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Intro:<\/strong><\/p>\n A trans pianist makes a New Year’s resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win back his ex, but a new boy complicates things in Edward Underhill’s heartfelt debut YA rom-dram, Always the Almost<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson has two New Year\u2019s resolutions: 1) win back his ex-boyfriend (and star of the football team) Shane McIntyre, and 2) finally beat his slimy arch-nemesis at the Midwest\u2019s biggest classical piano competition. But that\u2019s not going to be so easy. For one thing, Shane broke up with Miles two weeks after Miles came out as trans, and now Shane\u2019s stubbornly ignoring him, even when they literally bump into each other. Plus, Miles\u2019 new, slightly terrifying piano teacher keeps telling him that he\u2019s playing like he \u201cdoesn\u2019t know who he is\u201d\u2014whatever that means.<\/p>\n Then Miles meets the new boy in town, Eric Mendez, a proudly queer cartoonist from Seattle who asks his pronouns, cares about art as much as he does\u2014and makes his stomach flutter. Not what he needs to be focusing on right now. But after Eric and Miles pretend to date so they can score an invite to a couples-only Valentine\u2019s party, the ruse turns real with a kiss, which is also definitely not in the plan. If only Miles could figure out why Eric likes him so much. After all, it’s not like he\u2019s cool or confident or comfortable in his own skin. He\u2019s not even good enough at piano to get his fellow competitors to respect him, especially now, as Miles. Nothing\u2019s ever been as easy for him as for other people\u2014other boys. He\u2019s only ever been almost enough.<\/p>\n So why, when he\u2019s with Eric, does it feel like the only person he\u2019s ever really not been enough for…is himself?. First published February 14, 2023. Original format: Hardcover. Pages: 320. #always-the-almost-ebook #always-the-almost-epub #read #download<\/p>\n User Rating: 4.12 (based on 2041 ratings)<\/p>\n Download EPUB Always the Almost by Edward Underhill<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcc1 File details: always-the-almost.epub<\/em><\/p>\n