When Sparks Fly
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Average rating4.7
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Ratings3
Average rating4.7
The room is dark, except for the streetlights coming through the blinds. I can barely see her, but I feel her. She pushes me up against the wall and we kiss harder than we ever have before. I've been waiting so long for it to happen, and finally, it's going to. Then the bedroom door flies open, and someone screams her name... Britton Walsh has never had a home. After a lifetime in the care system, she doesn't expect she'll ever find one. But beginning her senior year with new foster parents in a new city, means starting over yet again. Tom and Cate Cahill seem okay. The hitch? Their daughter, Avery. Beautiful, popular and cool, Avery is everything Britton is not. She's all Britton could ever ask for in a sister, or even a friend--but having survived without either for so long, Britton knows the way her heart races whenever Avery enters the room can only mean one thing... But Avery has a secret. Something that is eating away at her and stopping her letting anyone in, least of all Britton. Will Avery's insistence on punishing herself for a mistake in her past make Britton's last year of high school, and finding a place to call home, impossible? Can two such different people ever find common ground, friendship, or maybe even something more? An unforgettable new adult lesbian romance for fans of Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters, Her Name in the Sky by Kelly Quindlen, or Nancy Garden's classic young adult coming out novel, Annie on My Mind. New Adult novel: recommended for 17+ due to mature themes and sexual content. Everyone loves Kristen Zimmer: 'BEST. BOOK. EVER. I swear... DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND AN LGBT BOOK TO RELATE TO I DO!... have recommended it to literally all my friends. Read it. It's amazing!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow!! What an amazing story!... very hard to put the book down... I couldn't wait to get back to where I'd left it. A book has never made me feel like that.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Solid Lesbian High School Romance. This one has the metric shit-ton of angst one would expect from teenage girls - you've got the foster kid trying to fit in. You've got the spoiled rich kid hating herself over something the foster kid knows nothing about (but finds out about eventually) who leads one group of friends. You've got the spoiled rich kid's ex-girlfriend who shared in the tragedy and the guilt... and who leads the other group of friends. You've got the foster kid trying to fit in with both sets. And along the way, you get all kinds of will-they/ won't-they teasing between the three... which also leads to quite a bit of angst. :D But yes, somewhere along the way it becomes a bit like Sky High's awesome final line, and you do in fact get an actual romance as it does so. Zimmer also did an excellent job of making this a shared universe with her first book, but while making it effectively a standalone book rather than a true “series” book. So if you're into high school and/ or LGBT/lesbian romances, give this one a try. Even if you're not, this one is a good book to experiment with. As is typical of many high school based romances, there is less sex than many/ most older adult romances and more kissing. Though there is an eventual rounding of the bases. Or several. It just primarily happens “off screen”. Not for the “clean”/ “sweet” romance crowd, though I've seen little evidence of that crowd looking to the LGBT romance arena anyway. Very much recommended.
