They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

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Jordan April Silvera not only poignantly captures the raw emotion of facing your own morality, but creates such relatable and authentic characters you want to follow on their journey. While Silvera has authored additional titles that can fill the gaping hole left in your heart after you finish They Both Die at the End, there are more books by different authors that evoke the same set of emotions. They Both Die at the End is beautiful and charged with emotion, and Silvera’s best work to date. They Both Die at the End centers on love, loss, life, and death, amplifying young queer Latinx voices and prompting us all to remember how friendships, relationships, and our existence here on earth can change in an instant - even with one phone call. After meeting through an app called Last Friend - a platform designed for Deckers just like them - Mateo and Rufus embark on one final, totally unpredictable, completely heart-rending, adventure together. The powerful YA novel intertwines the lives of the two boys, who receive a call on September 5 and learn that they have one day left to live. Soon enough, it’ll make it to the small screen as well, as a Netflix series adaptation. Thanks to a beautiful corner of the internet called #BookTok, Adam Silvera’s 2017 bestselling novel, They Both Die at the End, experienced a viral resurgence over the past couple of years, bringing the heartbreakingly profound story of Mateo and Rufus to thousands of readers worldwide.

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera