Pride Month Recommendations

Hi everyone! Since it's Pride Month, I decided I wanted to do a recommendations list, like I did last year. 

So, let's get into it.

#1: Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe

This book is a coming-of-age book set in the '80s about a teenage boy named Aristotle and his friendship with a boy named Dante. This book is one of my favorites. It's very well-written and almost....poetic. I love both of the main characters and their friendship. There's a lot of hype around this one and I think it wholly deserves it. Also, Lin Manuel Miranda narrates the audiobook, so you should definitely listen to the audiobook. 

#2: Rebel Robin

Rebel Robin is a prequel set during Will's disappearance, focusing on Robin's story. For a TV-based book with no supernatural elements, I thought it was pretty good. I think A.R Carpetta does a great job writing Robin. She's such an interesting character, and I loved getting to read her perspective and getting to know her a little better. Also, I love how Robin is such a clueless lesbian at the beginning part of the book, just because the clueless gay/bisexual character is one that I can really relate to, so I enjoy reading about it. Also, I love the little cameos of various different Stranger Things characters. 

#3: Sweet and Bitter Magic

This story is about Tamsin----a witch cursed with the inability to feel and Wren-----a source, someone who's full of magic but can't use it, team up together to catch the evil witch responsible for causing a plague in their queendom.

I love a good high fantasy book, and I wish there were more gay high fantasy books. I love both of the characters-----though I tend to prefer Wren, I thought the plot was really interesting, I love the magic system, and I love the romance. I don't get why there wasn't a lot of hype about it, because it 100% deserves it.

#4: Great or Nothing

Great or Nothing is a Little Women retelling set in the 1940's. I know there were a lot of mixed opinions on this book, but I really enjoyed it. There were so many interesting parts to this book. I love how Beth's sections were written----it's written in poetry from beyond the grave, which is so interesting. I loved Amy's character and storyline-----she seems much less bratty and more mature in this version. I also love how Jo was written. Seeing her struggle with her writing and with her sexuality was so well-written and also kind of relatable to me. Also, all of the romances were super cute.

#5: I Kissed Shara Wheeler

I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about how, when the school's most popular girl goes missing, she leaves a trail of clues for three people she kissed: her rival for valedictorian, Chloe, her rebellious best friend, Rory, and her kind boyfriend, Smith. This story is over-the-top and wild and such a fun ride and there are so many queer characters. Seriously, I think almost everyone in this book was queer. I'm not a big fan of the main romance, but I love the rest of the book and definitely recommend it. 

So, that's my list. Have you read any of them? Which ones would you recommend to me?