Genre: LGBT

EXTASIA By Claire Legrand

EXTASIA By Claire Legrand

Short and Sweet Review In the village of Haven men are dying and our main character knows that when she becomes one of the four saints that she can stop the evil that has invaded Haven. She has seen beast and faceless women but she will tell no one because she will be the one […]

THE UPSIDE OF UNREQUITED By Becky Albertalli

THE UPSIDE OF UNREQUITED By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Molly has had a lot of crushes in her life but she’s never been rejected because she hasn’t pursued any of her crushes. Molly and her twin sister Cassie are super close until Cassie gets a girlfriend. Cassie and her girlfriend Mina try to get Molly and Mina’s friend Will to […]

LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT By Becky Albertalli

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 […]