The Poet X

This is the YA material the world needs. The themes of sticking up for what you believe and questioning everything pressed on you by the adults in your life is much more important than falling in love with manipulative vampires. There also is the incredibly important calling out boys for not checking other boys when they publicly abuse women. I love the poetry style writing and the different cadence choice on each page. Xiomara continued to grow throughout the story, starting out boy crazy, obsessed with a first kiss, to becoming a passionate slam poet who writes about the tumultuous relationships in her life. I read this in a little over 4 hours. An amazing read.