The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The background is a dark shade of yellow. Down the length of the cover, 5 colourful strips stacked on top of each other. Each box contains a word. From top to bottom, they read:
“Daniel” in large black caps in a white box.
“Cabot…” in large black caps in an orange box.
“Puts” in large black caps in a green box.
“Down” in large black caps in a white box.
“Roots” in large black writing in a blue box. Next to the box, 4 ellipsis. Directly lower right of the box, in smaller, lowercase writing, the phrase “a romance”.
The author’s name “Cat Sebastian” is at the bottom of the cover in large black lowercase. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Sexual Content
• Homophobia
• Ableism
• Medical Content
• Pregnancy

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Summary:

New York City, 1973

Daniel Cabot doesn’t really know what he’s doing with his life. He’s lost faith in himself, his future, and maybe the world. The only things he knows that he cares about are the garden in the empty lot next to his crumbling East Village apartment building and his best friend.

Alex Savchenko has always known that he’s…difficult. Prickly, maybe, if you’re feeling generous. But maybe that’s the kind of personality it takes to start a low-income pediatrics clinic in one of Manhattan’s most troubled neighborhoods. When Daniel stumbles into his life, Alex doesn’t expect him to stay—most people don’t. And when Alex develops useless, inconvenient feelings for his new friend, he does what he’s always done, and tells himself that he isn’t feeling anything at all.

Daniel, though, has always worn his heart on his sleeve, and he isn’t stopping now.

Sometimes when things seem to be falling apart, it means there’s room for something incredible to grow.

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Notes:

This is the third book in the The Cabots series, but it can be read as a standalone.

There is a kindle version.

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Archivist Comments:

I’m a bit on the fence about this because I’ve seen people saying that the author says that one of the characters is autistic in the end notes, but other people are arguing that they’re basically just an amalgamation of a bunch of different autistic stereotypes. However, a few people have also come forward to say that Cat Sebastian is a good source of disabled representation so…I don’t know. Let me know what you think!

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