Love Letters for Joy
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A new LGBTQIA+ romance story by the author of You, Me, and Our Heartstrings.
Less than a year away from graduation, seventeen-year-old Joy is too busy overachieving to be worried about relationships. She’s determined to be Caldwell Prep’s first disabled valedictorian. And she only has one person to beat, her academic rival Nathaniel.
But it’s senior year and everyone seems to be obsessed with pairing up. One of her best friends may be developing feelings for her and the other uses Caldwell’s anonymous love-letter writer to snag the girl of her dreams. Joy starts to wonder if she has missed out on a quintessential high school experience. She is asexual, but that’s no reason she can’t experience first love, right?
She writes to Caldwell Cupid to help her sort out these new feelings and, over time, finds herself falling for the mysterious voice behind the letters. But falling in love might mean risking what she wants most, especially when the letter-writer turns out to be the last person she would ever expect.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seventeen-year-old Joy Corvi, who has cerebral palsy and identifies as being within the asexual umbrella, is adamant about becoming the first disabled valedictorian at Manhattan's Caldwell Preparatory Academy; the only thing between her and her goal is rival Nathaniel Wright. She also feels that she has bigger things to worry about than relationships, until her friends and classmates begin pairing off, brought together by an anonymous student known as Caldwell Cupid. Suddenly feeling that she's missed out on something important, Joy writes to Caldwell Cupid for advice ("Is there a formula for romance?"). Their correspondence starts out innocuous enough, but the more they talk, the deeper Joy falls for the mysterious matchmaking entity. Alongside moments of budding romance, Joy contends with worries about her future. Through a pleasant combination of text message chains and email exchanges, See (You, Me, and Our Heartstrings) organically develops a lighthearted courtship that tackles themes of queer identity and highlights one teen's experience living with a disability. Chapters alternating between Joy's vulnerable narration and the enigmatic Caldwell Cupid add playful suspense leading up to Cupid's reveal. Joy and Nathaniel read as white. Ages 12–up.
Customer Reviews
Loved it!
I read You, Me, and Our Heartstrings and I knew I had to read this one. I loved the story and the diversity in it because I don’t think there are very many books who have that kind of community. I think it’s so cute how how Nate and Joy were rivals but yet they were falling for each other! Highly recommend to middle/high school kids! ❤️❤️
It was pretty good
This book was okay. It was funny at times and it was nice to read a book with asexual representation, since there aren’t really a lot of those. The only issue I have with this book is that even though who it was was treated like a plot twist I’m a way, I could pretty much tell from the second page. I’m quite used to being able to tell these things, I just prefer to read books that prove me wrong. Also I feel like who it was was revealed really early in the story and kind of randomly. I understand that that persons point of view was necessary, but I just feel like there were other ways to set it up to do that. Overall I would say this book is pretty good though.