Motivated by Judy Blume’s Forever and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, this novel that Andrew Smith phone calls “beautiful, charming, [and] exquisitely created” is a fresh classic about teenage relationships, self-acceptance-and what goes on when the walls we build begin coming down. A Kirkus Greatest Reserve of 2017!

Adam Thorn doesn’t find out it yet, but today changes his life.

Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, about Release it seems as if Adam’s life is falling apart. At least he has two different people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does appreciate Linus, doesn’t he?) and his closest friend, Angela.

But the whole day, old recollections and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing Adam’s existence into chaos. The bindings of his globe are coming untied one at a time; yet in spite of everything he must let go, he might also find independence in the discharge.

From the brand new York Times bestselling writer of A Monster Calls comes a organic, darkly funny, and deeply affecting story about the courage it requires to live your truth.