Praise
“Jason M. Buss captures the ache of growing up with extraordinary tenderness. THE 18 CANDLES TRILOGY reminds us that first love doesn’t have to be perfect to be profound—and that some promises stay with us long after childhood has ended.”
“The scope of Jason M. Buss’s THE GYM SERIES is staggering. What begins as a deeply personal story of shame, desire, transformation, and revenge expands into an elaborate mythology of fallen angels, impossible machinery, and a supernatural architecture that feels as ancient as it does terrifying. Yet Buss never lets the mythology overwhelm the people at its center. His characters are complicated, wounded, unforgettable—and painfully human.”
“Buss has created a rare kind of horror: one in which magic is genuinely wondrous and genuinely frightening. THE GYM SERIES moves effortlessly between Gothic fantasy, body horror, supernatural suspense, and psychological terror, continually asking how far we would go to become the person we believe we were meant to be. The suspense is relentless, but it is the characters—and the consequences of their choices—that keep turning the pages.”
“Chlorine & Ink is the kind of novel that lingers. Buss understands that some of the deepest wounds of youth are also the places where we discover who we are—and he writes that discovery with extraordinary tenderness and courage.”
“Jason M. Buss has an extraordinary gift for making adolescence feel both impossibly specific and completely universal. 'Curveballs & Curtain Calls' is funny, tender, and gloriously alive with warmth, wit, and an unerring ear for the emotional truth of young people, Buss turns baseball diamonds and backstage corridors into stages for something much bigger: the terrifying, exhilarating process of becoming yourself.”