Ophelia After All

Publishes: February 8th, 2022
Queer, contemporary, YA

This is one of my favorite reads of 2022. Now, is it February 1st? Yes. However. This book's got everything you want in a YA novel:
1) Incredible characterization
2) The voice! Excellent use of voice!
3) It's here, it's queer, it's fantastique
4) Also the main character is a botanist and really intensely into roses and I've never been more delighted about this??

This book is like the experience of reading a really really good short story in a Dahlia Adler anthology and then it goes on for the FULL NOVEL EXPERIENCE. I'm in love with this book. Five stars. 

I love queer YA contemporaries so as soon as I heard about his book, I knew I wanted to check it out. This was a great story of coming to terms with your sexuality and I think it's an important story for teenagers. I really liked that dispite this being a book about queer love, there wasn't really a romance, it was mostly about the main character learning about herself with the support of her friends. It was also cool seeing a mixed race main character, I feel I don't come across that very often and it's nice to see.




Thank you to Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Feiwel & Friends, RB Media, Recorded Books, and NetGalley for providing me with both an eBook and an Audiobook copy to review.