Jaye Robin Brown

A sweet and funny ownvoices LGBTQ+ romance perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Julie Murphy, from the critically acclaimed author of Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit! Piper Kitts is spending the summer living with her grandmother, training at the barn of a former Olympic horseback rider, and trying to get over her ex-girlfriend. Much to Piper’s dismay, her grandmother is making her face her fear of driving by taking lessons from a girl in town. Kat Pearson has always suspected that she likes girls but fears her North Carolina town is too small to color outside the lines. But when Piper’s grandmother hires Kat to give her driving lessons, everything changes. Piper’s not sure if she’s ready to let go of her ex. Kat’s navigating uncharted territory with her new crush. With the summer running out, will they be able to unlock a future together? "Piper and Kat are imperfect, but always trying their best—aren't we all?—and Brown had me rooting for them all the way through this sweet, slow burn romance. Their triumphs, their blunders, and the way they swing between confidence and self-doubt are utterly relatable."—Misa Sigura, award-winning author of It's Not Like It's a Secret

The Key to You and Me

isabelle

"Two very different girls navigate the bumpy road to love"--

KADY BURNS

A very fun and cute YA book. I know nothing about horses, so it was also nice to get a little education about that world as well. I liked the changing POVs, but it was a bit confusing at times.

Paige Morgan

This is my first Jaye Robin Brown book, and I'm looking forward to exploring her backlist. She does a great job at capturing both main characters, although I found their voices in the alternating chapters a little bit hard to distinguish between at times. Piper has Olympic hopes as a dressage rider, but is also recovering from a difficult breakup -- and she's trying to make progress on both those fronts while living with her grandmother and training and working for a former Olympian. Kat is beginning to confront her sense that she likes girls, but uncertain about coming out -- and she needs to earn some summer cash, so it's convenient when Piper's grandmother hires her to teach Piper to drive, right? But what else can Piper and Kat learn from each other?

There's a lot going on in this book; all of it good, but some of it, I wish had been explored further -- the supporting characters and relationships could shine -- but they don't really get the space to breathe the way that they could, I think. And I would have actually welcomed more stuff about horses and dressage training. But that said, this is still a solidly great book, and we need more F/F YA, and also, books that are as frank as this one is in narrating characters thinking about their sexuality and sexual experience.

Hayley 📖🌈💜🌸

This was such a sweet read. I really enjoyed the banter between Piper and Kat, and the relationships, especially the family ones, between Kat and Emma and Elliot. 
I liked that this was a coming out story, but also not, as it wasn't just one POV. I liked that no one was homophobic! It was so refreshing to read. 
All in all, a very sweet and cute queer romance.

The Key to You and Me

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