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Out Now: Queer We Go Again! by Will Kostakis, Saundra Mitchell
4.0

Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher! Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Book: Out Now: Queer We Go Again!

Author: Saundra Mitchell, Eliot Schrefer, CB Lee, Mark Oshiro, Kosoko Jackson, Hilary Monahan, Candice Montgomery, Meredith Russo, Fox Benwell, Jessica Verdi, Tanya Boteju, Tara Sim, Julian Winters, Will Kostakis, Caleb Roehrig, Kate Hart, and Katherine Locke

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 4/5

Diversity: LGBT friendly! m/m romances, f/f romances, bi, queer, trans, etc. Latinex, Chinese, Native American, etc. characters!

Recommended For...: anthology lovers and LGBT recs!

Publication Date: May 26, 2020

Genre: YA Anthology (Contemporary, Romance, Fantasy, all revolving around LGBT authors and stories)

Recommended Age: 15+ (homophobia, death, heterosexism, toxic relationships, catfishing, genocide, discrimination, substance abuse TW, child abuse TW, transphobia)

Publisher: Inkyard Press

Pages: 416

Synopsis: QUEER WE GO AGAIN! A follow-up to the critically acclaimed All Out anthology, Out Now features seventeen new short stories from amazing queer YA authors. Vampires crash prom, aliens run from the government, a president’s daughter comes into her own, a true romantic tries to soften the heart of a cynical social media influencer, a selkie and the sea call out to a lost soul. Teapots and barbershops, skateboards and VW vans, Street Fighter and Ares’s sword: Out Now has a story for every reader and surprises with each turn of the page!

Review: I find it hard to review books with multiple authors sometimes because I like some stories and don’t others. For the most part though I really liked all of the stories in this book. The book had a variety of POVs and representation. I think all of the stories did well with character development and world building. The book will be something I remember for awhile.

The only thing I found “fault” with is that I thought the pacing in some of the books was a bit slower than what I wanted and the plot of some of the stories was not as interesting as others, but the great thing about this book is that you can pick and choose what you want to read!

Verdict: A definite recommended read!