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Here’s to Us
- Narrated by: Noah Galvin, Froy Gutierrez
- Series: What If It's Us, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Number-one New York Times best seller!
Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys listeners first fell for in the New York Times best-selling rom-com What If It’s Us.
Ben survived freshman year of college, but he’s feeling more stuck than ever. His classes are a slog, his part-time job working with his father is even worse, and his best friend Dylan’s been acting weird for weeks. Ben’s only real bright spot is his writing partner Mario, who’s been giving him a lot of Spanish lessons and even more kisses. Mario’s big Hollywood dreams make Ben start to dream bigger - and the choices he makes now could be the key to reshaping his future. So why can’t he stop thinking about a certain boy from his past?
Arthur is back in New York City for the first time in two years, ready to take the theater world by a storm as the world’s best...intern to the assistant of an off-off-Broadway director. Of course, it sucks to be spending the summer apart from his sweet, reliable boyfriend, Mikey, but he knows their relationship is strong enough to weather the distance. Which is why it’s no big deal when his ex-boyfriend Ben stumbles back into the picture. And it’s definitely fine that Ben’s blissfully happy with some mystery boy. First loves are special, but it’s way too late for what-ifs. Right?
Even as the boys try to shake off the past, they keep running into each other in the present. Is this the universe trying to tell them there’s a do-over in their future?
Here's to Us is sure to be welcomed by fans old and new of these authors and their previous collaboration, What If It's Us. Critically acclaimed and best-selling authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera combine their talents in these smart, funny, heartfelt novels about two very different boys who can’t decide if the universe is pushing them together - or pulling them apart.
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- bj kilganan
- 2022-06-03
what a great story
loved every second of this book. give us more, compelling story and great voice acting
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- Stepehen
- 2022-05-15
Love it
Great again.
Cute, romantic, funny, made me smile.
Best narrators!
Will miss those guys!
Now what am I going to do!
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- emilio merritt
- 2022-04-28
Amazing
Just amazing. Can’t stop thinking about it. Listen to it! Worthy. You’d love it! Five stars
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- PankuBox
- 2022-04-02
Joyful Joy!
I loved this 2nd book. It was heartwarming and made me feel good. I can't wait for book 3! (hopefully). Love is love and it gets ever stronger.
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- Marie-Pier Dubois
- 2022-03-11
One of My Favorite Books Now
It was so, so good. Arthur and Ben are my faves; they are written so well, the book is just amazing. Would 1000% recommend. Also, the voice actors are just doing the most amazing job! <3 I was so immersed into the story.
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- Justin Sim
- 2022-02-09
😭😭
They gay romance we always needed. Froy and Noah reprise their roles in INCREDIBLE fashion. This story is Becky and Adams heart warming breaking tear induced master piece….. just stop reading reviews and listen already
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-01-02
lot of angst but danm, loved it
I can't say how much drama was in this book and I won't lie and say I didn't want to drop it but danm I'm happy I powered through. this book was the gold At the end of the 🌈 🏳️🌈. I love Arthur, I love Ben, I love Dylan, I love Samantha, I loved both parents. it's impossible to describe my love for this book. but I know one thing. it was all worth it. I love the narrators too. they made this book bearable in the extra angsty parts and made me melt, squeal, almost cry, laugh and much more. this book was just so....just so worth it.
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- Adam S.
- 2022-01-01
It //DOES// Live Up To The First Book…
Don’t be discouraged… this story is the comfort hug we’ve needed after three years of hell.
Just as the readers have grown up…. so have these characters and how they tell their story.
Arthur/Noah + Ben/Froy Performance?
*Chefs Kiss*
No story / sequel is ever perfect. We all imagine differently for our favorite characters… but this ‘do-over’? Pretty. Damn. Close. To. Perfect.
Just like our two boys.
Love vicariously through the book for a few hours.
Treat yourself.
Spend the credit.
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- mrece2002
- 2021-12-29
Loved this duology
I breezed through this book! I was late for What if it’s us. But I woke up 3AM EST to start this one once it dropped on audible! It put me through a roller coaster but I’m so glad I listened/read these two books! Great collaboration from Becky and Adam! I just finished a few minutes ago and will be re listening tonight!
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- Akiva Munnell
- 2022-06-24
Enjoyable story and performances.
I enjoyed this book and Noah Glavin as always is flawless. I enjoyed Froy Gutierrez performance as well but his narration feels more acted although his Dylan narration is perfect.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2022-06-05
The sequel we all needed!
An absolutely beautiful love story, filled with do-overs and amazing friendship. At times had me laughing from Dylan's wild side, to crying at Ben and Arthur's love for each other. The narrators we're perfect and made me feel like I was with the boys hearing them recount the events. Definitely lived up to the first book.
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- L
- 2022-05-24
Random
Usually hate audio books but loved the different voices and they just sounded exactly how I picture the characters
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- Sammy
- 2022-05-09
Got the Perfect Ending
I loved the first book so much, and this book didn’t disappoint either. However, I do feel extremely bad for Mikey and hated that I found myself disliking Arthur at times. I just felt like Mikey was treated so poorly and wouldn’t have gotten Arthur’s actions from the first book. I guess no character is perfect, but the ending made my heart so full of joy. Great writing from both authors!
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- Sara
- 2022-05-08
This is one hell of a roller coaster of feelings and my god it’s breathtaking
I cried over the first book and I cried even harder over the second one (this book). This book makes believe in love at first sight and as silly as it sounds, it also makes me believe in infinite do-overs. I will be jerking my heart in-n-out until the day I get to share this book with my own box boy or hot dog tie boy *is crying as writing this* but until then I will keep reminding myself that the universe is on my side and I just have to see it through.
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- Phillip Adams
- 2022-04-14
Unpopular opinion: Silvera is Declining?
Adam Silvera’s first three books were incredible! They were creative, heartbreaking, and the characters felt real, even in sci-fi settings. I fell in love with Aaron, Rufus, Mateo, griffin, and Theo.
Fast forward to What About Us (the predecessor to this book), a cute love story, but definitely lacking in story and the characters weren’t as compelling. Ben was great (I know that that is the character he wrote, so I’m not knocking him too badly), but charterers like Dylan and Arthur were ridiculous. I wanted to like Arthur, but even when he came off as charming, it quickly turned to eye roll territory (again, I know albertalli wrote Arthur). Dylan is so hit or miss, but more miss than hit. And it’s constant from him, he never stops his nonsense. (Silvera then went on to write two books in a fantasy series, books that are sloppy, and feel like he’s jumping from poorly written action sequence to poorly written action sequence.)
This book, Here’s To Us, another cute love story, continues a lot of the major flaws in the first book. Plus, the eyerolling was intensified for me. Arthur may have matured a bit, but Dylan is still over the top, always. The book is heavy on common tropes like love triangles and big romantic gestures. Arthur’s new boyfriend Mikey is annoyingly under developed. Silvera introduces Ben’s new love interest, Mario, who is a great character; definitely one of the best characters of the series. However, he is only ever background noise to the Ben/Arthur stuff, which was a major disappointment. I won’t spoil the end, but I wasn’t a fan of any of it.
If you like love triangles, over the top characters, and grand gestures on top of grand gestures, you’ll like this book. Overall, I did enjoy the story, but it felt so lacking.
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- Angela W.
- 2022-03-25
AMAZING BOOK
(!WARNING SPOILER ALERT DON’T READ UNTIL AFTER YOU READ THE BOOK!)They did a great job getting us to the point where it seems like they are not going to get back together but in the end it worked out amazing and Beautiful and sweet I was so happy with the ending. They also did a great job representing LGBTQ. Hope you all really enjoyed it.
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- D-Rock
- 2022-03-14
On another Level - Good
Great story check, phenomenal performances check, continued helpless romantic forever. This follow up dare I say is better than the first one? Yes I believe so. Glad that the characters got a fulfilling do over. Thrilled that we got a sequel.