Category: diverse characters
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REVIEW: Out Now: Queer we go again…
The Official Description: A follow-up to the critically acclaimed All Out anthology, Out Now features seventeen new short stories from amazing queer YA authors. Vampires crash prom, aliens run from the government, a president’s daughter comes into her own, a true romantic tries to soften the heart of a cynical social media influencer, a selkie…
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REVIEW: Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson
The Official Description: A coming-of-age novel told with magical realism, Boys of Alabama guides us through sixteen-year-old Max’s first year in America. In this bewitching first novel, a sensitive teen, newly arrived in Alabama, falls in love, questions his faith, and navigates a strange power. While his German parents don’t know what to make of…
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REVIEW: the Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukadar
The Official Description: The author of the “vivid and urgent…important and timely” (The New York Times Book Review) debut The Map of Salt and Stars returns with this remarkably moving and lyrical novel following three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to…
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REVIEW: Scarlet Gaze by Foster Bridget Cassidy
The Official Description: After a paranormal encounter in his youth with someone from his future, Collin Frey sets his sights on getting to Marke Staple University. Now eighteen and with a full scholarship to the prestigious university, Collin hopes to find an explanation to that life-changing event. Unfortunately, it only leads to more questions. Finding out…
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REVIEW: The Prince’s Dragon: Fire and Valor Book Two (Giveaway!)
The Official Description: The last place Lord Tristram Radcliffe ever expected to find himself was right hand to the Llangardian throne. His parentage should have seen him banished, but he managed to keep his draconic secret. Now, King Reynold is dead. Long live King Roland. The boy ascends to rule a kingdom in chaos,…
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REVIEW: Deep Cut by C.R. Scott
The Official Description: Shaun’s an outsider. He has a dark past and an even darker habit of cutting himself and burying his emotions under his skin. The only thing he’s got going for him is his guitar and a head full of lyrics When Jesse moves to town, bringing big bright smiles and warm blue…
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REVIEW: The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune
The Official Description: Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune’s YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a queer coming-of-age story about a fanboy with ADHD and the heroes he loves. Nick Bell? Not extraordinary. But being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right? After a chance encounter…
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REVIEW: Third One by Roe Horvat
REVIEW TOUR Book Title: Third One (Those Other Books series) Author: Roe Horvat Publisher: Roe Horvat Cover Artist: Roe Horvat Release Date: March 30th 2020 Genre: Contemporary MMM erotic romance Trope/s: Established couple + third, hurt/comfort Themes: Two dancers and a businessman, Swedish coast, Gothenburg, pining, passion Length: 46 000 words/140 pages Heat Rating: 5…
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REVIEW: Mud & Lace by Jay Northcote
There’s a new installment in the Rainbow Place series coming on March 18!! Follow along as I read and review the first five books in the series! Book 4: Mud & Lace Official description: When Wicksy falls for drag queen Charlie, they discover that both sexuality and gender can be fluid. Simon Wicks—Wicksy to his…
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REVIEW: Better Place by Jay Northcote
There’s a new installment in the Rainbow Place series coming on March 18!! Follow along as I read and review the first five books in the series! Book 3: Better Place Official description: Joe deserves better. Meeting Dylan helps him see that. After a recent redundancy, Joe takes a few months off to try and…
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REVIEW: Safe Place by Jay Northcote
There’s a new installment in the Rainbow Place series coming on March 18!! Follow along as I read and review the first five books in the series! Book 2: Safe Place Official description: Where do you go when your home is no longer a safe place? Alex is about to turn eighteen and is firmly…
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REVIEW: The Rainbow Place by Jay Northcote
There’s a new installment in the Rainbow Place series coming on March 18!! Follow along as I read and review the first five books in the series! Book 1: Rainbow Place Official description: Can Jason find the courage he needs to be the man Seb deserves? When Seb Radcliffe relocates to a seaside town in Cornwall,…
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