Everything Changes by Samantha Hale

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everythingchanges This was a sweet YA novel about a teenager, Raven, who comes out to her friends and family. I thought the author did a good job of writing Raven as an unsure teen experiencing her first crush. Everyone remembers their first crush and how awkward the teen years can be.

I really liked Raven. She’s trying to figure out if she should come out to her friends and worrying how they will react. Will they hate her? Will they think she’s attracted to them? Will this ruin all of her relationships? She’s under a lot of pressure.

Her crush/girlfriend, Morgan, came off as kind of pushy. Morgan is in college and also out to her friends and family so I liked that there was some conflict between the two of them, but I also did not like how Morgan kept running hot or cold about Raven still being in the closet.

I just wish she had been more understanding. Other than that, it was a really sweet book and I was glad to see more young adult LGBT fiction available.

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