years of a guy who is reaching the point in his life where he really has to start dealing with the feelings he has and the people around him who are starting to notice that something is different about him. I thought the story was very raw and honest. It felt like someone had taken a leaf from their own journal, changed the names and locations, and made it into a novel. I'm not citing this as a bad thing. I actually like how realistic the story was; however, I feel like the tempo of the story was a bit choppy. I'm a little older than the age demographic for this novel, and I take that into consideration when judging this book. And just because I am older by a few years doesn't mean that there wasn't something in this story for me. Quite the opposite. I really wish that I had a book like this when I was in high school. Books like Way to Go and the works of Alex Sanchez and others weren't around when I was going through this stuff. I think that this book is a very nice first novel from Tom Ryan, and I look forward to picking up a copy of whatever he has to offer next. Very quick read, and age appropriate. The language in this book is definitely not for young teens.