Every Word You Never Said (A Noahverse Story)
HEARTSTOPPER meets FOOTLOOSE in this cute young adult romance about first love, embracing what makes you different, and standing up for what you believe.
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Jacob Walters′s dad has worked to make his son′s life a living hell. But when the cute new transfer student suffers his father′s wrath, Jacob must make the hardest decisions of his life.
Skylar Gray is adopted, nonverbal, and he feels most comfortable wearing skirts. Life has never been easy, but with a fresh start at a brand-new school, with new parents and in a new state, he just might finally make some friends. Maybe. Honestly it′s hard to focus on anything when gorgeous rocker boy Jacob is around. But it′s hard for Skylar to trust anyone when people have always been quick to ditch him at the first inconvenience; they always seem more than ready to judge him as defective. And the bullies love to confirm it. Skylar has only ever had himself, so why would anything be different this time? Especially for an anxious boy with literally no voice.
Jacob doesn′t give a damn, especially not since he came out over the summer. He expected the hate he got from his father, who mostly acts as if it never happened, but he refuses to let it hold him back. It doesn′t matter, Jacob′s over it. He's going to paint his nails, dye his hair, and strike a heavy riff on his guitar if he wants to, even if it means being grounded most of senior year. But when the cute nonverbal transfer student, Skylar, wears a skirt to school, prompting a sexist new dress code proposal, Jacob decides it′s time to take a stand, no matter the risk to himself.
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TW: Homophobia & Homophobic Slurs, Bullying, Sexism, Ableism, Religious Trauma
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I was honestly so excited for this book and the cover and art was gorgeous but the writing, characters, and plot in general was just bad. it was such a struggle to finish, the good romance scenes were cut off by the end of the chapter, and the overall “goal” (if you can even call it that) of the book fizzled out and was forgotten. there was also a new problem introduced way too late in the book. too many slurs just thrown around. i don’t recommend this book at all
That's a DNF for me, fam.
Another good premise - disabled gnc gay male main character, the battle against sexist dress codes and homophobia - ruined by terrible writing. And I do mean terrible.
The characters are all flat stereotypes. It's dual POV, but both of them sound exactly the same. And that sound is not good. If I wanted to read the poorly-written journals of an angsty teen I'd get mine out of storage, because that's how this reads. Also the romance has 0 chemistry - the one thing they have in common they never do.
Unlike other reviewers I don't have a huge issue with the severe bullying, abuse, and slurs being thrown around. That's a realistic depiction of what some people sadly face in our society, and if the story is about overcoming bigotry, then it has it's place. What I don't understand is why you would have the love interest throw out a slur in literally their first meeting and still think you could write a love at first sight story. And it's never addressed, he never even apologizes. The author also keeps bringing up that Jacob -the love interest - can't read lips. Except that apparently everyone else in the world can for no logical reason? So it feels like a detail thrown in just to cause communication issues. Jacob if you like this boy so much maybe you should learn.
Another good premise - disabled gnc gay male main character, the battle against sexist dress codes and homophobia - ruined by terrible writing. And I do mean terrible.
The characters are all flat stereotypes. It's dual POV, but both of them sound exactly the same. And that sound is not good. If I wanted to read the poorly-written journals of an angsty teen I'd get mine out of storage, because that's how this reads. Also the romance has 0 chemistry - the one thing they have in common they never do.
Unlike other reviewers I don't have a huge issue with the severe bullying, abuse, and slurs being thrown around. That's a realistic depiction of what some people sadly face in our society, and if the story is about overcoming bigotry, then it has it's place. What I don't understand is why you would have the love interest throw out a slur in literally their first meeting and still think you could write a love at first sight story. And it's never addressed, he never even apologizes. The author also keeps bringing up that Jacob -the love interest - can't read lips. Except that apparently everyone else in the world can for no logical reason? So it feels like a detail thrown in just to cause communication issues. Jacob if you like this boy so much maybe you should learn.
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