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Something Like Gravity

By: Amber Smith
Narrated by: MW Cartozian Wilson, Sandy Rustin
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For fans of Love, Simon and Eleanor and Park, a romantic and sweet novel about a transgender boy who falls in love for the first time - and how first love changes us all - from New York Times best-selling author Amber Smith.

Chris and Maia aren't off to a great start.

A near-fatal car accident first brings them together, and their next encounters don't fare much better. Chris's good intentions backfire. Maia's temper gets the best of her.

But they're neighbors, at least for the summer, and despite their best efforts, they just can't seem to stay away from each other.

The path forward isn't easy. Chris has come out as transgender, but he's still processing a frightening assault he survived the year before. Maia is grieving the loss of her older sister and trying to find her place in the world without her. Falling in love was the last thing on either of their minds.

But would it be so bad if it happened anyway?

©2019 Amber Smith (P)2019 Recorded Books Difficult Situations Family Family & Relationships LGBTQ+ Literature & Fiction Romance

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The ending made me wonder why I was even reading this. It’s showed their maturity and them growing in life and emotionally but it did make me a bit sad that that’s how it ended. The story itself is good. I like the characters and the voices and do think it’s relatable for the trans experience.

Cute but unsatisfying

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I loved this book. I devoured it. I wasn’t sure about it at first because the beginning has more teen angst than I personally enjoy, but it quickly stabilized and then I found myself captivated by a really well developed storyline. As a transmasc person who didn’t transition until my 20s, I enjoy trans teen love stories where I get to vicariously experience what it might have been like to be myself and date at that age. I was definitely picturing Chris as myself while reading this.
Also, I was pleasantly surprised to find this story is more realistic than the usual “they fell in love after 3 days, got over a hurdle, and then lived happily ever after with no issues” stock. It felt more mature than the typical YA novel.
My one issue with the novel is one I have with most trans novels- when we do get sex scenes, they’re usually glossed over relatively quickly, while the transphobic trauma gets described in excruciating detail. That part was really hard to read. Even so, I adored this book.
The performers were good, but both occasionally would say something in one tone but then the story would go on to describe that the tone should have been different. Also, southern accents were mentioned but didn’t really come through with the performers.

Well-written, more realistic and less angsty than most YA romance novels

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