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It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
4.5
emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

A queer pop bad breaks up after album #3 because they're all done with it--except Eva, who is heartbroken when she loses her band and her girlfriend, Celeste. But still, life goes on, with total silence from the band, who had been each other's everything since the members were tweens growing up in Duluth, Minnesota. When global climate change comes for Duluth, there's talk of a one-show reunion. 

Author Moreland does a good job of distinguishing the four band members, and making you care about all of them. One clever bit is a band member thinking of naming an album Eponymous.