Full review: https://bookpeopleteens.wordpress.com...“And you hate that word. Control. You hate that word because it is so very rare that you have any. Over your life, your sexuality, your gender, your pronouns, your heartbeat when you’re around a beautiful girl.”It’s hard to make generalizations for so many stories beyond the fact that they were all thoroughly entertaining, sometimes sweet, sometimes sexy, and brought endless joy and pride to my heart. While I’d love this series of LGBTQ+ antho...

I did enjoy a lot of these stories. I just wish it had been more diverse - which is going to sound weird because there were a lot of sexualities and ethnicities represented, and represented well, but stick with me. This is not a big of an issue as that kind of diversity, but the English language is vaguely insufficient - this is more of a nitpick. It’s hella gay, that’s hella important, but all but maybe two of the stories were set in an American high school. Which is a genre of YA I usually do

*Updated*Overall thoughts:What a heartwarming and important anthology! However, there is a lot of LGB representation, a few trans characters stuck in towards the end (seriously, the first one was in story 14, the second and third are in story 16, and the fourth is in story 17, out of 17 stories,) three non-binary characters, and . . . what, one demisexual character, one ace love interest, and one asexual or gray-ace character whose asexuality is only mentioned in part of a sentence, and no arom

So many casually queer short stories! Loved all the diversity + inclusion of authors of color. Personal favorites: Victory Lap by Julian Winters (for the wholesome father/son relationship) and One Spell Too Many by Tara Sim (for the queer desi rep). Kick. Push. Coast. by Candice Montgomery ★★★☆☆CW: unaccepting familyWhat Happens in the Closet by Caleb Roehrig ★★★☆☆CWs: parental pressure, internalized homophobia (challenged)Player One Fight! by Eliot Schrefer ★☆☆☆☆CW: cheatingLumber Me Mine by C....

🌤 read this review and others on my blog, pages left unreadwas fulfilled by all the happy and casual queerness in this anthology, although many many stories were undeveloped and lacking=(2.4 stars, rtc)

Average Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5I was very much looking forward to reading this collection during Pride month but it took me a while to finish, both because I’ve been in a truly terrible reading slump and also this collection didn’t always manage to keep my interest. There are some amazing stories here, especially in the first half but once the book took a turn from contemporary to a bit more fantastical in the second half of it, I feel it lost a bit of its charm and I also wasn’t always able to und

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc, which I received in exchange for an honest review. I'll post that review upon publication.Updated 5/27/20: Nearly 4 stars Overall, I really enjoyed this collection of stories for their varied focus on LGBTQ+ identities. As is the case with most anthologies, there are some stories that resonated with me more than others; they weren't all equally compelling for me. That noted, I enjoyed the distinct identities and circumstances as a whole and onl...

What a great way to start off Pride Month and my month-long effort to read LGBTQ+ books for PrideReads! Out Now: Queer We Go Again is a new anthology featuring 17 short stories written by queer YA authors. From names you may recognize if you're a YA fan (Julian Winters, Meredith Russo, Caleb Roehrig, Mark Oshiro) and names I wasn't familiar with, these stories run the gamut from tales of romance, friendship, and self-acceptance, to fantasy, sci-fi, and folklore, all with an LGBTQ+ angle.My fa...

Pre-read comments: Queer we go again!!! Have you ever seen a more delightful tagline?Review:Out Now is a YA anthology focusing on present-day queer teen characters, a follow-up to All Out. As you may recall, I was highly anticipating All Out, but ended up not being blown away by it--many of the individual stories were well-done, but the collection as a whole didn't really seem to accomplish what it set out to do. My main complaints were that it wasn't very diverse, there were some unhappy ending...

For an anthology that claims to be for all queer readers, this collection sure presents a very narrow view of what queerness is. While there were a couple of trans and nonbinary characters, on the whole, the large majority of these stories followed cis people. Additionally, I think we only got one asexual character in the collection as a whole, and most of these stories were centered around romance, which irked me because 1) aro people exist!! and 2) queer people are just as queer when they’re n...

Out Now: Queer We Go Again! Is an anthology that clearly did not learn whatsoever from the criticism of its predecessor All Out.This is an anthology that features queer stories throughout all kinds of genres but that is about where the variety with this anthology stops. I read and loved All Out but one of the biggest criticism about that anthology was that it did not feature enough different identities on the sexuality and gender spectrum and sadly this anthology was the same.Especially knowing

A collection of short stories all featuring characters who aren't straight cis people. Very lovely and would make a really nice present for a young person any time of the year, but particularly leading up to Pride and particulary during the present difficult times when many LGBTQ+ people may need a little extra support. Kick.Push.Coast. - by Candice MontgomeryDustyn is an avid skater, and falls for a girl at the skate park, leading them to question their sexuality and labels.What Happens in the

3.5 starsI received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest reviewI'm not entirely sure what I thought about this anthology, but I don't think I found it quite as strong as the first one. According to a calculator, my ratings for the stories average out to 3.625 stars, but I have to admit I was tempted to round my 3.5 stars down to 3 stars instead of up to 4, even though the technical average amount was closer to fourHowever, I appreciate the fact that this is an anthology dedicated t...

Kick. Push. Coast. by Candice Montgomery ★★☆☆☆told in the 2nd person point of view, dustyn is at the skate park and sees the pretty girl that shows up at the bus stop there at the same time every day. dustyn has never spoken to her, but is in love with her nonetheless. dustyn wants to talk to her, but isn’t sure how to because they(?) are confused about how to identify. dustyn is nonbinary, but can’t figure out their sexuality.so… i didn’t realize people still think that if you’re attracted to a...

probably a 3.5⭐️

Mini Rather Random Reviews™️ TW: homophobia, bullying, queer-phobiaKick. Push. Coast by Candice Montgomery: 2.5 ⭐️Rep: questioningRidiculously short synopsis: Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er boi” but make it queer. Ridiculously short personal comment: Very short and very unremarkable. I liked the strong the emphasis on how gender/sexuality/personality all are fluid and can change throughout the years. The main character was questioning their identity, and I liked that representation. Also, the author

Kick. Push. Coast. by Candice Montgomery-Wonderful voicey stream-of-consciousness about skateboarding, the messy nature of figuring yourself out, and impressing the girl. What Happens in the Closet by Caleb Roehrig-Oh I need to read more Caleb Roehrig because this is hilarious and full of vampires. Player One Fight! by Eliot Schrefer-i was never that into fighting games. Lumber Me Mine by CB Lee-Extremely adorable, no permanent damage is done in woodworking class, and ace love interest!Follower

I'm not sure how to rate this short story collection because the stories were all of different quality. Instead, I'll list my favourites:- What Happens in the Closet by Caleb Roehrig (mlm + vampires)- Lumber Me Mine by CB Lee (wlw pining)- Follower by Will Kostakis (mlm + social media)- Victory Lap by Julian Winters (mlm + pining and interfering dads)- Seditious Teapots by Katherine Locke (figuring out (possibly non binary) gender identity)- Star-Crossed in DC by Jessica Verdi (wlw Red, White an...

You know the drill: short story collection, some were meh, and some were life. “Seditious Teapots” was like a queer therapy session in the best way. Every time I read good queer YA, I weep for young me who so desperately needed these.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.Out Now by Saundra Mitchell is an anthology collection of seventeen YA LGBT+ short stories that run the gamut of genres from fantasy, sci-fi, to realistic from queer authors. While I may not have loved each and every story, I really still particularly appreciated what the collection is trying to do which is uplift queer voices. The variety within the stories is pretty great when it comes to genre, style, and identity, but on that