Like Real People Do (Breakaway #1)
E.L. Massey
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Behind closed doors [?]
· 54 ratings · 423 pages · Published: 25 Aug 2022
Eighteen-year-old vlogger Elijah Rodriguez is a freshman in college recovering from an injury that derailed his Olympic figure-skating dreams. Mixed-race, disabled, and out of the closet since he was fourteen, Eli is unapologetically himself. He has no qualms about voicing his disapproval of celebrity jocks who make homophobic jokes on Twitter and park their flashy cars in the handicapped spaces outside of ice rinks.
After an antagonistic introduction, Alex and Eli’s inexplicable friendship both baffles and charms the internet. But navigating relationships is hard enough for normal teenagers. It’s a lot harder when the world—much of it disapproving—is watching you fall in love with your best friend.
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- athlete hero 9
- gay romance 8
- contemporary 8
- sports 8
- friends to lovers 7
- multicultural 7
- new adult 7
- disabilities & scars 7
- queer romance 7
- hockey 7
- caretaking 6
- black mc 6
- latinx mc 6
- sweet/gentle hero 6
- virgin hero 6
- young adult 5
- secret relationship 5
- college 5
- ice/figure skating 5
- possessive hero 4
- rich hero 4
- found family 3
- class difference 3
- teenage mmc 2
- Add topics
- content warnings
- queerphobia 5
- suicide / ideation 2
- mental illness 2
- Format
- audiobook
- third person pov 4
- dual pov 2
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The 'Breakaway' series
4.47 · 149 ratings
athletes · third-person-pov · dual-pov · found-family · contemporary · sports · new adult · queer · hockey · behind-doors · sweet-hero · multicultural · m-m · disabilities and marks · lgbtqia hate · friends to lovers · texas · length-medium · young adult · ice-skating
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