Everything We Almost Said
A Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Story of a Brave Confession, a Long-Kept Secret, and the Truth About Growing UpBy Katherine Cole
Length6h 57m
About this audiobook
She had one plan. Keep her head down, finish her portfolio, and get out.
Then the committee paired her with the one person she cannot forgive.
Sloane Thorne has been grinding toward the Westbrook Fellowship for two years. It's her exit from this suffocating small town. It's the way she carries her late mother's artistic legacy somewhere no one looks at her with pity. She's almost there.
Then Griffin Cole wrecks everything.
He's her older brother Theo's best friend: a maddeningly talented muralist with a crooked smile and a reputation for chaos. Two summers ago, Griffin made a reckless choice that shattered Theo's baseball career and trapped them all in this town's orbit. Sloane has never forgiven him. She's never had to be in the same room with him long enough to try.
Until the fellowship committee announces a collaborative competition. Until they put her and Griffin in the same cramped studio.
Creative clash becomes something more dangerous. He sees the grief she paints into every canvas — the truth she hides behind controlled brushstrokes — and he refuses to look away. She starts to see through the devil-may-care facade to the boy beneath it: bleeding from his own hidden wounds, carrying a secret about that summer that could unravel her family for good.
The closer they get to finishing their piece, the harder it becomes to separate the art from everything else.
And Sloane faces the choice she never wanted: betray the brother she's spent years protecting, or bury her own chance at a love that feels like finally coming home.
Everything We Almost Said is a swoony, emotionally honest YA contemporary romance about art, grief, forbidden attraction, family loyalty, and the terrifying truth that sometimes the person you're supposed to resent is the one who finally sees you.
Perfect for readers who love brother's best friend romance, forced proximity, slow-burn first love, healing YA reads, and the emotional depth of J.L. Wyer and Tillie Cole.
An unforgettable, heart-cracking coming-of-age story.
Audiobook details
GenreYoung Adult
Length6 hrs 57 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Chapter 1 - The Boy Who Ruined My Sketchbook And Half My Summer
3Chapter 2 - The Smell of Turpentine and Old Grudges
4Chapter 3 - What Everyone Knew But Me
5Chapter 4 - A Confession Wrapped in a Shrug
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6Chapter 5 - The Broken Walkman
7Chapter 6 - The Watery Spaces Between
8Chapter 7 - The Boy at the Plaque
9Chapter 8 - The Wrong Kind of Generous
10Chapter 9 - The Kids You Let In
11Chapter 10 - A Wallet, a Photo, and a Spill
12Chapter 11 - The Trouble with Temporary
13Chapter 12 - The Price of Winning
14Chapter 13 - The Rules of Pretend
15Chapter 14 - A Trial Run in Flip-Flops
16Chapter 15 - The Receipt That Didn’t Belong
17Chapter 16 - A Kiss That Counted
18Chapter 17 - The Morning After a Fake Victory
19Chapter 18 - The Things We Almost Say
20Chapter 19 - A Boat Called Persephone
21Chapter 20 - The Gallery Walls Are Closing In
22Chapter 21 - The Truth in the Ledger
23Chapter 22 - The Lie Wins, For a Night
24Chapter 23 - The Silence After the Storm
25Chapter 24 - The Argument Nellie Couldn’t Stop
26Chapter 25 - The Gift That Costs Everything
27Chapter 26 - A New Kind of Lighthouse
28Chapter 27 - The Painting I Owe the Sea
29Chapter 28 - Everything We Said, Finally
30About the Author
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