Kadečková s každou svou knihou roste jako autorka a já nemám jinou možnost, než čekat, s čím dalším přijde rozvířit vody české SFF.

Unfortunately, felt a bit rushed. Not exactly bad, but it made it harder to get to know the characters. But I really liked the setting of church choir!

Such a cool story! I liked it very much!

 Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for a free review. 

It was raw, it was gritty, it was definitely a page-turner. 
It was great to read about Miles, trans, autistic, aromantic main character, one that fights for a change in a place that is actively hurting his family and now against him, too.
Very important part for me was the relationship between Miles and his parents after his coming out, the kind of middle ground where there's no gushing acceptance nor rejection, but an often weird feeling that lingers around the characters for a while. It made the story feel extremely real, and the growth of both of the parents as they learned more about Miles' identity was great to see on page. Then, his relationship with Cooper among the deaths and how it progressed, and the reunion with Dallas and their connection, were both also interesting to read about.
Of course, the acceptance and the community, the way other people leaned on each other to combat the oppression from the cops really shown the strength these things have. 
Speaking of community, West Virginia (and rural areas in general, and not only in the US) were so nicely portrayed in this book, especially how queer people from these places are often forgotten and brushed away by mass media to only show the stereotypes that then shape how the general population from large cities and such view it.

yippee, už je konec!

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for a free review.

This was such a nice and refreshing book!

Mighty was definitely a tiny bit annyoying at first, with her self-hatred and comments she made about herself. But the way she grew from it and started to realize that she can be good at things...
What definitely set this book apart from others where the main character gets tangled into their own lies, is the character growth and Mighty's self-awareness. She knows that her lies, ones that she previously said without thinking about the consequences, are bad and she also knows that the longer she keeps it up, it's going to be just worse as time passes by. Mighty's aware as she overcomes her insecurities, that she needs to do something to make things right - and she does! I loved the fact that she decided to just communicate her worries about various things that were on her mind, from the try-out laps to the lie she told Spiny. She was also not afraid to apologize for her mistakes and that was honestly so nice to see (especially in a book targeted to teens).
Another thing I liked was the sense of community and friendship around the team, especially the characters closest to Mighty. I loved how her relationship with Stork progressed from the kind of annoyance and jealousy to a wonderful bond. Mighty's relationships with Pumpkin, Stork, her other teammates and her family were all nicely complex and felt so natural, while not taking away from the plot too much.
The pacing was fine too, only sometimes it felt a bit slow, but I don't think it took too much away from my reading.

 

This one's for the real Glup Shitto lovers. 

 Editing my review after thinking about this book a bit more: I was fine with the storyline itself, yeah, Saiorse was in my eyes a bit immature and there was not much chemistry between her and Ruby, but it wasn't that bad. But there was something bugging me and lo and behold, it was the way how queerphobic (and especially aphobic) this story was... The comment about the ad for period products (and that boys don't get them), insisting that without sex, two women are just friends (like, really?), . And the phrase "lesbians and bi girls" to describe the MC's dating preferences felt really like the author was afraid to just say "queer" or really acknowledge that there are other sexualities... The way everything was so incredibly cisnormative and allonormative made me feel weird, and that's not something I want to experience when reading a book that's supposed to be a funny rom-com.

The fact that they broke up at the end while it's marketed as a rom-com is another story...

 I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This collection was good, but I unfortunatelly didn't enjoy it as much as I expected. The poems from the parts 'Love' and 'Body' were really nice, still, I loved only a few from the whole book. For me, I need them to be a bit more cohesive, because (save for some instances where two poems were clearly written with a shared idea) the poems felt a bit random when it came to their placement throughout the book.
I would still like to highlight some of the poems I enjoyed:
- Summer shame
- A love letter to:
- I’m still scared of space
- I am brave enough to take care of my body

As I said in the very beginning, this collection isn't bad at all. The themes of gender and queerness were especially great to read about, but this book just didn't have a spark that I needed to enjoy the collection from start to finish. 

As it is with anthologies, there were some stories that I didn't enjoy as much as others, but overall this was a solid collection of various authors with nice aspec characters.