Every Day by David Levithan

Title: Every Day

Author: David Levithan

Publisher: Knopf 2012

Genre: YA Fiction

Pages: 324

Rating:  4/5 stars

Reading Challenges: New Author; Eclectic - LGBT; Blogger Recs; Book Bingo - 3 from everyone but me

How I Got It: Library Loan

Every Day is technically for young adults, but the premise of this unusual book goes much deeper. It asks a question that will resonate with the young and old alike: Can you truly love someone regardless of what they look like on the outside? The main character, A, wakes up every morning in a different body. Day to day, A can be male or female, any ethnicity, any size, and in any type of household. The only constant is that he (we’ll go with that pronoun for convenience) is 16. A has been body jumping for as long as he can remember, and he has learned to not leave behind any trace of his presence—until he meets Rhiannon. For the first time in his life, A feels a true connection with another person. But can she love him back? Levithan handles their romance with great aplomb, building to a poignant and beautiful ending that took my breath away. —Caley Anderson

I’ll admit that reading the summary for this book, I wasn’t hooked at all.  I thought it would be some whiny teen romance book with a gimmick.  I am not afraid to say that I was wrong.  This was a very interesting insightful young adult aimed novel.  While the romance with Rhiannon kept the novel moving forward, I really zeroed in on the passages about what A has learned from being in so many different bodies.  I especially like the chapter where A discusses gender or the feelings of being genderless while body hopping.  It’s an interesting take on identity and sexuality.  And I thoroughly enjoyed it!