My Heartbeat is a fast, furious story in which a quirky triangle learns to change its shape and Ellen, at least, learns the limits of what you can ever know about whom you love. When is curiosity a betrayal? And if James says he loves her, isn’t that just another way of saying he still loves Link? Ellen’s parents want Link to keep his secrets to himself, but Ellen wants to know who her brother really is. Published in 2002, being gay in My Heartbeat is far more complicated and high stakes than Ellen initially realizes. We're talking crushes, virginity, the stakes of being gay, what it even means to be gay, and more. James refuses to stay friends with a boy so full of secrets. As you might've guessed, My Heartbeat, by Garret Freymann-Weyr, explores teenage sexuality in some pretty major ways. Then someone at school asks if Link and James might be in love with each other. My heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr, Garret Weyr, Garret Freymann-Weyr, December 2003, Tandem Library edition, School & Library Binding in English. She’ll always love James just the way she’ll always love Link.

“When you grow out of it,” James teases her, “you will break my heart.”Įllen knows she’ll never outgrow it. She is totally, madly in love with James, his face full of long eyelashes and hidden smiles. She loves her brother, the math genius and track star. She knows they fight, but she makes it a policy never to take sides.

Her older brother and his best friend are the only company she ever wants. If you're going to read this book, do it at a time when you're interested in meeting new people, because that's what reading After the Moment is like.Ellen loves Link and James. What's amazing is that no matter how many layers you peel off the surface, there will always be a clear character underneath.

What's amazing about them isn't that they seem real, though they certainly do. When I heard that Garrett Freymann-Weyr had a new book out, I knew right away that I would have to read it- I've read everything she has written, despite the fact that it isn't my genre at all, because the characters she creates are amazing. Leigh isn't certain what Millie finds so appealing about Maia, but he is greatful to her for providing stability in his sister's life and so makes an effort to befriend her. From the start, Leigh finds Maia interesting, though not potential girlfriend material- she is, after all, a complete train wreck. Ever since his parents' divorce Leigh Hunter has felt a little lost on the road map of life, but he still trusts that he will end up in the right place- or he does, until his stepsister Millie introduces him to Maia Morland.

My heartbeat by garret freymann weyr