If This Gets Out: A Novel

Sophie Gonzales · Cale Dietrich

Dec 2021 · Macmillan Young Listeners · Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo

About this audiobook

Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich's “If This Gets Out is an absolute showstopper! Equal parts edgy and adorable, this bright, joyful book has everything I look for in a queer YA romance.” —Phil Stamper, bestselling author of The Gravity of Us

You’re in the most popular boy band in America...and all you want is the boy singing next to you.

Eighteen-year-olds Ruben Montez and Zach Knight are two members of the boy-band Saturday, one of the biggest acts in America. Along with their bandmates, Angel Phan and Jon Braxton, the four are teen heartthrobs in front of the cameras and best friends backstage.

But privately, the pressure to stay in the closet has Ruben confiding in Zach.

On a whirlwind tour through Europe with an unrelenting schedule and minimal supervision, the two come to rely on each other more and more, and their already close friendship evolves into a romance. But when they decide they’re ready to tell their fans and live freely, Zach and Ruben realize they will never truly have the support they need.

How can they hold tight to each other when their whole world is coming apart?

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books

Ratings and reviews

Zach and Ruben are best friends and members of a boy band on a whirlwind tour through Europe. With their management company keeping them under tight control, Ruben can't publicly acknowledge his orientation. But when Zack realizes that he's attracted to men, and to Ruben specifically, things start to get complicated. How long can they keep their relationship under wraps? And what will happen when their fans learn the truth? This book is absolutely brilliant. The audiobook is an immersive experience, the kind it takes a while to recover from once it's over. Zach and Ruben are adorable, while the strong subplots keep the tension high. Thanks, NetGalley, for the audio ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Audiobook Review: Overall – 5 Performance – 5 Story – 5 PG – only off page sex The audiobook performer is fantastic! I enjoyed this book a lot; it’s my first book from these authors. I requested a review copy of the ebook from NetGalley and then when I found out that the audiobook was also available from there, I requested a copy of it. Ramon de Ocampo did a FANTASTIC job with this book. He truly gave a wonderful performance of this story; it wouldn’t be right to call him just a narrator. I’m fairly certain that I wouldn’t have liked the book as much if I’d read it with my eyes. Ramon put such emotion into the story and each character had their own distinctive voice. I can’t say enough good things about his performance. He is actually the reason I requested a review copy. This is definitely a YA story; there is no on-page sexual content. I often find it more titillating when I have to use my own imagination and have found several YA/NA stories that I really enjoyed. The blurb gives you an excellent overview of the story. Something it doesn’t say is how controlling the band’s management company is. They keep the band members pretty much locked up after some shenanigans go on. There are some pretty awful adult characters in this story. The management company definitely but also some of the parents are pretty horrible. The story ends with an HFN which is mostly satisfactory but it leaves the readers to draw their own conclusions. I’m the type of reader who prefers a little more towards an HEA than this book has but it did feel appropriate for this particular story. A review copy was provided by the publisher via NetGalley but this did not influence my opinion or rating of the book.

About the author

SOPHIE GONZALES lives in Melbourne, Australia. When she isn’t writing, she can be found ice skating, performing in musical theatre, and practicing the piano. She is the author of The Law of Inertia, Only Mostly Devastated, and Perfect on Paper.

CALE DIETRICH is a YA devotee, lifelong gamer, and tragic pop punk enthusiast. He lives in Brisbane, Australia. His debut novel, The Love Interest, was named a 2018 Rainbow List Selection. He is also the author of The Friend Scheme.