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More Happy Than Not | August 19, 2015

by Adam Silvera (Soho Teen, June 2015)

The best thing going for Aaron Soto is his loving girlfriend. He would do well to forget that his father committed suicide in the only bathroom of his family’s tiny one-bedroom apartment in the Bronx. That his mother works all hours as a nurse at a hospital to put food on the table. And that his brother has been distant, immersing himself in his online video games. Then Aaron meets Thomas. Aaron has more fun with Thomas than with any of his friends on his block, and then some. Thomas understands. Thomas always has Aaron’s back. But when Aaron falls for Thomas, hard, no one else seems to understand or have his back — least of all, Thomas. Desperate to forget the pain, Aaron begs his mother to sign off on a Leteo Institute memory-relief procedure, so Aaron can forget he is gay and go back to living a “normal” life.

Adam Silvera’s debut is heartbreaking and page-turning addictive all at the same time. While this story takes place in a not-so-distant future, it’s a timeless tale that teenagers in any modern age can understand and probably relate to. This highly-buzzed-about book does not fail expectations. Silvera should be more than happy with the way his first book turned out.

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