The only thing that Miles, Harley and Ryan had in common was their unique friendships with Isaac. However, after an unfortunate incident, Isaac is dead. Now these three must figure out how each moves forward following the loss of each person's best friend but in doing so, realize that they still have each other. This was a wonderful story told from each of their perspectives. ( )

One for mature readers containing drugs, sex and copious amounts of swearing. Nevertheless, it is a good story told from the perspective of three different boys who were all friends of another boy who died the day before the book commences. This boy Issac or Zac was the only common thing they had in their lives and now he has drowned as a result of over indulging in alcohol and substances supplied by one of the friends Harley who "knows a guy". The first part of the book deals with the Swimmer Ryan, who has a Mum as Head of English at his school, is a fantastic swimmer bound for the Olympics and is also gay. The only people who know Ryan is gay are the now deceased Isaac and Ryan's boyfriend at another school. Ryan's part of the story has little really to do with the dead boy and more to do with Ryan getting the guts up to "come out". (He is given an ultimatum by his boyfriend). There is a small teaser in Ryan helping the Nerd (Miles) to break into Isaac's locker before his parents collect his things and removes an envelope with a large wad of cash in it.
The second part is told from Harley's perspective as, The Rebel racked by guilt that the drugs he gave Isaac killed him, he goes home to his father's place (He is a boarder at their prestigious Catholic school) and basically only reappears for the funeral. Harley's guilty conscience causes him to start looking around to try and right some of the wrongs in the world. harley also looks at reassessing his relationship with his mother who has divorced his father and left Harley to boarding school. Oh and there's a girl too - his "best mate" who waits patiently for him every day he is away as they always get coffee before school....mmmm.
And finally there is Miles, quintessential Nerd and star academic who it turns out has been writing essays for other kids and selling them with Isaac being the middle man ( hence the envelope full of money.) But there is more to their relationship than that as Miles spends every lunchtime replaying the movies ( and especially the outakes) he made with Isaac in a now disused computer room.
Story moved very well from start to finish and I found all the characters and settings very believable ( having worked in a large all boys Catholic school myself). I particularly liked the Ryan part - most believable regarding a young man's angst and also being the son of a teacher and how you see teachers in a different light to other students. ( )