young adult queer romance – Reading While Fat

There’s Always Next Year

There’s Always Next Year (publication day December 2, 2025) by George M. Johnson and Leah Johnson (You Should See Me in a Crown, Rise to the Sun) is a cute, dual point of view queer double romance featuring cousins Dominique and Andy, who grew up together in a small town in Indiana. Dominique became aContinue reading “There’s Always Next Year”

Get Real, Chloe Torres

Get Real, Chloe Torres (publication day May 13, 2025) by Crystal Maldonado is young adult chick lit of the finest kind–it centers on rekindling an old friendship, through a cross-country road trip and boy-band fandom! Newly-graduated Chloe is working at her summer job as a non-Disney princess at little-kid birthday parties, when she realizes thatContinue reading “Get Real, Chloe Torres”

Run Away With Me

Run Away With Me (publication day April 1, 2025) is my first book by author Brian Selznick, though I understand that his The Invention of Hugo Cabret is beloved by many. Set in 1986, 16-year old Danny is living in a small apartment at a museum in Rome with his mother, an expert in ancientContinue reading “Run Away With Me”