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Seventeen-year-old Valentina has always believed love is supposed to be loud.
Loud like pop-punk music blasting out of a garage.
Loud like sweaty concerts and late-night drives.
Loud like Bryce Hawthorne - magnetic, elusive, and impossible to hold onto.
Bryce gives Val just enough to keep her chasing him, disappearing whenever things start to feel real. He's the kind of love that burns bright and leaves scars, the kind that feels like destiny even when it hurts.
Lennox has always been there.
He's her best friend. Her bandmate. The one who holds her together after Bryce breaks her heart, who blocks Bryce from her view in crowded hallways, who knows her pain before she says a word. He loves her quietly, steadily, even when she keeps choosing someone else.
Caught in a cycle of intensity and comfort, Val is forced to choose between the love that feels electric and the love that feels like home. When she finally does, she believes the chaos is over.
She's wrong.
A single night shatters everything, leaving Val drowning in grief, guilt, and the weight of a love that never got the chance to finish. As music becomes her lifeline, she begins to understand that some loves are meant to be felt deeply - but not all of them are meant to stay.
Louder Than Goodbye is an emotionally charged YA romance about first love, toxic attachment, grief, and growing up. A story for anyone who loved too hard, stayed too long, and had to learn the difference between intensity and intimacy.
🎸 Pop-punk vibes. Found family. Love triangles. Healing.
💔 For fans of angsty teen romance and music-driven stories.