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The Sum of These Things

Story of Now, Book 2

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The Sum of These Things

By: Emily O’Beirne
Narrated by: Cat Gould
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In the sequel to A Story of Now, Claire Pearson has already learned a few things this summer. Like falling for a girl is easy. Well, it is if that girl is Mia.

What Claire hasn't learned yet is that now comes the hard part: learning to trust in this new relationship. And that isn't easy when no one has ever given you a reason to trust before.

Then there's the pressing question of what to do with her life. Claire's new volunteer job working with kids offers a glimpse of a potential future, but it definitely isn't something her pushy mother is going to like.

Still, everything feels hopeful as she embarks on the next chapter of her life, armed with new friends and the warm and funny Mia. But Claire quickly discovers that negotiating this new terrain of adulthood isn't easy. Over the rest of this momentous summer, the biggest lesson Claire must learn is how not to let anything get in the way of her happiness. Especially herself.

Contains mature themes.

©2015 Emily O’Beirne (P)2022 Tantor Contemporary Contemporary Romance Literature & Fiction Romance Funny
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I liked A Story Of Now so much that I was admittedly scared to listen to this. What if it was a bad sequel and ruined the beautiful masterpiece that was ASON? Luckily, I needn't have worried. Though it definitely has a different vibe (trying to sustain a relationship under difficult circumstances rather than trying to create one), it's still a great book and the prose from O'Beirne is still delightful. The relationship between Claire and Mia stays strong and I am so honestly happy that I bought this book.

Also, the narration is still excellent. Occasionally, I have a slight difficulty with discerning whether it's Mia or Claire speaking during dialogue, but overall, the narrator really brought me into the world and had me hooked.

Thank you so much!

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