“We have agreed with who we are, we have been presented (with) a love that no one else,” continued pons, “and we must have the cheese Rom-Com, swept off our feet, romantic gesture moments, just like our straight equivalents.”
The author feels a sense of responsibility when it comes to sharing stories centered around LGBTQ+ romance – and he is not easy.
“I have always thought that Queer Joy is a resistance and it is an intentional act, where there are so many votes outside that tells us that who we are and who we love is wrong,” he expressed to E!. “I think about the current climate that we are in and I worry, but at the same time all I do is deliberate so that it can find the set of eyes that need to find it.”
That’s why on With you with yous coverage – designed and illustrated by Speech Goretsky—The readers can see the main characters Asher Bennett and Theo Fernandez locked in a swoon-worthy embrace.
“I had very intentional and long discussions with my publisher about the cover because this was my first traditionally published book,” Pons, whose previous move was self -published novel You and I are being rewrittenshared. “I only had one first, and I wanted it to show two adult men embraced in a moment of pure love and romance and worship of each other.”
He continued, “I want people to go into the store and see two adult men who embrace how they have only historically seen a man and a woman.”
