“Read­ers of com­ing-of-age sto­ries will find this explo­ration quite dif­fer­ent from the norm, which makes it a stand­out. … Replete with stu­dent assem­blies, trysts and field trips, musi­cal notes and foot­notes, and the return of Halley’s Comet, the 1980s comes to life in a way few oth­er nov­els could achieve…. High­ly rec­om­mend­ed … a dif­fer­ent com­ing-of-age nov­el that sim­mers with dis­cov­ery.”

D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

“With its … over-the-top (vir­ginal) sex­u­al encoun­ters, the book might seem just a par­o­dy of every ado­les­cent boy’s fan­tasies. But it’s so well-writ­ten that the near-sex­u­al encoun­ters lend depth to Ace’s ado­les­cent strug­gles. Avery can be dis­arm­ing one minute, disin­gen­u­ous the next as he tries to resist the sirens’ call but is still young enough to want to impress his friends by teach­ing them the Zom­bie Walk from Thriller. … This is the first in Orcutt’s nine-part series. At the end, read­ers are left on a cliffhang­er, like those of ’80s soap operas…. All nine books are appar­ent­ly writ­ten…. As Ace him­self might say, ‘Awe­some, Dude.’”

Blueink Review - *Starred Review*

“A com­i­cal teen com­ing-of-age nov­el set in the 1980s from author [Chris] Orcutt. … [Ace] must nav­i­gate the intri­ca­cies of teenage crush­es and fool­ing around while also pulling off seem­ing­ly impos­si­ble stunts such as mak­ing Pres­i­dent Rea­gan laugh. … But the fun comes … in the fast paced, steady action on the page. The ques­tion that always hangs over the nar­ra­tive is what sort of sit­u­a­tion Ace will get him­self into next…. A light-heart­ed, swift adven­ture that sees its young pro­tag­o­nist woo just about every­one he encoun­ters.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Like oth­er ground­break­ing nov­els, Boda­cious­ly defies and tran­scends exist­ing labels. It’s a com­ing-of-age sto­ry, a love sto­ry, an adven­ture sto­ry, a thriller, and an odyssey; it’s what you’d get if you put War and Peace, The Odyssey, and Fast Times at Ridge­mont High into a super­col­lid­er; it’s an epic-length tale about an age group that has sel­dom been tak­en seri­ous­ly in literature—teenagers—and it’s writ­ten for adults.”

Summer Jensen, Ph.D., from the Foreword

“[Boda­cious­ly] felt like step­ping into a mag­i­cal time machine—and I didn’t want to leave. The ’80s set­ting is pitch-per­fect, from the Walk­man and mix­tapes to the qui­et chaos of fig­ur­ing out who you are. Ace is such a lov­able, messy char­ac­ter, and his com­ing-of-age sto­ry is both fun­ny and incred­i­bly mov­ing.” — Michelle H., Com­mu­ni­ty Librar­i­an, Ontario

“Orcut­t’s use of lan­guage and deft abil­i­ty to switch into mul­ti­far­i­ous voic­es and writ­ing styles cap­tures the nuances of time, set­ting and men­tal­i­ty of each protagonist…making each sto­ry unique, engag­ing and insight­ful.”

IndieReader

“Orcutt’s writ­ing style is light­heart­ed and conversational…[readers] are sure to find him a vibrant char­ac­ter and enjoy­able writer.”

Kirkus Reviews

“He is so exquis­ite in his writ­ing that I could­n’t wait to finish.…I can­not tell you the joy it gives me to read lit­er­a­ture that is so well defined. The prose is exem­plary.”

Pam Stack, Authors on the Air Global Radio Network