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This book was a sweet romance that had some darker aspects included such as sexual assault. Note that readers should check prior to reading. The inclusion of this topic lead to a book which expanded more on aspects on relationships than I had seen prior to this in a young adult novel. It included a diverse range of characters, I particularly liked Aunt Kay. The writing was good with a few typos e.g. Cloths for clothing.
I would have liked more exploration into the characters, particularly the MCs as I felt that there was an excess of characters which did not add a great deal to the book. It felt at times that the author was tying include as much variety into her novel as possible., but did not fully flesh out the characters sufficiently. The beginning of the novel was a bit slow but the pace picked up once the story became established.
On the whole, a good book.

Kat starts off trying to run away from her past - by visiting Aunt Kay at the beach for the summer. She soon reunites with her childhood group of summer friends and neighbour Tristan - and they make a plan to complete a bucket list of all of the plans they had made but not finished as young teens.

This is about the teenage summers that go by so quickly you feel like you have imagined them. About rediscovering yourself after someone’s hurt you so that you begin to ‘Shine so bright you burn away the rest’. I would recommend this to students 16 and over as it’s absolutely fantastic that the authors wrote an entire book whereby the characters sexualities aren’t ‘the point’ of the book... the bucket list is - everything else is normalised which is exactly how it should be in 2020!

The book is a gorgeous summer read, but it’s difficult to read about the character confronting her past. The author does a brilliant job of ageing ‘Kitty’ to ‘Kat’ and developing the character in confidence and maturity over the Summer. Everyone can relate to things happening where you don’t respond to an event the way you wish you had, when you can only say everything you’d wanted to say after the fact and have recurring dreams about it. Everyone asks questions about what they could have done differently in life, making some of the books quotes very relatable: “I ask those questions all the time. It’s dangerous, once you start, you can’t stop.”

We Go Together is a book that tackles a lot of complicated subjects. At first it's a lot to bite off however the author manages to weave together the story so that the times where it feels like a lot it is tampered down quite a bit.

Our main character, Kat, is very introspective and dissects her past and how situations weaves through her current life. Queer representation is delivered in droves with this novel- a wonderful representation of a trans supporting character that was natural and not forced. Moving on is a big topic in this read, as is consent. This is a perfect read for anyone who is/has felt the growing pain of adolescence and is struggling to understand where your personal boundaries lie.

This is a novel with a mission and a strong underlying statement. While I tend to gravitate to novels with a levity to them this was still wonderfully written and a great overall message.

I couldn't really get into this book but I'm glad that I kept read. It was fairly well-written but think we could've used a little more context for a few things instead of people just getting thrown into the story.

We Go Together is a lovely read about facing one's past. The characters are well written and the LGBTQ representation feels extremely well done and necessary part of the story rather than like some other stories where it feels it's just added in to make the story more diverse and inclusive. Really not the case here.
A very enjoyable read.

We Go Together is a beautiful book about the past... it's about looking back and trying to understand what we did, what happened to us, and how it affects us going forward. The main character of his story is Kat. She's dealing with the weight of a break up with her boyfriend. In addition to that - as she spends the summer with old friends, she begins to question her relationship with her ex.

Consent is a big part of this novel. Abigail de Niverville does a remarkable job of expressing how confused, frustrated, and frightened Kat is by her sexual relationship with her ex. Looking back at her past relationship through the filter of a new friend with potential, she knows that what happened to her, happened without her consent and she battles to put that into perspective in her life.

There is wonderfully diverse representation in this novel. What I have enjoyed in the past about Abigail's writing is the way that she captures her bisexual characters. The author gives a balanced view of a character's thoughts and feelings... they don't immediately have a connection to a certain gender.

The trans supporting character was great. What I liked most was that it was handled wonderfully. Tristan is a great character in his own right, the fact that he is trans is just one other thing about him. (Note: I am a cisgender woman and can only speak to the representation as an ally.)

Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

We Go Together was such a deeper story than I expected and I loved it for that. Following 17 year old Kat after getting out of a mentally and (possibly, she still isn't quite sure) physically/sexually abusive relationship and returning to the beaches she spent her childhood growing up on, this book examines self identity, friendship, love, and the strength it requires to move on and heal.

Kat is bisexual and the rest of the cast is also wonderfully diverse. I really really loved the equal weight We Go Together puts into Kat's feelings towards all genders and gender identities. I've read a lot of bi characters where you know from the get-go that the character is bound to end up with a certain gender because the feelings towards the other gender are never given much merit, and that definitely isn't the case here. She and her trauma both felt very real.

I'm cis so I obviously can't speak to how accurate the trans rep in this book is, but I really appreciated this book's handling of the romantic lead. We follow Kat so his story and identity aren't a focus of the novel, but the way he and his identity as a trans man were written felt both casual enough that it didn't feel like Niverville was going "Look! Diverse!" but was also mentioned whenever it would obviously come up in a conversation so it never felt like it was something she was shying away from. It felt like one of the most respectful ways a cis author (I'm assuming the author is cis but I am aware that just because an author doesn't openly discuss their queerdom online doesn't mean can't be queer) can write trans rep.

Nothing in this book is black and white. Criminals can be good, nice guys can be bad, and assault isn't always something you recognize. We Go Together is a deep, gorgeous story.

Their are two things I really appreciate about this book. Firstly, is the queer representation that is not just about coming out but about living and the joy of not having to be in the closet. Secondly, representation of looking back on your first relationship and dissecting the red flags and working out whether it was abusive. I feel like this is relevant to a lot of teenagers but I’ve never seen it done this light handily. TW - sexual assault. I keep wanting to describe this book as sweet in spite of the subject matter because of the way that it was written.