Tag: lgbtq YA
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REVIEW: Reverie by Ryan La Sala
The Official Description: All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can’t remember how he got there, what happened after, and why his life seems so different now. And it’s not just Kane who’s different, the world feels off, reality itself seems different. As Kane pieces together…
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REVIEW: How To Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters
The descriptive bit: Remy Cameron has to write an essay about “who” he is. There are facts that he knows: he’s a teenager, he loves his little sister, he’s adopted, he’s black and he’s gay. But what really defines him? Is it what he thinks of himself or what other people think of him? And,…
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REVIEW: We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia
The Official Description: Nandan’s got a plan to make his junior year perfect. He’s going to make sure all the parties are chill, he’s going to smooth things over with his ex, and he’s going to help his friend Dave get into the popular crowd—whether Dave wants to or not. The high school social scene might…
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REVIEW: Monster of the Week! The Rules Book 2 by F.T. Lukens
The Official Description: Spring semester of Bridger Whitt’s senior year of high school is looking great. He has the perfect boyfriend, a stellar best friend, and an acceptance letter to college. He also has this incredible job as an assistant to Pavel Chudinov, an intermediary tasked with helping cryptids navigate the modern world. His days…
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REVIEW: The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
The official description: As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. But when his pilot father is selected for a highly publicized NASA mission to Mars, Cal and his family relocate from Brooklyn to Houston and are thrust into a media circus. (GoodReads.com)…
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Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
I read “Red, White & Royal Blue” in one day and I’m pleased to admit that I cried through the last quarter of it. This book is exactly the balm that my poor, battered, immigrant-Canadian heart needed. It’s probably not lost on anyone that the past few years have been a challenging time to survive…
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Review: Frost by Isabelle Adler
Okay, let’s get this out-of-the-way – this is a novella! And my one complaint about it is that I can’t believe it’s not a novel! Sometimes, I can read an entire book and not feel any great connection with the characters. That is not true of this short work by Isabelle Adler. This story is set…
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Review: Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley
It only took about five pages for me to be hooked on this novel. The introduction of both characters instantly made me curious about them, and that increased steadily. There’s been a beating. There’s been a stabbing. Nate and Cam have ended up across from each other in a deposition because of the violence that…
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Review: You Asked For Perfect by Laura Silverman
I was never a super-dedicated student, but I had friends who were. (I’m looking at you Kim and Val). Ariel is super dedicated. He has his life scheduled to the moment: quizzes, extra projects, orchestra, volunteer work, planning to become Valedictorian and contemplating his answers for his interview with Harvard. Ariel is out (he’s bisexual) to…
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Review: Queer As A Five Dollar Bill
Life is hard when you’re 9th grader, Wyatt. He’s trying to keep his head above water in a school where he’s bullied constantly and dating his best friend MacKenzie. He loves MacKenzie and he wants to want to date her, but he just doesn’t. Dating MacKenzie does give Wyatt a bit of relief from the…
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