Frankie’s friends are loud and proud about their sexual encounters with boys, but she’s more focused on her internship at the planetarium. Until one day after school when she’s hanging out with the mega-cute Benjamin and they get intimate…and Frankie’s period arrives at that exact moment. They both agree that it’s only blood and it’s no big deal. The next day at school, though, rumors are flying over what kind of girl gets fingered while she’s on her period. It’s not only rumors—it’s also horrendous memes swirling around social media slut shaming the mystery girl. Frankie is frantic and devastated, because only she and Benjamin know about what happened, but she trusts that he didn’t tell a soul. As her life crumbles around her, she wonders who she truly is and who she can trust.

Lucy Cuthew’s Blood Moon is a powerful novel in verse about feminism, menstruation, and bullying that really captures what teen life is like today.

✨ From The Best Books We Read in July-September 2020 at Book Riot All the Spoopy Vibes at Crooked Reads.