Angie
Written on Mar 23, 2017
Drag Teen is basically a YA To Wong Foo, but with just one drag princess, his boyfriend, and his best friend on a road trip. Basically this means that hijinks ensue and JT learns plenty of life and drag lessons along the way. It has a weird combination of everything that can go wrong does go wrong and far-fetched coincidences, but it worked! One minute the teens are at a crappy motel, the next they're at a gay bar learning how to do makeup! To say their trip was poorly planned would be an understatement. But the author does address all of the stupid things that JT and Co should have thought of before jumping in the car.
The actual competition part of Drag Teen was fun too, although I wish there had been more! JT really shines once he gets on stage and doesn't let his worries and insecurities get in the way. Of course, there's also some cattiness among the other drag teens, but everything becomes sunshine and rainbows toward the end. In fact, everything wraps up way too neatly and happily, but again, it worked. It just fit the happy tone of the book.
In the end, I definitely recommend Drag Teen if fluffy Contemporary YA is your thing. Particularly if you also like roadtrips, friendship, shenanigans, and RuPaul's Drag Race.
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