I picked up an audiobook of EVERY DAY for a road trip, and I did not regret it. A's modus operandi may seem like the focus on the book is the spec fic conceit, but it's so much more. Levithan delivers a master class on compassion and empathy, expertly using each day as a window into the idiosyncratic multiverse of teenage life. I drove astounded and hypnotized.

The racial and gender diversity is reflective of real life, and Levithan embraces every body with a deft, magical hand. A's insistence on gender not mattering, appearance not mattering, and Rihannon's youthful struggle with this is so tangible I felt like I could hold it. The grapples with morality raised all the stakes, and the plot moved along quickly. I zoomed down the highway and through this book. Overall, while it dealt with heavy themes, EVERY DAY was such a feel good book, and I want to read the next one once I stop sighing over this installment.