Trigger Warnings: drug use, underage drinking, referenced underage sex, adult/teenager relationship Note: Not all trigger warnings are present in this review, but they are present in the book in question. A Line In The Dark may be marketed as a YA thriller, but I personally believe all the best parts of the story have nothingRead More
Alice Pate reviews The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
Trigger Warnings: alcoholism, underage drinking, neglectful parenting, abusive relationship Note: Not all trigger warnings are present in this review, but they are present in the book in question. The Brightsiders has been on my to be read list for several months before I finally purchased a copy. The bright colors of the cover had reallyRead More
Sash S. reviews Wilder Girls by Rory Powers
“The Tox took teacher after teacher. Rules crumbling to dust and fading away, until only the barest bones were left.” Body horror. Boarding school. Queer girls. Wilder Girls promises a lot of cool things. Marketed as ‘a feminist Lord of the Flies’, one expects a grimdark pastiche of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers, mixed with comfortingly familiarRead More
Danika reviews The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce edited by Angie Manfredi
This isn’t an entirely queer collection, but it refreshingly diverse. There are eleven queer contributors, which is about a third of the entries! LGBTQ Reads just put up a post that has notes from these contributors about their entries, so you can check that out if you want more details. There are also lots ofRead More
Mallory Lass reviews The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
CW: Body shaming and homophobic mother, elaboration at the end Spoilers: Spoilers marked at the end for the first 35% of the book I’ve been wanting to read The Summer of Jordi Parez ever since I attended a 2018 ClexaCon panel where Amy Spalding was a speaker. What jumped out at me during her panelRead More
Bee reviews Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Spoiler Warning Trigger Warnings: body horror, gore, violence The things I heard about Wilder Girls before I picked it up: Lord of the Flies-esque, but with girls Body horror Secrets and lies Queer girls And needless to say, I was sold. If the ethereal and captivatingly disturbing cover weren’t enough, these tidbits promised something darkRead More
Danika reviews Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
What a great summer read. Lou is gearing up for The Best Summer Ever, and even being cast as the hot dog at her summer carnival job doesn’t break her stride. Sure, her crush is literally dating the Princess of the park, but she’s got a plan to snag this diving pirate for herself. AndRead More
Danika reviews In the Silences by Rachel Gold
While Rachel Gold usually writes about gender and sexuality, In the Silences expands this by also tackling race. Although it does have a non-binary, genderfluid main character who is discovering and accepting their gender identity, it is just as much about Kaz learning about race, racism, and whiteness. While I originally was a bit worried about aRead More
Megan G reviews Unspeakable by Abbie Rushton
Megan hasn’t spoken in months. Not since that horrible day. She worries that if she starts talking, she won’t be able to stop, and there are some things she simply cannot tell anybody. Except suddenly Jasmine moves to town; kind and talkative Jasmine. And for some reason, Megan finds herself wanting to speak again. ThisRead More
Megan G reviews Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Each year, the Demon King is presented with eight young women of the lowest caste — the Paper caste — who will serve as his concubines for a year. While some girls dream of being selected, it was never in Lei’s plans. Her family has already suffered enough at the hands of the Demon King.Read More
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