June is Pride Month and while I rarely put together a TBR for myself, and almost never around a theme, I’ll have at least managed to post about one queer book this month.
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Tag: ya contemporary
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Popping in quick to share my thoughts on a magical YA book with queer characters and the depth and character development I see most often in middle-grade.
Book Review: The Serpent King
The Serpent King
By Jeff Zentner
My Edition:
Paperback, 372 pages
Andersen Press, 2016
ISBN: 9781783443819
Dill’s snake-handling, priest father is in prison and he’s become a pariah at school, so he clings to the little moments he has with his two friends, Travis and Lydia. But their senior year of high school is starting and Lydia’s dreams of leaving their small town in Tennessee are making Dill realize how dark his life will become without her. Feeling trapped and left behind, the darkness from Dill’s past threatens to overwhelm him.
As part of my genre switch up challenge (I really need to come up with a more concise name for this damn thing – any suggestions?) I asked my friend Chels to recommend a YA contemporary with NO LOVE TRIANGLES (I don’t have time for that shit, bro) and this is what she sent me for Christmas. If there’s anyone I trust to recommend YA based on my stipulations, it’s her. This book did not disappoint!
