Aaron’s Bronx universe with a precision that feels at once dreamy and casually reportorial . . . Read moreĪ beautiful debut novel manages a delicate knitting of class politics through an ambitious narrative about sexual identity and connection that considers the heavy weight and constructive value of traumatic memory . . .

It's a perfect ending, and it shows the difficulties of the pursuit of happiness, and the effects our choices have. I wouldn't change a thing about this book, no matter how badly I wish things turned out differently for the characters in the book. It's a book about finding happiness within yourself, and how sometimes, we have to hurt to find out what happiness is. It isn't a book that is sad to be sad, or that gives you a sugar-sweet happy ending just to satisfy that desire in all of us for happiness. But the thing about this sadness, is that it's a needed sadness. I finished about an hour ago, and I still feel like crying. I should have expected it, considering the novel is clearly heavily influenced by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but this novel still took me for a spin, and in the end, it hurt my heart so badly that I don't even know what to think. 'Mandatory reading' New York Times Read more Unforgettable.' Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. 'Silvera managed to leave me smiling after totally breaking my heart. Soon Aaron is faced with a choice – one that will make him question what it is he wants, and how far he’ll go to get it. But as Aaron’s feelings for Thomas intensify, tensions with his other friends start to build. Thomas is smart and funny, and before long Aaron is spending all his time with him. Life hasn’t been easy for sixteen‑year‑old Aaron Soto, but with the help of his girlfriend, Genevieve, he’s slowly remembering what happiness might feel like. In his twisty, gritty, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling-debut, Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx. From the author of the INTERNATIONAL NO.1 BESTSELLER THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END.

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera