Tag: gay young adult romance

• REVIEW: Blaine For the Win by Robbie Couch

  

  After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more “serious” guys, a teen boy decides to prove he can be serious, too, by running for senior class president in this joyful romp from the author of The Sky Blues. High school junior Blaine Bowers has it all—the perfect boyfriend, a pretty sweet gig as a…

  charkinzie

  2 Apr 2022

  Books, Contemporary, diverse characters, lgbtqia content, mental health, new adult, own voices author, self-discovery, young adult

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• REVIEW: Above All Else

  

  The Official Description: official description Just the facts: Young adult, coming of age, new adult, friends to love, climbing My thoughts bit: Rose and Tate have been friends their entire lives. Climbing is part of what they do together. Now, they are heading out to the biggest challenge that they can face: climbing Mount Everest. Each…

  charkinzie

  13 Sep 2020

  Contemporary, general fiction, M/F Romance, Nature, new adult, suspense, young adult

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• Quick Reviews: August 2019

  

  Boy Meets Hamster by Birdie Milano: This was so much fun! This book is laugh-out-loud amusing, sweet and has some really great messages. What if you’re so busy pretending to be someone you’re not that you miss out on the person who would have liked you for who you really are? Dylan is a bit clumsy,…

  charkinzie

  30 Aug 2019

  quick reviews

  Birdie Milano, Boy Meets Hamswer, caro soles, gay kid, gay teens, gay young adult romance, James Brandon, Matthew J. Metzger, queer books, queer lit, the danger dance, Vivaldi in the Dark, Vivaldi in the Dark Series, Ziggy, Ziggy Stardust and Me

• Review: The Past And Other Things That Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson is … amazing.

  The short blurb bit: Dino doesn’t have a problem with being around dead bodies, his family runs a funeral home. In fact, it’s expected that Dino will continue in the family business once he’s done with school. Then July dies. Once upon a time, she was Dino’s best friend … but things changed about the…

  charkinzie

  28 Mar 2019

  lgbtqia content, own voices author, Paranormal

  gay young adult romance, LGBTQIA+ Content, queer YA, Shaun David Hutchinson, the past and other things that should stay buried, transgender character

• Review: A Mark On My Soul by Jordon Greene

  The short blurb bit: Noah Andrews is an anxious, book lover with a secret. It’s a secret he wants to be able to tell his friends and his family but it’s an uphill battle. Noah is gay. It shouldn’t feel like the bottom of his world will be yanked out from under him if he…

  charkinzie

  24 Mar 2019

  Books

  A Mark On My Soul, Frankling/Kerr, gay young adult romance, Goodreads, homophobia, LGBTQIA, lgbtqia ya books, LGBTQIA+ Content, netgalley, suicide, Young Adult Fiction