Synopses & Reviews
"Raziel Reid is a really extraordinary guy. He's got a great thing going."Anne Rice
School is like a film set. There's The Crew that make things happen, The Extras who fill empty spaces in rows of desks, and The Movie Stars, who everyone wants tagged in their Facebook photos. But flamboyant high school student Jude Rothesay doesn't fit into any category: he isn't a part of The Crew because he isn't about to do anything unless it's court-appointed; he's not an Extra because nothing about him is anonymous; and he's not a Movie Star because, even though everyone knows his name, he's not invited to the cool parties. Jude is the self-professed flamer who lights the set on fire, but before everything turns to ashes from the resulting inferno, he is determined to get Luke Morris to be his date to the Valentine's Day dance.
Inspired by a true story, When Everything Feels like the Movies is an edgy, extravagant novel for young people, full of gender-bending teen glamour, dark mischief, and enough melodrama to incite the paparazzi. A boy who smells like Chanel Mademoiselle, calls Blair Waldorf his biggest childhood influence, and reads Old Hollywood star biographies like gospel doesn't have the easiest path to travel in life, but somehow, Jude paves his road with yellow bricks and makes us all wish we could join him over the rainbow.
Raziel Reid is twenty-three and a graduate of the New York Film Academy. He currently lives in Vancouver.
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Meet Jude: a glamorous boy in high school who fends off the haters with his bulletproof heart.
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Winner, Governor General's Literary Award
Finalist, Lambda Literary Award and Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction
"Raziel Reid is a really extraordinary guy. He's got a great thing going."Anne Rice
School is just like a film set: there's The Crew, who make things happen, The Extras who fill the empty desks, and The Movie Stars, whom everyone wants tagged in their Facebook photos. But Jude doesn't fit in. He's not part of The Crew because he isn't about to do anything unless it's court-appointed; he's not an Extra because nothing about him is anonymous; and he's not a Movie Star because even though everyone know his name like an A-lister, he isn't invited to the cool parties. As the director calls action, Jude is the flamer that lights the set on fire.
Before everything turns to ashes from the resulting inferno, Jude drags his best friend Angela off the casting couch and into enough melodrama to incite the paparazzi, all while trying to fend off the haters and win the heart of his favourite co-star Luke Morris. It's a total train wreck!
But train wrecks always make the front page.
Raziel Reid is twenty-three and a graduate of the New York Film Academy. He currently lives in Vancouver.
About the Author
Raziel Reid is a former club kid and go-go dancer and a graduate of the New York Film Academy. While in New York, he starred off-Broadway in a production of Check, Please and wrote and starred in the short film End Point. In his early twenties, he currently lives in Vancouver where he is an anti-social columnist on DailyXtra.com.