Genre: LGBT

WHERE ECHOES DIE By Courtney Gould

WHERE ECHOES DIE By Courtney Gould

Short and Sweet Review Ever since the death of her mother, Beck hasn’t been quite right, she’s always thinking about her mom and why she was obsessed with a town called Backravel. When Beck gets a note in the mail in her mothers handwriting saying Come and find me, Beck thinks this is her chance […]

ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN By Kyrie McCauley

ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN By Kyrie McCauley

Short and Sweet Review After the passing of her mother, Marin is now alone in the world. When Marin gets a surprise invitation from Alice Lovelace, an old friend of her mother’s to come and nanny for her over the summer she accepts. Thea and Wren are a bit strange, Thea likes to bury her […]

SHE IS A HAUNTING By Trang Thanh Tran

SHE IS A HAUNTING By Trang Thanh Tran

Short and Sweet Review Jade Nguyễn arrives in Vietnam with her sister Lily, to spend five weeks with her estranged father and help him set up a website for the B&B he’s opening in exchange for tuition money. When Jade first arrives at the house she knows something isn’t right but neither Lily or her […]

IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY By Becky Albertalli

IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY By Becky Albertalli

Short and Sweet Review Imogen is very straight but she’s all for being an ally, her younger sister is queer, her best friend Gretchen is bi, and her other best friend Lili is newly out and living her best life at college with her group of queer friends. Imogen is finally visiting Lili at college […]

MY DEAR HENRY By Kalynn Bayron

MY DEAR HENRY By Kalynn Bayron

Short and Sweet Review The year is 1885 in London, and Gabriel Utterson is in medical school per his dad’s wishes. The medical school is predominately white, but Gabriel ends up meeting Henry another student who is black and they hit it off. Unfortunately, this time period doesn’t look to kindly upon the relationship these […]

OFF THE RECORD By Camryn Garrett

OFF THE RECORD By Camryn Garrett

Short and Sweet Review Josie wants to be a writer, writing is basically her identity. When Josie wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine she’s nervous and excited. Josie and her sister, Alice, set off on a multi-city tour. Josie meets celebrities, but the main focus of her article is […]

THE GIRLS ARE NEVER GONE By Sarah Glenn Marsh

THE GIRLS ARE NEVER GONE By Sarah Glenn Marsh

Short and Sweet Review Dare doesn’t believe in ghost but she keeps that to herself because the people who listen to her podcast don’t need to know she’s a skeptic. The focus of her first season of the podcast is about Atheleen Bell who drowned at the Arrington Estate 30 years ago. Dare is convinced […]

WHITE RABBIT By Caleb Roehrig

WHITE RABBIT By Caleb Roehrig

Short and Sweet Review Rufus is having a pretty bad night, its the 4th of July and he’s at a party and his ex-boyfriend Sebastian decides he wants to talk, but there’s no time for that because Rufus’s half sister April calls and says she needs help. When Rufus and Sebastian find April at her […]

BURN DOWN, RISE UP By Vincent Tirado

BURN DOWN, RISE UP By Vincent Tirado

Short and Sweet Review For the past year teens have been disappearing in the Bronx and no one has an answer about what’s happening. Raquel usually ignores these things but when one of the disappearances hits close to home Raquel knows she needs to help. When Charlize, Raquels crush’s cousin goes missing and Raquels mom […]