Genre: LGBT

LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review It’s senior year and in the short amount of time before graduation Leah is trying to figure things out. She’s bi but the only person who knows is her mom, she’s an amazing artist but she’s not comfortable showing her drawings, and her solid friend group seems to be fracturing. Alrighty […]

THE NOBLEMAN’S GUIDE TO SCANDAL AND SHIPWRECKS By Mackenzi Lee

Short and Sweet Review Adrian Montague, is the heir to his father’s estate and he’s an up and coming political writer, he has a fiancĂ© who is an activist and inspires him. But what no one knows is that Adrian struggles with anxiety, his mother also had a mental illness that she struggled with and […]

FAITH: GREATER HEIGHTS By Julie Murphy

Short and Sweet Review Faith Herbert is back in this high flying sequel! This sequel picks up where things left off. Faith is starting her senior year and she’s going to try to enjoy it but things in town are still off. There’s a new journalism teacher, Colleen has reappeared, there’s been sightings of Dakota […]

ACT COOL By Tobly McSmith

Short and Sweet Review *Trigger Warning: Dead naming, Misgendering, Suicidal thoughts August is a transgender teenager who has just run away from his conservative parents home to stay in New York City with his more accepting aunt. August was accepted into the School of Performing arts and the only way he can stay is to […]

KATE IN WAITING By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Kate and Anderson have been friends for a long time! Though they may seem codependent, they’re not, even though they actually do almost everything together. So when their crush from summer camp, Matt ends up going to their school they decide that this can be a communal crush. But Kate and […]

FIVE WAYS TO FALL OUT OF LOVE By Emily Martin

Short and Sweet Aubrey doesn’t rely on love and she learned that the hard way after being stood up by Webster Casey on homecoming night. Aubrey’s parents have a marriage that is falling apart and Aubrey uses that as proof that love doesn’t last but things change after she meets Holland, who also ends up […]

SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Simon isn’t out yet but he finds happiness sending emails back and forth with someone from school who is calling themselves Blue. But when a classmate, Martin, sees those emails he decides to blackmail Simon into becoming his wingman. Now Simon has to navigate being blackmailed and making sure his secret […]

THE LOVE CURSE OF MELODY MCINTYRE By Robin Talley

Short and Sweet Melody is the stage manager for her high school. Melody is great at being a stage manager, what she’s not so great at is finding love. When her crew comes to her and suggest she puts off dating for the next show she’s willing to try it, what she didn’t expect was […]

THE GOOD GIRLS By Claire Eliza Bartlett

Short and Sweet Emma Baines was murdered and all fingers are pointing at her three classmates, Avery, Gwen, and Claude. The truth behind what happened to Emma is in plain sight but the secrets that her three classmates are hiding need to come out in order to find the killer. Characters Claude: Claude is our […]