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Track Four is Not About You by L.M. Bennett (4th)

Bishop left without a word. Shiloh never knew why. Four years later, neither of them has recovered.

Now Bishop’s album is falling apart, and the only producer who understands her sound is the ex she ghosted. Shiloh doesn’t do chaos, second chances, or Bishop. But when she hears that dying demo, something cracks. Because the raw honesty on that track? That’s theirs. That’s what they used to make together. Before the fame. Before the silence.

Four months. One studio. Two people who used to be everything to each other, now barely able to share air.

The music is pulling them closer. The past is daring them to run.

And if track four isn’t about her…why does it sound like an apology?

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Happy National Poetry Month! Join us in celebrating by checking out these poetry collections and books in verse! For even more recommendations, check out last year’s post.

Novels in Verse

Saber-Tooth by Robin Gow

Jasper’s favorite person is his older brother, Callan. They go on fossil-finding missions and stay up late while their parents work nights. Callan even helped Jasper pick out his new name when he came out as trans.

But Callan starts to grow distant and leaves for college without taking Jasper on a promised fossil dig. Jasper feels abandoned—and angry. Who needs Callan? He will dig by himself, in his backyard. As he digs, he hears a voice: the bones of a saber-toothed tiger. He’s buried deep, and he wants Jasper to DIG.

Jasper is sure a discovery like this could change the world, or at least get Callan to text him back. But as the saber-toothed tiger finds freedom, Jasper realizes he may have unleashed a monster that no one was ready for, and that anger can empower you—or destroy you.

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