Gennie's review posted on Guilty Pleasures 
 In many ways A Life Without You by Erica Pike is a classic coming of age story, and as such it is filled with drama, angst and lack of communication. This story is told from Adam's perspective and is the tale of how he falls in love with his "straight" roommate, Jesse (who is engaged to his girl back home), during their freshman year of college. 
 Adam has had a rough upbringing partly due to his drunken mother and partly because of his recognition early on that he was gay. Adam has never lived in the closet, so when things begin to heat up between him and Jesse, Adam finds himself slipping into a closet of his own making just to keep Jesse happy. Adam's best friend in his major (English) is Eric and Eric is an out and proud glitzy queen-ish personality. When Jesse rejects Adam, Eric is there to pick up the pieces and calls Adam Emoman, which is the perfect name. 
 If it was not for Eric, Eric's friends, and Eric's humor, Adam's drama and pure emoness, and Jesse's cheating would have been too much. However, Ms. Pike was able to strike a good balance and the cheating within the context of Jesse's world view was something I could get over. (In the past this has been a no go for me, but not with this story.) I like that Adam and Jesse's story is about discovering who you are and taking off the blinders that are so easily created by society. I look forward to learning more about Adam and Jesse, and I can't wait for Eric's story. That boy needs to meet his match!