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The Other Side of Leaving Kindle Edition

by Jacqueline Ramsden (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 198 ratings
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What happens when you meet the one person you can’t live without–right as she’s leaving?


Tilly Fenchurch never saw any reason to leave Vermont. Living in the town where she grew up, working at her moms’ family business, and never traveling far, she tells herself she’s happy–at least until she’s pulled, quite literally, into Frankie’s world.

Frankie Holt is excited. She’s just applied for her dream job in LA and she can’t wait to leave small-town Vermont behind. That is, until she grabs a random stranger in a celebratory hug and meets someone unforgettable.

A plan to reunite their estranged friends brings them closer together, and before long, it’s hard to imagine life without each other. With Tilly convinced she’s straight, Frankie attempts to fight her growing crush, while Tilly is left questioning everything she ever thought she knew about herself, her sexuality, and her life.

Will Frankie and Tilly figure out their feelings in time, or will three thousand miles tear them apart?

The Other Side of Leaving is an 80k toaster-oven, friends-to-lovers slow burn. Content warnings for anxiety and depression, on-page sex, and some angst.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B3271DNL
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (June 24, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 24, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1023 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 198 ratings

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Jacqueline Ramsden

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Jacqueline (she/they) is a genderqueer, demisexual lesfic writer. She enjoys tea and books.

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Alisonnic
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet coming-out romance
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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Tilly (VT homebody, thinks she's straignt) and Frankie (gay, ambitious, aiming for LA) fall in love. Sweet, well-written romance, which I enjoyed very much!
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RL
5.0 out of 5 stars Read it!
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2022
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I love this book so much, I had to reread it as soon as I finished it. It’s that good.

I won’t lie, I’m a sucker for a good friends-to-lovers slowburn story, especially when both characters are completely clueless. The Other Side of Leaving sucks you in within the first few lines as our MCs are thrown together right away. Excited about applying for her dream job, Frankie demands someone hugs her and, lucky for her, Tilly is there. While Tilly is shy and quiet, Frankie is carefree and outgoing, and together they forge an unlikely friendship.

Throughout their friendship, Frankie and Tilly start to fall for each other, but believe it’s one-sided. They are useless sapphics after all. Was their miscommunication frustrating at times? Yes. Do I love being frustrated by idiots in love? You bet I do.

The Other Side of Leaving touches on important topics (depression, anxiety, and coming to terms with your sexuality) and provides all the angst you need in a romance book. Jacqueline never misses and I highly recommend you read all of her books!

5/5 stars!
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Lisa H.
4.0 out of 5 stars lots of angst to get through, but a good story
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2023
A lot of anxiety and self doubt keeping the main characters apart. Loved the representation of the spectrum of sexuality. Sometimes it takes a person time to understand and accept who they are on that spectrum. Well done telling that part of the story.
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Stellar Space
5.0 out of 5 stars Discovery, Defining Yourself, and Grabbing Ahold of Love
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2022
This is a beautiful complex story of friendship and love, a well done sensitive look inside the life and thoughts of Tilly who struggles with anxiety, of her challenging journey of discovery of who she really is and how she identifies, of coming out, and of acceptance and belonging.

Jacqueline Ramsden brings you in and holds your attention as Frankie and Tilly's story unfolds. She moves the story forward smoothly with much laughter and character interaction. And when we first encounter Tilly's struggle with anxiety, we already love her and are rooting for her and for her and Frankie's relationship.

The main and supportive characters as well as the storyline are believable and well crafted.

My only issue is when Snap's pronouns cause confusion in conversations and paragraphs where context swings between Snap as they and Snap and others as they. This often interrupts the story flow as you try to figure out if the pronouns they or they're is singular referring to Snap or plural referring to Snap and others. Yet, it only happens when Snap, a minor character, is around.

Still, this is an engaging story with two wonderful HEA's and delightful characters that you will enjoy.

I received an ARC of The Other Side of Leaving for an honest review.
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Gina
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking and Heartwarming Awakening Love Story!
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2022
This is such a sweet and loving best friends to lovers awakening story. Frankie grabs Tilly after screaming I need a hug, in a restaurant, not knowing who Tilly is. Tilly, shy and taken back, let’s her hug her, even though they never met but the hug feels good. This is the start of a friendship between Frankie and Tilly. Frankie is a out lesbian, who is excited about a possible gig in LA, outspoken and not shy, she hugs Tilly (liked her look) and then apologizes to her and Tilly’s best friend Snap. Tilly, straight, has two Moms she works for, is shy and introverted with anxiety. This story takes you on a relationship that sometimes crosses the friendship border but neither Frankie or Tilly have any intention of stopping it or acknowledging it. But as their lives have changes to face and with all their friends and parents seeing what is going on in their relationship, can Tilly face who she really is and can Frankie reveal how deep she feels for Tilly. Jacqueline Ramsden has put out a really good story.
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Courtney Tonokawa
4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and heartwarming
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2022
Jacqueline Ramsden is slowly becoming a new favorite of mine from the indie queer romance writing scene, and The Other Side of Leaving is a perfect example as to why. It’s sweet and heartwarming, with a bit of angst (but not an overwhelming amount), and I really feel emotionally invested in the characters. And the fact that this one is a friends-to-lovers story absolutely helped matters.
I love the interplay between Tilly and Frankie. They’re opposites in what they perceive as their life goals and desires, which is one element of the conflict. Tilly also goes on a journey of figuring out her sexuality which really spoke to me, as someone who’s only come to some catharsis about it as an adult…and still isn’t 100% sure. Not to mention reckoning with anxiety…Tilly really is my soul sister. Meanwhile, Frankie is usually very carefree and open, but I really appreciate how her growing feelings for Tilly complicated that. I love how these two played off and influenced each other, and while it took a while for them to figure themselves and each other out, it ultimately came together beautifully.
This is a wonderful read, and I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a sweet, heartfelt sapphic contemporary romance.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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Victoria
5.0 out of 5 stars must read
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2022
This is an adorable friends-to-lovers romance with little angst; it's sweet and heartwarming to read. I'm not really into this trope, but The Other Side of Leaving really delights my weekend!

Both MCs are lovable, though I have to admit I was a bit annoyed with Frankie's too carefree behavior at first, but she'd grow on you! The side characters, Tilly's moms and June/Andi, definitely were a nice touch to the story. I was hoping we could get a bonus story about June and Andi. I'm so intrigued about them...Perhaps? Maybe? (finger crossed)

There are a few chapters in which you might feel frustrated about Frankie and Tilly keep misunderstanding each other, but I'd also like to point out that Jacqueline crafted it so well that it will make you feel related to the story. I guess there's a reason "useless sapphic" exists, cuz the struggle is real ugh!

I've read Jacqueline Ramsden's story from Love on Locations(a sapphic anthology), and I really enjoy their written style. I guess now I'll just have to read all of their books :)
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Renée Costa / Aqueerianee
4.0 out of 5 stars Such a lovely read!
Reviewed in Brazil on July 3, 2022
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I seriously loved how fun the experience of reading this book was. It’s different from the traditional romance, first off by being unapologetically queer, but also for highlighting other kinds of love that aren’t romantic, instead of downplaying them, and having therapy as a focal point in the narrative and something essential for Tilly’s character development… it’s also so refreshing to see older queer people on (and off too, of course) media. Most queer stories and especially coming out ones are starred by teenagers, but people who discover their truth and consequently come out as adults are just as valid and deserve to see themselves represented just like everyone else. And not only the coming out experience, but we had multiple older queer characters in different situations: Tilly’s moms, who are married and have a stable living situation; Frankie, who is already out in the beginning of the story, and was still single; June and Andi, and all the complexity of their relationship… also Snap! It was also refreshing to see a nonbinary character just existing, without necessarily coming out, explain their pronouns or be exposed to transphobia throughout the narrative. In other words, “The Other Side of Leaving” is a safe place.
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Banjoax
5.0 out of 5 stars Intense and beautiful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2023
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A really, deeply lovely book. The characters are charmingly fragile as they draw together, making their story very sweet and tender. Interestingly there is hardly any description but it works to focus the tale on the characters tangled emotions. Read it 3 times in a row!
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