I took feelings from that and incorporated some of my background in the pro-sports world (although I showed horses instead of played hockey). Mia: The novel used to be very autobiographical revolving around my toxic relationship with someone I was best friend with since we were four and my encounter with a person who I later would learn became a convicted sex offender. How far is Robbie willing to go-and more importantly, how far is Tristan willing to go to help him?īrittany: What inspired you to write Jerkbait? Robbie's future in the NHL is plagued by anxiety and the mounting pressure from their dad, coach, and scouts, while Tristan desperately fights to create his own future, not as a hockey player but a musical theatre performer.Īs their season progresses and friends turn out to be enemies, Robbie finds solace in an online stranger known only as “Jimmy2416.” Between keeping Robbie's secret and saving him from taking his life, Tristan is given the final call: sacrifice his dream for a brother he barely knows, or pursue his own path. Tristan starts seeing his twin not as a hockey star whose shadow Tristan can't escape, but a struggling gay teen terrified about coming out in the professional sports world. Even though they're identical, Tristan isn't close to his twin Robbie at all-until Robbie tries to kill himself.įorced to share a room to prevent Robbie from hurting himself, the brothers begin to feel the weight of each other's lives on the ice, and off.
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