11 must-read YA book releases to read by the pool this July
By Lacy Baugher
July 2021 release: Where It All Lands – Jennie Wexler
Described as Sliding Doors meets In Five Years, Jennie Wexler’s Where It All Lands is a bittersweet, heartbreaking, and uplifting story of three people stuck in a love triangle that unfolds in a way that most readers won’t expect.
Shane and Drew have been best friends forever, but when Stevie Rosenstein arrives in town, their mutual attraction threatens to drive them apart. Until the pair decides that a simple coin toss is the simplest way to determine which of them will pursue Stevie romantically and who will not. But this choice will determine the course of the next year of their lives in a way neither could ever have imagined.
Wexler’s unique premise unfolds in a very intriguing way: Though the boys let fate decide for them, we see two separate scenarios: One in which each boy wins and gets to ask out the girl.
Told in dual timelines, debut author Jennie Wexler delivers a heartbreaking and hopeful novel about missed opportunities, second chances, and all the paths that lead us to where we are.
The official synopsis describes the story in more detail.
"Stevie Rosenstein has never made a true friend. Never fallen in love. Moved from city to city by her father’s unrelenting job, it’s too hard to care for someone. Trust in anything. The pain of leaving always hurts too much. But she’ll soon learn to trust, to love. Twice. Drew and Shane have been best friends through everything. The painful death of Shane’s dad. The bitter separation of Drew’s parents. Through sleepaway camps and family heartache, basketball games and immeasurable loss, they’ve always been there for each other. When Stevie meets Drew and Shane, life should go on as normal. But a simple coin toss alters the course of their year in profound and unexpected ways."
Where It All Lands is available on July 6.