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Rainbow Rowell may have ruined me, but I’m not mad

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

March 30, 2019 by Dusty Highway Leave a Comment

Last year was really the first time I read any YA books as an adult, aside from the first Harry Potter book my dad bought me for Christmas twenty years ago. Maybe I’ve just had a string of bad luck. Maybe I’m too much of a literary fiction snob (GAC) to get the same kind of enjoyment out of YA. Or maybe Rainbow Rowell, and to a lesser degree, Becky Albertalli, spoiled me for everyone else since their books resonated so deeply with me. I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Adam Silvera, cbr11, gay teens, high concept, lgbt, they both die at the end, YA fiction

Dusty Highway's CBR11 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Adam Silvera, cbr11, gay teens, high concept, lgbt, they both die at the end, YA fiction ·
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