To be honest, I wasn’t sure how I would handle the space aspect of this story with the terminology and whatnot. But Mr. Stamper did a fantastic job making everything easy to understand while not overloading the story with it! Cal Jr.’s journalism angle was a great way of presenting it all too. And the use of social media adds that touch of realism, which was satisfying.

The drama was interesting! Especially the accident, which I won’t go into for the sake of spoiling anything. That really got me! But, as I kept reading, it was one of those things that felt necessary to put the characters where they needed to be. It was just a moment I noticed from a writing perspective (because I’m also a writer). It didn’t feel forced and really ramped up the chaos that was happening.

Cal and Leon’s relationship was very nice, though I did kind of want more scenes with them….which could be the gay romance freak in me. The feelings that came through Leon from Cal’s perspective made me so happy! Stamper nailed that element! However, there was one aspect I’m conflicted on, hence the 4.5 stars. That would be how depression was shown. I’m one of the MANY people who have depression and I can’t decide if I like/agree with how Stamper presented Leon’s depression. On one hand, everyone deals with it differently and, on the other, I would’ve reacted another way. Maybe the thing that makes me conflicted is how Leon seemed like he had one foot off the edge through the whole story, save for the better moments? I kept waiting for him to snap since he felt that way to me. It put me on edge.

And, now that I acknowledged that, I’m wondering if it was intentional? If it was, success! If it wasn’t, it was still a success for me because it sometimes served as a distraction from the real rollercoaster. Then bang! Hits us with a good bomb drop!

The Gravity of Us is an absolutely wonderful story and I can’t wait to read more of Stamper’s work!