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Thanks to @kensingtonbooks for sharing with me an early copy of The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn! I adore Kate Clayborn, and while this sets my expectations for her new releases high, she never fails to meet them. Clayborn wrote in her acknowledgements that this book felt like a risk, and while I understand what she meant, I also think it doesn’t depart from her stories in the ways that matter. She writes sweeping, beautiful romances between characters whose trust in each other allows them to be vulnerable — and that changes everything. The Other Side of Disappearing is about the ways in which we betray each other: exploitation by con arts and podcasters and the sports industrial complex, and by the people who are supposed to protect us. But it’s also, perhaps more than any other book Clayborn has written, about trust. It’s trust, however fledgeling, that opens a door for Jess and Tegan to learn the truth about their mother’s disappearance, and it’s trust that allows Jess and Adam to finally be seen — not by the world, but by each other. I love Jess and Tegan and Adam, and I hope that you enjoy their story as much as I did. The Other Side of Disappearing is out March 26th. 📸: I’m holding up a kindle displaying the ebook cover of The Other Side of Disappearing in one hand. via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/C48Ci5aL3wZ/