It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication date: May 18th 2021
Genres: Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Young Adult
About the Book:
In Miel Moreland’s heartfelt young adult debut, It Goes Like This, four queer teens realize that sometimes you have to risk hitting repeat on heartbreak.
Eva, Celeste, Gina, and Steph used to think their friendship was unbreakable. After all, they’ve been though a lot together, including the astronomical rise of Moonlight Overthrow, the world-famous queer pop band they formed in middle school, never expecting to headline anything bigger than the county fair.
But after a sudden falling out leads to the dissolution of the teens’ band, their friendship, and Eva and Celeste’s starry-eyed romance, nothing is the same. Gina and Celeste step further into the spotlight, Steph disappears completely, and Eva, heartbroken, takes refuge as a songwriter and secret online fangirl…of her own band. That is, until a storm devastates their hometown, bringing the four ex-best-friends back together. As they prepare for one last show, they’ll discover whether growing up always means growing apart.
This book follows four difference point-of-view from characters of a former band. Back in the day these four best friends were a hit, they had two albums, and two tours, and then it all ended. We follow them as their worlds are coming back together. Eva is a college student who has still been working in music behind the scenes writing for others to sing. Celeste went solo after the break up of the band and is killing it. Gina opted to go into acting, has landed some wonderful roles and won awards. Steph opted to return home and help her family but now a huge storm has hit her town and someone has asked them to reunite as their band to perform at a benefit show.
This is a Sapphic tale of relationships, friendship, understanding, and heartbreak, but also of love. As mentioned, we get all four POVs which makes for a very interesting view into how things happened between these characters before and during the break up and then the rekindling of their friendship afterward. The characters all have varying personalities in addition to the story having LGBTQ+, there are also diverse characters - it was so refreshing.
The story is interestingly told from a fractured timeline, so you get a few chapters of the current followed by a one off of the past or a few depending on the drama the book wants to dive into. It feels flashback-esq, and makes for an amazing story. I loved all of these characters, and adored the love story and the rekindling of a lost friendship. The musical landscape was very interesting and such a good way to allow all the characters to be different but all want to come together again for a good cause.
This was such a quick read for me, I absolutely adored it and might read it again. I think that teen readers will really like this one, it has a lot of both teenage and love drama, and is awkward and realistic while also being a bit over the top since they are all famous. I would love to see another installment following them past this point.
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Ends: May 27th
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