Wednesday, November 18, 2020

More YA Books

What's this, am I still reading LGBTQ YA books? Why yes, yes I am.

Love, Creekwood (by Becky Albertalli)

This is a fun little epistolary novella set in the same universe as Love, Simon and Leah on the Offbeat. Our main couples (Simon and Bram, Leah and Abby) are in college and navigating their relationships. The biggest tension here is that Simon and Bram are bad at long distance relationships. It's funny and fun and breezy and fast. Worth a read for Creekwood fans.

Only Mostly Devastated (by Sophie Gonzales) 

A young adult version of Grease, basically. Gay Grease. Ollie and Will have a romantic summer at the lake, then Ollie transfers to Will's school and finds out that popular, jock, closeted Will is not the Will he remembers. Extra points for a sensitive handling of a relative's illness and for bisexual representation! Negative points for being too on-the-nose with Grease references. Yes we get it, we don't need the words "hopelessly devoted" to tell us this is about Grease. But mostly super cute.

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