Book Title: DeadEndia: The Divine Order Author: Hamish Steele Release Date: April 23, 2024 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy (Graphic Novel) I am so excited to be participating in the DeadEndia Tour hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours! If you’re interested in following the rest of the tour, be sure to check out the tour schedule, which […]
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Book Title: The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray Author: Christina Calella Release Date: April 9, 2024 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy My rating: 4/5 Stars Synopsis: Storms and pirates are nothing compared to the evil within men’s hearts. After a lifetime of abuse at the hands of superstitious townsfolk, Ophelia Young, a bastard child of the notorious
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Book Title: To a Darker Shore Author: Leanne Schwartz Release Date: April 30, 2024 Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Neurodiversity, Queer My rating: 5/5 Stars Synopsis: A da Vinci-esque teen girl inventor on a Dante-esque journey through hell to save her best friend. Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her kingdom that
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Book Title: Teach the Torches to Burn Author: Caleb Roehrig Release Date: August 22, 2023 Genres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Retelling, Queer My rating: 5/5 Stars Synopsis: In Teach the Torches to Burn, a breathlessly romantic remix of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet and seventh book in the Remixed Classics series, a queer teen boy discovers first love amid a bloody,
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Elle McNicoll is a champion writer for middle grade readers when it comes to disability representation. Every book I’ve read by her has excellently broken their respective topics into easily understandable parts for young readers, and this is so important!
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Book Title: System Overload Authors: Saxon James Release Date: November 15, 2023 Genres: M/M Later-in-Life Romance Tropes: Age-gap, best friend’s dad, roommates to lovers, small-town My Rating: 4.75/5 Stars Synopsis: Keller Banging my son’s bestie was a total accident that will never, ever happen again. I’m sure of it. While he might be gorgeous and
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Book Title: The Song of Us Author: Kate Fussner Release Date: May 30, 2023 Genres: Middle Grade, Poetry, Contemporary, Retelling, LGBTQ+ My rating: 4/5 Stars Synopsis: This stunning debut and wholly original queer middle grade novel-in-verse retelling of “Orpheus and Eurydice” adds a new chorus to the songs of great love, perfect for fans of Other
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Book Title: Blood Debts Author: Terry J. Benton-Walker Narrators: Bahni Turpin, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Torian Brackett, Zeno Robinson Release Date: April 4, 2023 Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Mystery, LGBTQ+ My rating: 3.5/5 Stars Audio Rating: 4/5 Stars Synopsis: Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical
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Book Title: The Luis Ortega Survival Club Author: Sonora Reyes Release Date: May 23, 2023Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Neurodiversity My rating: 5/5 Stars Synopsis: From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of John Tucker Must Die but tackling serious topics. It’s a revenge story told
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Book Title: Employing PatienceAuthors: Saxon JamesRelease Date: May 31, 2023Genres: M/M Later-in-Life RomanceTropes: Bi-awakening, employer/employee, rich/poor, small-townMy Rating: 4.75/5 Stars Synopsis Art When it comes to regrets, I have none. My life is perfect. I own a bar, work hard, party harder, and smother my niblings in all the love they deserve. I don’t need
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