It’s hard to match the excellence of 2015’s excellent LGBTQI YA offerings, from the bold bi pride of Hannah Moskowitz’s Not Otherwise Specified, to the gorgeous gut punch of Adam Silvera’s More Happy Than Not, to I.W. Gregorio’s groundbreaking None of the Above, to the heart-melting delight of Becky Albertalli’s Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, but if any […]
{{ean3}These Vicious Masks, by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas In a Regency sphere of stuffed-shirt suitors, boring balls, and a mother with a nose for a man with prospects, Evelyn has zero interest in becoming a bride. She takes solace in her brilliant, medically gifted younger sister, Rose; the company of the intriguing Mr. Kent; […]
Nothing gives me joy like seeing more great representation for teens in various letters of the rainbow, especially when we get past the same old narratives in the same old genres with the same old rep. The first half of the year was rife with great LGBTQIAP+ reads—you can see 15 of them here, to […]
The past year brought YA some phenomenal LGBTQ titles, and this year, authors both debut and veteran are set to up the ante. The LGBTQ YAs of 2015 include far more romances between girls than we’ve seen in the past, more ever-elusive Happily Ever Afters, multiple realistic contemporaries featuring intersex main characters, and a character […]