Lose You to Find Me, Erik J. Brown
Lose You to Find Me, Erik J. Brown
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Lose You to Find Me

Author: Erik J. Brown

Narrator: Kirt Graves

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Storytide

Published: 05/16/2023


Synopsis

USA Today bestseller!A romantic, heartfelt, and hilarious queer coming-of-age story from All That's Left in the World author Erik J. Brown, perfect for fans of What If It’s Us and If This Gets Out. Tommy Dees is in the weeds—restaurant speak for beyond overwhelmed. He’s been working as a server at Sunset Estates retirement community to get the experience he needs to attend one of the best culinary schools in the world. And to make his application shine, he also needs a letter of recommendation from his sadistic manager. But in exchange for the letter, Tommy has to meet three conditions—including training the new hire.What he doesn’t expect is for the newbie to be an old crush: Gabe, with the dimples and kind heart, who Tommy fell for during summer camp at age eleven and then never saw again. Unfortunately, Gabe doesn’t remember Tommy at all. The training proves distracting as old feelings resurface and the universe seems to be conspiring against them.With the application deadline looming and Gabe on his mind, Tommy is determined to keep it all together—but what if life isn’t meant to follow a recipe?

About Erik J. Brown

Erik J. Brown is the internationally-bestselling author of All That's Left in the World and the sequel The Only Light Left Burning. His books have received starred reviews from Kirkus, The Bulletin of the Center of Children's Books, and ALA Booklist. His second novel, Lose You to Find Me, became a USA Today Bestseller. Erik is also the co-host of the YA Book Podcast YA-OK where he and Alyssa Ljub of Netflix's The Circle talk with new and established YA authors about writing, publishing, and all things YA! He lives in Philadelphia with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik on September 26, 2022

I wrote this book and I definitely think it's in the top five books of all time about a queer teen working at an old folks home who has to train his first crush while dealing with the pressures of life and deciding his future.......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on July 09, 2023

Remember All That’s Left in the World? The scary dystopian story that was also witty, cute, and exceptionally written? Erik J. Brown is back! This time with a coming-of-age Rom-Dramedy (Erik’s words). I’m in love! Again! Rom-Dramedy is the perfect word for this book. If I had to compare Lose You to......more

Goodreads review by Christie on April 30, 2023

Thank you to Harper Collins and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review! It's such a pleasant surprise to go into a book like this almost completely blind, knowing just that it has a beautiful cover and an author already on your TBR shelf (I know, I know - I've had All That's Left In T......more

Goodreads review by Drakoulis on May 06, 2023

Erik J. Brown's sophomore book is completely different than his sensational post-apocalyptic debut. Lose You To Find Me is a contemporary coming-of-age story focusing on insecurities, finding yourself, the pressure of deciding your future. Its message has a lot of similarities with Robbie Couch's Th......more

Goodreads review by Jason on February 21, 2024

4.5 / 5 stars! “This was absolutely not the Taylor Swift fantasy I was trying to serve.” Screaming. This is only Erik J. Brown’s second novel, and it has cemented him as an auto-buy author moving forward. I loved All That’s Left in the World. When I first got back into reading last year, it was one of......more