DECEMBER 2016 - AudioFile
Mark and Kate meet during San Francisco’s Pride Week and become instant friends. They’re linked by concerns about coming out, and each is drawn to the other’s fresh viewpoint. Matthew Brown and Emma Galvin’s complementary readings give credence to the characterizations, especially the closeness of the two friends. Galvin depicts Kate’s superficial self as secure and slightly sarcastic. But soon Kate’s confidences with Mark reveal that she’s masking indecision about committing to a girl she’s loved from afar, owning her artistic skills, and overturning her sense of isolation. Brown also captures Mark’s angst when he discovers that his best friend can’t return the romantic feelings Mark has for him. Together, pondering Mark and fiery Kate nudge and support each other towards greater honesty. S.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
From the Publisher
A Publishers Weekly Staff Pick for Best Summer Book of 2016!
A Bustle Summer 2016 YA Summer Reading Guide Pick!
A PopSugar Best Book of June
A New York Daily News Summer Pick for Teens
A Seventeen Magazine Best YA Book of 2016
"You Know Me Well perfectly encapsulates those fraught, end-all-be-all feelings of high-school romance and graduation. The raw emotion of this novel will delight fans of Rainbow Rowell and John Green." -BookPage
"Both authors excel at writing smart, funny, and realistic dialogue. These are characters to whom readers will relate and want to get to know." -School Library Journal
"...incisively explore(s) the excitement and costs of change, and the importance of friends in figuring out what to keep and what to jettison." -Publishers Weekly
"The pacing and voices of LaCour's and Levithan's alternating points of view are on point, keeping this sweet...tale moving gladly forward." -Kirkus Review
“Often subtle and always absorbing examination of fraught relationships…popular authors LaCour and Levithan tell their heartfelt story seamlessly in chapters that alternate between Mark’s and Kate’s respective points of view and invite readers’ emotional engagement with these two empathetic teens.” -Booklist
“A perfect read for the bolter in all of us… LaCour and Levithan join together to give an honest view of the anxious teenage psyche.” -Romantic Times
"Two powerful forces in YA lit team up to tell one unique story in You Know Me Well." -Bustle
"Teens, queer or straight, are often dramatic and unsure of themselves, and by moving its characters beyond the coming-out trope and giving them other questions to focus on, this book gives them room to be." -Horn Book Review
"LaCour and Levithan are both dab hands at utopian romance." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Nina LaCour and David Levithan are two of the best YA authors working right now, and this story is further proof. This fun, sweet novel beautifully captures the power of romantic and platonic love alike." -Seventeen Magazine "Top 10 YA Book of 2016"
"Few literary titles have been able to portray adult romance as honestly and believably as LaCour and Levithan manage to in this irresistible teenage tale. I can only hope this isn't the last we hear from Kate and Mark." -Edge Media
"Levithan and LaCour beautifully capture what it’s like to have a romance against the backdrop of the cool grey city of love. There is something about this place that renders everything full of magic." -Forever Young Adult
"A sweet, hopeful story about finding the courage to live your truth — whatever it may be. And of course, it's a story about the friends who guide us through it all." -Bustle's Beach Reads
DECEMBER 2016 - AudioFile
Mark and Kate meet during San Francisco’s Pride Week and become instant friends. They’re linked by concerns about coming out, and each is drawn to the other’s fresh viewpoint. Matthew Brown and Emma Galvin’s complementary readings give credence to the characterizations, especially the closeness of the two friends. Galvin depicts Kate’s superficial self as secure and slightly sarcastic. But soon Kate’s confidences with Mark reveal that she’s masking indecision about committing to a girl she’s loved from afar, owning her artistic skills, and overturning her sense of isolation. Brown also captures Mark’s angst when he discovers that his best friend can’t return the romantic feelings Mark has for him. Together, pondering Mark and fiery Kate nudge and support each other towards greater honesty. S.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
