{"product_id":"the-brontes-for-boys-kit-iford-9781919536934","title":"The Brontes for Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003eKit used to believe great love stories were dangerous nonsense, until he fell for two very real boys under the shadow of the Brontës. Starting over at a northern university after a career-ending dance injury, he finds himself caught between Marcus, a wild, all-or-nothing hillwalker who pulls him out onto the moors, and Gerald, the careful, clever law student who offers warmth, safety and a future. As Kit and his friends study Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, their own relationships begin to mirror the Brontës' worlds of houses and moors, obsession and self-respect, forcing him to choose what kind of love story he can live with, and what kind of ending he can survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 1 in the 5-book Romance for Boys series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA queer, contemporary campus novel that brings the Brontës into a modern northern university and asks who gets left out of \"universal\" love stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentred on a tight-knit group of gay and bi first-year men whose \"Romance for Boys\" kitchen book club becomes a lifeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplores chronic injury and disability support with nuance, showing the grind of forms, physio and \"lifestyle modifications\" alongside the lure of risk and wild landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffers a rare, class-conscious take on moorland romance - emphasising land, labour and local knowledge rather than cartoon Gothic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalances humour (group chat banter, bad pasta, kitchen chaos) with serious interrogation of masculinity, vulnerability and consent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdeal for readers of contemporary queer literary fiction, campus novels, and those who grew up loving or hating Wuthering Heights and want to see it argued with on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotionally intense but not grimdark; hopeful without being sentimental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kit Iford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1919536930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781919536934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rainbow Gothic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d","brand":"Kit Iford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665699442943,"sku":"9781919536934","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-brontes-for-boys-kit-iford-9781919536934","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}