Ophelia After All
Ratings14
Average rating4.1
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Ratings14
Average rating4.1
A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in this hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by author Racquel Marie. Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys – way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her endless stream of crushes, but Ophelia is a romantic at heart. She couldn’t change, even if she wanted to. So when she finds herself thinking more about cute, quiet Talia Sanchez than the loss of a perfect prom with her ex-boyfriend, seeds of doubt take root in Ophelia’s firm image of herself. Add to that the impending end of high school and the fracturing of her once-solid friend group, and things are spiraling a little out of control. But the course of love—and sexuality—never did run smooth. As her secrets begin to unravel, Ophelia must make a choice between clinging to the fantasy version of herself she’s always imagined or upending everyone’s expectations to rediscover who she really is, after all.
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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.
