Milo and Marcos at the End of the World

De: Kevin Christopher Snipes

Narrado por: Mark Sanderlin

As natural disasters begin to befall them the closer they become, Milo and Marcos soon begin to wonder if the universe itself is plotting against them in this young adult debut by the playwright and creator of The Two Princes podcast, Kevin Christopher Snipes.

Milo Connolly has managed to survive most of high school without any major disasters, so by his calculations, he’s well past due for some sort of Epic Teenage Catastrophe. Even so, all he wants his senior year is to fly under the radar.

Everything is going exactly as planned until the dreamy and charismatic Marcos Price saunters back into his life after a three-year absence and turns his world upside down. Suddenly Milo is forced to confront the long-buried feelings that he’s kept hidden not only from himself but also from his deeply religious parents and community.

To make matters worse, strange things have been happening around his sleepy Florida town ever since Marcos’s return—sinkholes, blackouts, hailstorms. Mother Nature is out of control, and the closer Milo and Marcos get, the more disasters seem to befall them. In fact, as more and more bizarre occurrences pile up, Milo and Marcos find themselves faced with the unthinkable: Is there a larger, unseen force at play, trying to keep them apart? And if so, is their love worth risking the end of the world?

It was good!

It was good, but I’ll say only good. I enjoyed the story, and I liked that the ending was a realistic depiction of what happens when coming out a lot of the time vs a happily ever after ending. What confused me was the “end of the world” aspect. There was 0 explanation to where all of that came from. First the world is “ending” - tons of natural disasters. Then there’s a hurricane, the end. No explanation as to what caused this.

It's a sweet story

It's a sweet story.
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I need more of this!

I’m an avid queer fiction reader and I can honestly say this is one of the best books I’ve ever picked up. It’s unique, it’s imaginative, and it’s downright adorable. It captures important coming-of-age aspects like internalized homophobia and doesn’t shy away from the not so romantic parts of growing up. I read this in two days (almost in one sitting but I started it late at night)! I hope this author comes back with a sequel! I loved this book!

Exceptionally Crafted

As both a written work and performance, “Milo and Marcos” is thoroughly enjoyable. Very real, heavy circumstances are skillfully navigated by characters written with a lot of heart.

Weird but good

In some ways this was a painful book. Our MC, Milo, is very religious, and he has to come to terms with being gay. The utter anxiety Milo has is difficult to listen to. He is so very afraid of God and of society judging him. But the book has a happy ending. Milo learns to have courage within his cognitive dissonance. And it the end, that makes the book hopeful and happy.