The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

De: Harry Trevaldwyn

Narrado por: Harry Trevaldwyn

This program is read by the author.

Heartstopper meets Derry Girls in this wonderfully hilarious rom-com about finding your first love when your personality might be too big for the world around you.

Patch Simmons has decided that this is the year he will get a boyfriend, so it's goodbye to his French pen-pal Jean-Pierre and hello to the world!

Unfortunately, the only other "out" boys in his school year are dating each other, so finding a boyfriend isn't going to be easy... Until fate finally intervenes and two new mysterious boys join drama club: Peter, who’s just moved from New York (very chic) and his best friend, Sam.

Patch is confident that one of them (although either of them will do!) will be his first boyfriend. So armed with his single mum’s outdated self-help books, his over-supportive best friend Jean and an alarming level of self-confidence, Patch is confident that this mission will be a complete success. Whether or not they actually like boys or him is a problem for later.

The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King is a heartfelt, laugh-out-loud comedy from rising star Harry Trevaldwyn, a story about boldly being yourself, going for what you want, but never losing sight of who truly has your back.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

©2025 Harry Trevaldwyn (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"The story succeeds as a sweet romance while also subverting expectations and giving equal weight to the importance of friendships in a thoughtful and moving way...A winning debut: the perfect blend of hilarious and heartfelt."—Kirkus (starred review)

"This reads like a car wreck sitcom: impossible to look away from in the best way possible. It is difficult to imagine fans of Heartstopper not loving Patch and his larger-than-life personality on the quest for love."—School Library Journal (starred review)

"Actor Trevaldwyn crafts a sparkling debut starring an aspiring teen actor living in small-town England."—Publishers Weekly

Fun but a bit too much drama

A fun read just keep the expectations in line with a teen drama with some lack of maturity.

Fun, Lighthearted Teen Comedy

Loved the sense of humor in this, could've used a little more depth in some of the characters, but it was quite short. Nonetheless I really enjoyed the characters themselves and had a lot of fun. The author as the narrator worked here, he had a good voice for it.

So good!

I loved it, freaking hilarious and moving and just the right amount of drama. 😉 I wish I’d have had this when I was his age.

Oddly Quirky

I picked this up as it was a recommendation on my feed. I was oddly sceptical for the first few chapters, but then fell in love with the story and how relatable the characters were to my own life experiences. What sealed the deal was the quirky bow tie at the end of the story. I hope all readers enjoyed it as much as I do.

Love and Laughter

If you don’t enjoy this book, you either don’t have a sense of humor, or you’re having a really bad day. This story is about friendship and first love. It’s brilliantly narrated by the author. I can’t imagine anyone telling this charming story better than Harry. P.S. if you ARE having a bad day, this will help.

Fantastic new book!

Absolutely loved it, and the author’s performance is brilliant. A fantastic new queer YA book

hilarious

I really enjoyed this book. Harry is funny and cheeky in the best way. I loved that the main character is able to grow and share his story of a gay teen navigating his everyday struggles.

Fantastic performance; nonstop laugh-out-loud moments

This was a fantastic book, well written and even better narration. Can’t wait for the next one!

Heartwarmingly Hilarious

I have never laughed out loud so much listening to an audiobook in my life. The laughter came with such a warm glow because the characters and the author are so authentic and lovely. I will read anything he is inspired to write in the future. And a bonus 3 minutes of heartfelt genuinely funny acknowledgements. Yes! A big silly romance is for me!

The author and narrator

OMG. This was soooo good. I loved this character. He is hilarious and sweet and self-centered at the same time.