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Review: My Date from Hell (The Blooming Goddess Trilogy) by Tellulah Darling

By |2020-03-28T13:42:27-05:00October 22nd, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: , , |

by Simren Handa In My Date From Hell, book two in the Blooming Goddess Trilogy, Tellulah Darling has crafted a perfectly imaginative and witty novel filled with quirky, interesting characters which appeal wonderfully to the YA market. I laughed numerous times at some of the lively one liners and, overall, thoroughly enjoyed reading about Sophie, Kai, Festos, Theo, Hannah and Pierce. Each character was distinctive in their appeal and as a protagonist, I thought that Sophie was believably vulnerable; a sixteen year old with issues and complications, plenty of snark and feisty charm, battling through the trials of growing [...]

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On Seasickness and Honest Sexuality in Witch Eyes

By |2020-03-28T13:42:27-05:00October 20th, 2014|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: , , , , |

GayYA is thrilled to welcome one of our new regular contributors Nathaniel Harrington!  I'm going to do my best to keep this spoiler-free, which means avoiding talking about the main plot. Briefly, it's really good. The action is engaging, the villains are excellent, and the resolution is satisfying and still has real, long-term consequences for the main characters. Tracey balances the main plot with fantastic characterization, and that's really what I want to talk most about here. Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey (Flux, 2011) First, let's talk about the handling of Braden's sexuality. A lot of [...]

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Really Ravishing Review (Boy Meets Boy)

By |2020-03-28T13:43:21-05:00April 9th, 2011|Categories: Archive, Book Review|Tags: , , |

Shannon blogs online at Literati's Literary Library, and can be found on Twitter under @literati_rain66 Review of Boy Meets Boy, by David Levithan.  Quickie: Absolutely adorable. It will melt your heart. Full: Noah's a new boy in town. His parents travel all the time and move the family continuously to be closer to their work. This time though, they've promised to stay and settle. It means more traveling for them, less time at home, but Noah and his sister will be able to stay and make friends that they can keep. Paul has recently been dumped by Kyle. It's all [...]

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