Why We Fight

At First Sight Series, Book 4

By: TJ Klune

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Corey Ellis sure doesn't. Oh, everyone around him seems to have found their happy ending, but he's far too busy to worry about such things. He'll have plenty of time for romance after he survives his last summer before graduation. So what if he can't get his former professor, Jeremy Olsen, out of his head? It's nothing more than hero worship. And that's the way it should stay.

Except bi-gender Corey - aka Kori - is interning at Phoenix House for the summer, an LGBTQI youth center. A center that recently hired an interim director until someone can be found to fill the position permanently.

Because life is extraordinarily unfair, the director just so happens to be a certain former professor, now turned current boss.

Desperate to keep things professional as he and Jeremy grow closer, Corey makes a major mistake: He turns to his friends, Paul Auster and Sanford Stewart, for help.

But Paul and Sandy have some ideas of their own....

Contains mature themes.

©2019 TJ Klune (P)2020 Tantor

Marvelous

What a marvelous ending to a great series. I love the final message as well as all the messages in the book. I especially loved the shot ( hope and wish)at a certain person in jail. Cross our fingers!! Thank you for a fun and insightful and inspiring book. Cheers!

Thank you!

The story is so perfectly written and the humor really shines through in the performance! I would laugh so hard that tears would form in the corner of my eyes. I think my coworkers though I was watching tv on my phone when I was really just listening to this book! 💜

Loved

Such a great story of love, community and friendship and how life takes in directions we never thought was possible. Such a great read.

Funny

I loved that this book, it was good but also to funny I could not put it down.

Another hit from TJ Klune!

Nobody writes about “Found Family” better than Klune! And while that’s just one of the major themes of this book, and this series as a whole, it shines through everything else so beautifully.

After reading/listening to the first 3 books of this series, and also the ‘Bear, Otter, and the Kid’ series, it was great to have a book just for Corey/Kori, for their story, from their POV. They’re such an interesting character on their own and TJ did an amazing job (as always) with this one. I’ve read other reviews stating this book got too political, but I have to disagree with that. I think, when you consider the US political climate in 2016, especially from the LGBTQIA+ community’s perspective, it’s something that needs to be addressed and explored. And even more so in the context of this story, when the MC is working with youth in the community, who I know from personal experience felt extremely confused, angry, and anxious throughout that time.

Now about the narration… while I was initially bummed that Michael Lesley wasn’t the Narrator on this book (bc I absolutely adore him!), and while it did feel somewhat jarring to have a new narrator on the 4th book in a series who pronounced names differently and seemed to give characters different vibes entirely, I still thought Sean Crisden did an excellent job and shouldn’t be faulted for his differences to Lesley.

Overall, I think if you enjoyed the first 3 books in the series, you will enjoy this one just as much—possibly even more. And I absolutely recommend it, as I’d recommend any other book by this author. Any - and ALL - of Klune’s books are worth checking out, and definitely worth the credit or cost!