GIRL, SERPENT, THORN
MELISSA BASHARDOUST
SERIES: Standalone
REPRESENTATION: Bi protagonist, FF relationship, Persian inspired world and characters
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: YA Fantasy Retelling
★★★★☆
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Review: A Man Called Ove
A MAN CALLED OVE
FREDRIK BACKMAN
SERIES: Standalone
REPRESENTATION: Wheelchair user, Gay and POC characters
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: Contemporary
★★★★★
Content and Trigger Warnings: attempted suicide
ARC Review: The Jane Austen Society
THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY
NATALIE JENNER
SERIES: Standalone
REPRESENTATION: Two gay supporting characters
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: Historical Women’s Lit
★★★★
TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT
ARC Review: Still Knife Painting
STILL KNIFE PAINTING
CHERYL HOLLON
SERIES: A Paint and Shine Mystery #1
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: Cozy Mystery
★★★
Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea
THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA
T J KLUNE
SERIES: Standalone
REPRESENTATION: Fat Gay Protagonist, MM Romance
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: Fantasy
★★★★★
ARC Review: Seven Endless Forests
SEVEN ENDLESS FORESTS
APRIL GENEVIEVE TUCHOLKE
SERIES: Standalone
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: YA Fantasy Retelling
★★★
Review: Midsummer’s Mayhem
MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM
RAJANI LAROCCA
SERIES: Standalone
REPRESENTATION: Indian American protagonist and characters
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: Middle Grade, Retelling, Fantasy
★★★★
ARC Review: Camp
CAMP
LEV A C ROSEN
SERIES: Standalone
REPRESENTATION: Gay Jewish protagonist, half Korean Jewish love interest and mad diverse supporting characters (Jewish Middle Eastern, Afro-Brazilian, demisexual lesbian, non-binary and I might have forgotten others).
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: YA Contemporary Romance
★★★★★
ARC Review: The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
THE ORDER OF THE PURE MOON REFLECTED IN WATER
ZEN CHO
SERIES: Standalone
REPRESENTATION: Trans protagonist, queer side character, Chinese-inspired characters/ world
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: Fantasy Novella
★★★☆
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ARC Review: The Court of Miracles
THE COURT OF MIRACLES
KESTER GRANT
SERIES: The Court of Miracles #1
REPRESENTATION: French-Algerian MC, Black side characters
GENRES/ SUBJECTS: YA Fantasy Retelling
★★★★
