Yamilet is a typical 16-year-old girl, except her best friend won’t speak to her after she comes out, and her brother never seems to take anything seriously. Multiplying her stress is her faith telling her she shouldn’t exist. And oh ya, she’s moving to a new Catholic school where she and her brother will be […]
OBSESSED WITH THIS BOOK Fantasy/ Young Adult/ Romance Published 2024 by Wednesday Books Soundtrack: The Risk – Gracie Abrams Witches, a strict ruling party, and main characters who pretend they aren’t falling combine in this spellbinding read. Ya’ll, am I going to be romantic girly now? I am the first to admit I am not […]
OBSESSED Published 2023 by Balzer & Bray Narration: 𝙲𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚗 YA – Romance, LGBTQ+ At eighteen, on the brink of college, Immy is a stand-out ally. She reads the books and watches the films and knows the discourse over who is queer in Hollywood. She attends Pride Alliance, and her two best friends and sister […]
Really Loved Narration by Katherine Kellgren YA Historical Fiction/ Fantasy Soundtrack: Six by Six Immediately charming and humorous with a warm narration and a fast-moving plot, My Lady Jane is an imaginative re-telling of the events surrounding King Edward VI’s death, Lady Jane Grey’s brief rise to the throne, and the end of Mary Tudor’s […]
Really Love LGBTQ+ / YA /Coming of Age Published: 2012 Soundtrack: Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx I know this book came out in 2012, but I had never heard of it until two weeks ago so I needed to share it here! Two Mexican-American boys. Two kids who don’t know how lonely they are […]
Liked Young adult/ LGBTQ+ Sports Fiction Published: 2014 Soundtrack: Just A Girl – No Doubt Born intersex but raised male, Alyx feels she was denied the opportunity to live life as a woman despite her knowing she is a girl. After the death of her father and relentless bullying culminating in a physical attack, Alyx […]
This novel completely enthralled me. Check & Mate’s rivals-to-lovers build felt organic with a slow burn that frankly had me questioning whether they would become lovers at all.
Underhill writes a beautiful message about not needing to put a label on who you are or who you love. I felt this book did an excellent job illustrating the turmoil that all teens go through in their search for identity.
