Disclaimer: I received this book for free from Once Upon a Book Club to sponsor their box! Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Book: Miss Meteor

Author: Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 5/5

Diversity: transgender character, pansexual main character, other LGBT members mentioned, mostly Hispanic characters

Recommended For...: LGBT readers, YA readers, Magical Realism lovers, contemporary readers

Publication Date: September 22, 2020

Genre: YA Magical Realism

Recommended Age: 16+ (homophobic remarks, Language, Slight sexual content, Racism, sexism, Alcohol usage mentioned, Attempted rape)

Publisher: HarperTeen

Pages: 390

Synopsis: There hasn’t been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history. But that’s not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or why her ex-best friend Chicky wants to help her. The road to becoming Miss Meteor isn’t about being perfect; it’s about sharing who you are with the world—and loving the parts of yourself no one else understands. So to pull off the unlikeliest underdog story in pageant history, Lita and Chicky are going to have to forget the past and imagine a future where girls like them are more than enough—they are everything.

Review: Overall I really loved this book! The writing was beautiful and the plot was intriguing enough. The characters were very well developed and I loved the world building. I also felt that the book did well with the dual POV. The authors wrote beautifully together and the story and writing felt so seamless together.

The only issues I had were that the book was a bit too slow in places and that sometimes the book jumped around a little and it got confusing, especially towards the end.

Verdict: Highly recommend!