Agent: Jim McCarthy, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. May and Shani’s clever banter, coupled with their myriad relationship ups and downs, make for a cozy and sharply funny confection. This dialogue-rich narrative, told from Shani’s simultaneously biting and sincere first-person perspective, expertly conveys two romantically unconfident girls’ hesitancy to act on their feelings despite boundless chemistry. by Jake Maia Arlow RELEASE DATE: June 8, 2021. Almost Flying Author Jake Maia Arlow Share Save Add to Goodreads Look Inside In this Stonewall Honor book, a week-long amusement park road trip becomes a true roller coaster of emotion when Dalia realizes she has more-than-friend feelings for her new bestie. Even as Shani’s feelings for May grow, however, she fears taking another chance on love. Their relationship is civil at best, but when they’re snowed in together on Christmas Eve, their antagonism thaws. Despite the hiccup, Shani dives headfirst into her internship until a dog-walking gig puts her face-to-face with Jewish May, the girl she almost ran over. That gets off to a rough start when, trying to navigate snow-laden streets, she and her mother almost run over a pedestrian with their car. Dalia's journey to self-discovery is refreshingly honest, and this entire cast of characters will steal your heart. Determined not to think about how her girlfriend broke her heart, she plans to focus solely on her paleichthyology internship at the Smithsonian. 'Almost Flying is a thrilling celebration of all the twists and turns, breathtaking jumps and heart-pounding falls of a first crush.

Shani is intent on leaving her disastrous first semester at college behind her. Queer, Jewish Shani’s winter break is derailed by unexpected romance in this frothy enemies-to-lovers holiday rom-com by Arlow (Almost Flying).

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