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More Ash Than Fire, But Still Warm

Ash by Malinda Lo

October 3, 2019 by KatSings Leave a Comment

Bingo Update – This is for my Rainbow Flag square. Malinda Lo is out and proud. As an added bonus, this is also a queer retelling of Cinderella, so it’s a queer writer telling a queer story! I love a good fairy tale re-telling. Contemporary literature is rife with reimaginings, updates, and new spins on old tales told around the fire…but not all of them are good. I’m glad to say that Ash by Melinda Lo *is* good, but it doesn’t quite rise to the ranks […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #cbrbingo, #RainbowFlag, fairytale

KatSings's CBR11 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #cbrbingo, #RainbowFlag, fairytale ·
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Two authors is one too many

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

August 21, 2019 by Manimama Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo Rainbow Flag square. This is a collaborative book written by two authors who have had individual success in the Young Adult market. Arthur and Ben meet cute at a post office when Arthur follows a cute guy who is trying to mail a package to his ex-boyfriend. They don’t exchange information before they are separated by a flash mob and then spend a third of the story thinking about how to find the other, and if it is even worth the attempt. Arthur […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #RainbowFlag, #youngadult, Adam Silvera, becky albertalli, cbr11bingo

Manimama's CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #RainbowFlag, #youngadult, Adam Silvera, becky albertalli, cbr11bingo ·
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