Lovesick Falls

By: Julia Drake

Narrated by: Dani Martineck

This queer take on As You Like It features first loves, friend breakups and madcap mix-ups, from award-winning author Julia Drake.

Celia Gilbert is the perfect friend—loyal, trustworthy, and committed to mending her best friends’ broken hearts.

She’s the reason the trio is spending the summer in Lovesick Falls, the idyllic little town where Touchstone’s sort-of-uncle’s cabin was waiting to be house-sat by three unsupervised (but totally responsible) teenagers.

After all, Celia, Ros, and Touchstone have been best friends since childhood. Sure, Celia is in love with Ros, and Touchstone was once in love with Celia — but that’s the beauty of a place like Lovesick Falls. If you fell in love, you could fall out.

Unless you can change the other person’s mind.

They started the summer closer than ever. Will living together tear them apart?

Charming YA

Came here after absolutely loving Drake's previous novel, "The Last True Poets of the Sea," and wasn't disappointed. This is perhaps a quieter, less epic coming-of-age story, but its inclusive characterizations and down-to-earth messages are a welcome respite in a genre that sometimes invites books to try to out-traumatize one another. The main characters are funny, relatable, and clearly drawn, and the material stays genuine and emotional without needing to venture into more adult territory. I look forward to Drake's next book!

Dani Martineck was a fabulous narrator with great pacing, super clean delivery, and emotionally invested characters. Will certainly seek out more of her work!