Find the hottest teen books, connect with your favorite YA authors and meet new friends who share your reading interests! sometimes i put off reading a book if i feel it’ll hit too close to home. this wasn’t the case. i knew it would hurt and it did. very much so. but i dived in anyway. more than anything it eased something in my soul, the way every single albertalli book has. Tessa, the girl who slow danced with Imogen so tenderly, the girl who warmed up Imogen's hands when she refused to wear her blazer, and then insisted on the blazer like a sweetheart.

Rachel Strolle is a teen librarian and a books contributor for Buzzfeed. She loves books, dogs, and Florence Pugh Plenty of witty banter—and a sweet romance—lighten a novel that’s full of introspection and that validates not only a variety of identities but also individuals’ paces for figuring them out." — Horn Book When her best friend Lili told her friends they’ve dated before, her pretending bisexualism turns into a real search about her own sexual choices. She even finds out she likes Lili’s friend Tessa a little more than she can admit. Obviously this book is one of the most anticipated and absolutely the best YA fiction/ romance novels of 2023 with realistic LGBTQ representation!

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This sequel to the stellar Ballad & Dagger is joining an already epic bibliography, considering Older is one of the best fantasy authors writing today. After the revelation that Mateo and Chela are both gods in human form, the pair discover that raising their community’s sunken island home, San Madrigal, was just the start. In Brooklyn, Mateo is watching the diaspora community fight each other, while San Madrigal is playing host to both Chela and armies of creatures fighting to survive. Like Kayla?” she adds. “She came out in middle school. She took a girl to the eighth-grade dance and kissed her on the dance floor. Right in the school gym.”

Immy, come on—no one thinks you’re a queerphobe.” She shakes her head at me, smiling. “And yes, I know I’m queer. I’m valid. All of that. I guess it’s just me seeing the way—I don’t know. They have their shit together, you know?” The plot of this novel is well-paced and entertaining... secondary characters are fleshed out, fully formed individuals with diverse queer and racial identities, and the relationships are full of humor and compassion. Imogen is a complex character with a distinct voice, and her story of grappling with her identity during this transitional period of life will resonate. An excellent addition to collections for teens." I can't lie, I wasn't feeling very moved by the first half of the book, but by the second half I was invested, I loved the characters, the queer friendgroup was everything, the texting was pretty spot on, the dialogue seemed authentic and...I felt like Imogen was me. I didn't love her at first, because she was always apologising for everything, just doing anything to appease others and not having any opinions. But later, you slowly learn why she was overthinking everything, and why she didn't feel like she could have an opinion on many things. Smith’s genre-bending companion novel to the beloved Hearts Unbroken is a deliciously spooky adventure teen audiences will devour. Hughie Wolfe (Mvskoke) is volunteering at a new spooky show and Halloween attraction called Harvest House. But after he learns that it features a character described as the vengeful spirit of an “Indian maiden,” he becomes unsettled by the organizer’s stereotypical and offensive choices and tries to figure out when to speak up. All the while, strange things are happening near Harvest House, and Hughie and friends decide to investigate whether a haunting is truly taking place.Asparkling romance and a moving account of a young woman's very contemporary bisexual awakening. Imogen, Obviouslyis a deeply personal novel about queerness in all its colorful complexity and a rallying cry to ‘hold space for variation’ in the LGBTQ+ community." — Shelf Awareness (starred review) I think this book veered a bit into being preachy about acceptance, mostly because the author personally feels so strongly about it, but I aside from that, I think it was a really well done story. I don't read enough sapphic romances, so when I read a story with a couple that really makes my heart sing, I latch on. I wish we got more of Tessa and Imogen's story from after they got together, or maybe this author could write more lesfic romances, because I thought she slayed that part of the story.

Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the beloved bestselling The Inheritance Games Her invalidation of Imogen’s sexuality, and literally anyone else who didn’t fit her rigid structure is harmful. And I know that Gretchen is the epitome of every single person – queer or not – out there who says and does these things to queer people to invalidate them and their feelings, but gosh did it make me want to just shake her shoulders and tell her to chill out. And god — the romance?? ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. I loved how real everything felt, from the jokes to the texts to the little details and discoveries they made about each other. I also loved the way that Imogen was struggling with the fact that one of her closest friends growing up was now off to college with new friends, new inside jokes, and a new life. That's such a relatable experience growing up and I could definitely relate to Imogen feeling like Lili had become a brand new person since she went to college and the way she felt guilty of being jealous over her new jokes with her new friends and feeling like she wasn't sure where she fit into that anymore. We better go save him.” Tessa bumps her own fisted hands together. “Imogen, are you ready to experience culinary perfection?”Gosh, my brain is mush. You'll just have to take it from me that I, too, have a fat crush on Tessa now. Their lil romance did something to my lil heart and I'll probably be thinking about this book for the next week. Just look at them. Realist, genuine, unique approach about a girl’s searching for her true identity without being described by other people’s opinions make you easily resonate with the main character.