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Switching Gears
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Still mourning the loss of Lucas Nelson, the boy she loved in secret for years, seventeen-year-old Emmy Martin turns to her passion for mountain biking to try to fill the empty void in her life. But just when things start looking up, Emmy discovers her mom has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Confused and angry that her parents didn’t tell her sooner, she throw
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Hardcover, 288 pages
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February 14th 2017
by Sky Pony
(first published February 7th 2017)
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My inner teenage self loves the angsty stories and I would have devoured this back then. Even now, I still really enjoyed it. I love the passion that Emmy has found for mountain bike racing, as that is something that carries her through the trials in her life. I love that she has an escape and something to focus on that helps her become a better person all-around.
A great moral to this story is to be careful how you judge others. I think it's human nature to jump to quick conclusions about people ...more
A great moral to this story is to be careful how you judge others. I think it's human nature to jump to quick conclusions about people ...more

I picked this one up based on a blogging friend's high recommendation and was so happy I did! Even though I hadn't read the first book, Love, Lucas, this one is more of a companion novel than an outright sequel, so it stands very well all on its own. Emmy is the reason I loved this story. Still coping with the grief of losing the boy she loved, I connected with her struggles to handle those complicated emotions. Add to that the fact that her mother has a huge health crisis and I completely under
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Please ignore the summary it is only partially correct which bothers me more than you could know. First of all Cole isn't the rich boy who only cares about himself. He does have money but he always has had an interest in our main character, Emmy. Second, Cole helps train Emmy after her one-on-one race with Emmy and that is at the very very end of the book. There is so much more that goes on with her and Cole before the training. Also, why is the terrible accident even mentioned? This summary....
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Thank you to Sky Pony Press for providing me a copy of book in exchange for a fair review.
Emmy hasn't been dealing with things well, she quit the mountain bike team after Lucas's death and hasn't won first place in a long time. Just when things are starting to look up she finds out that her mom has been diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer.
Now she is trying to navigate her feelings for Cole, her place on the team and the reality of losing her mom as she knows her. Then an accident almost chang ...more
Emmy hasn't been dealing with things well, she quit the mountain bike team after Lucas's death and hasn't won first place in a long time. Just when things are starting to look up she finds out that her mom has been diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer.
Now she is trying to navigate her feelings for Cole, her place on the team and the reality of losing her mom as she knows her. Then an accident almost chang ...more

Oct 21, 2016
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The best book ever, and the sequel to "Love Lucas."
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*I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review*
This is a gripping, reality which shows that you are in danger doing the simplest of things…
Emmy Martin intrigued me. She has lost her best friend, the one boy who she can’t stand likes her and her family is not as close as she thought it was. Even after all of this happening, she still pushes herself every day to keep herself fit enough to race her mountain bike. But she is always just that little bit behind Whitne ...more
This is a gripping, reality which shows that you are in danger doing the simplest of things…
Emmy Martin intrigued me. She has lost her best friend, the one boy who she can’t stand likes her and her family is not as close as she thought it was. Even after all of this happening, she still pushes herself every day to keep herself fit enough to race her mountain bike. But she is always just that little bit behind Whitne ...more

Sep 25, 2017
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young-adult,
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death,
series,
coming-of-age,
contemporary,
family,
friendship,
library-copy,
illness
Romance, clean, YA, series but stand alone
Emmy's second book with Cole. This can be read without reading Love, Lucas, although that was a wonderful read. Very poignant. The disease (won't say who), the competition, the injuries, the 'thing' between Emmy and Cole. It was just a beautiful, heartfelt, read. Two competitors, who become friends, who trust and build on the attraction. Kelsey was a great foil and friend, Gavin a nice secondary character in her brother, and the relationship with her par ...more
Emmy's second book with Cole. This can be read without reading Love, Lucas, although that was a wonderful read. Very poignant. The disease (won't say who), the competition, the injuries, the 'thing' between Emmy and Cole. It was just a beautiful, heartfelt, read. Two competitors, who become friends, who trust and build on the attraction. Kelsey was a great foil and friend, Gavin a nice secondary character in her brother, and the relationship with her par ...more

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Lucas Nelson loved Emmy Martin, but he waited until a week before he died of cancer to tell her that. Emmy had loved Lucas for years, but she kept quiet out of respect for their friendship, her friendship with Lucas's sister, and her belief that he only thought of her as a friend.
As SWITCHING GEARS by Chantele Sedgwick begins, it's been a month since Lucas died, and Emmy is understandably still grieving. Mountain biking is one way she copes with ...more
Lucas Nelson loved Emmy Martin, but he waited until a week before he died of cancer to tell her that. Emmy had loved Lucas for years, but she kept quiet out of respect for their friendship, her friendship with Lucas's sister, and her belief that he only thought of her as a friend.
As SWITCHING GEARS by Chantele Sedgwick begins, it's been a month since Lucas died, and Emmy is understandably still grieving. Mountain biking is one way she copes with ...more

Not my favorite book of the series, but still really good.
If you pay attention on p.220, Cole explains how his aunt and uncle, Mia and Maddison's parents were like parents to him, but book three, Interlude, is completely about Mia going to New York to find her mother because she LEFT WHEN MIA WAS 3. I'm not complaining, though. It's just a simple mistake. Maybe it was left there on purpose to see if anyone would notice. I didn't till the second time I read it, which was today... Besides, Chante ...more
If you pay attention on p.220, Cole explains how his aunt and uncle, Mia and Maddison's parents were like parents to him, but book three, Interlude, is completely about Mia going to New York to find her mother because she LEFT WHEN MIA WAS 3. I'm not complaining, though. It's just a simple mistake. Maybe it was left there on purpose to see if anyone would notice. I didn't till the second time I read it, which was today... Besides, Chante ...more

Sky Pony Press and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Switching Gears. This is my honest opinion of the book.
Only one month after Lucas, neighbor and best friend, died from an illness, Emmy decides to ride in her first mountain bike race of the season. When a second place finish prompts her to accept a race with her biggest rival, Whitney, will Emmy put everything on the line to prove that she can win? Will family issues and confusing feelings about Cole, fellow racer and high scho ...more
Only one month after Lucas, neighbor and best friend, died from an illness, Emmy decides to ride in her first mountain bike race of the season. When a second place finish prompts her to accept a race with her biggest rival, Whitney, will Emmy put everything on the line to prove that she can win? Will family issues and confusing feelings about Cole, fellow racer and high scho ...more

21 January review:
The first book i read written by this author is “Interlude“. I just loved it. This book was the second one. It’s an epic fail for me. One star. I could tolerate it only till I reached a middle of it (60% to be precise). Then I gave up and returned the copy to the library.
The main character had been annoying me from the beginning. Then it got worse and worse.
Others characters were not written enough to get to know them better, and I didn’t feel to them anything. The love story ...more
The first book i read written by this author is “Interlude“. I just loved it. This book was the second one. It’s an epic fail for me. One star. I could tolerate it only till I reached a middle of it (60% to be precise). Then I gave up and returned the copy to the library.
The main character had been annoying me from the beginning. Then it got worse and worse.
Others characters were not written enough to get to know them better, and I didn’t feel to them anything. The love story ...more

This was a fantastic teen drama, and it demonstrated that emotional teen drama DOES NOT have to have vulgarity and explicit content to reach teens. This was a beautiful wakeup call. It was poignant with emotional depth and shows characters recognizing potentially harmful coping mechanisms. So inspiring! I borrowed this, but I definitely want my own copy of this book, along with (at least) one for my classroom! It is so well-written - I'm wanting to underline stuff left and right. I thought Love,
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This companion (not sequel) to Love, Lucas stands alone.
Emmy is having a hard time getting over the death of her best friend, Lucas. On top of that, her mother has been diagnosed with an unforgiving disease. Emmy decides to put her focus on mountain biking and pushes everyone else away except her friend, Kelsie. Cole sees something special in Emmy and is quite persistent in getting to know her. Despite how hard she tries to alienate him, Cole won't give up.
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Emmy is having a hard time getting over the death of her best friend, Lucas. On top of that, her mother has been diagnosed with an unforgiving disease. Emmy decides to put her focus on mountain biking and pushes everyone else away except her friend, Kelsie. Cole sees something special in Emmy and is quite persistent in getting to know her. Despite how hard she tries to alienate him, Cole won't give up.
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This was a goodreads win and I am thrilled that I got to read it. It is probably not one that I would have purchased but I will definitely look forward to reading more from this author. The characters were lovable and relatable. I thought that it was going to be just a predictable sweet read until the end and then it became a fantastically weaved story.

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Soo good!!!!! Like no joke!! Usually second books aren't as good as the first but this one definitely was!! Cole is so good! And the fact that Emmy when she realized how bad she was hurt she thought why did it happen to me but then she thought that she wouldn't wish it on any one else. Dang. I am not that selfless.
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I definitely shed a lot of tears reading this one. It would have been five stars, but a lot of the writing didn’t seem totally natural to me, especially the dialogue, which seemed more like someone would write and less like what someone would actually say out loud.
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