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should I do a thread of upcoming f/f YA books because the future is bright for the queer girls
First, one of my favorite 2020 reads: GIRL SERPENT THORN by Melissa Bashardoust, coming out in July! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51182650-girl-serpent-thorn
THE FALLING IN LOVE MONTAGE by Ciara Smyth is basically “let’s have a romcom but no real feelings just fun!” cause you know THAT works. Coming in June. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53066661-the-falling-in-love-montage?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=xhJal1xMDS&rank=1
Remember when we all found out CLAP WHEN YOU LAND by Elizabeth Acevedo has a f/f relationship because HELL YEAH https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43892137-clap-when-you-land
Do you like your gay girls in peril? Then check out DANGEROUS REMEDY by Kat Dunn! Set during the French Revolution, featuring two teen girls. This might be a UK only release? But I ordered a copy anyway. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51925604-dangerous-remedy
If you haven’t had enough queer witches, don’t worry! THE SCAPEGRACERS by Hannah Abigail Clarke is coming in September. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51885014-the-scapegracers
QUEEN OF COIN AND WHISPERS by Helen Corcoran is f/f with a teenage queen and her new spymaster who’s trying to avenge the murder of the king and it’ll be here in June and I’m v excited. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42442934-queen-of-coin-and-whispers
THE CIRCUS ROSE by Betsy Cornwell is a queer retelling of Snow White and Rose Red featuring twins battling religious extremists to save their circus family so I MEAN. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43261119-the-circus-rose
BEYOND THE RUBY VEIL by Mara Fitzgerald comes out in October and features a “tiny, insufferable lesbian” and her best friend/betrothed, who’s a gay man. Gimme those Slytherin main characters!!! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50998669-beyond-the-ruby-veil
In November, as a special birthday present to me specifically, is RUINSONG by Julia Ember, a fantasy featuring magic that is sung and a powerful mage who reunites with her childhood friend and joins the rebellion. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52751122-ruinsong
If you want a f/f romcom with FANGIRL/ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS/WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU vibes, then you should check out I KISSED ALICE by Anna Birch, coming in July https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46223357-i-kissed-alice
200 years after Cinderella finds her prince, teen girls are required to appear at a ball so the men can select their wives. Girls not chosen disappear. Sophia is in love with Erin and decides to flee. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51079282-cinderella-is-dead
THE SHADOW WAR by Lindsay Smith kind of sounds like Stranger Things but in WWII? Five teens looking to make a mark and destroy Nazis and Lindsay promises it’s super queer and it’ll be here in October. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51309818-the-shadow-war
THE HENNA WARS by Adiba Jaigirdar features two girls with rival henna businesses and like!!!!! Is it May 12 yet??? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51175739-the-henna-wars
If the rivals-to-lovers vibe is your jam, there’s also YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN by Leah Johnson, featuring Liz, who wants to be prom queen to use the scholarship and go to her dream school. But the new girl who captivates her is running too. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50160619-you-should-see-me-in-a-crown
One of the books I’m most anxious to get my hands on is THE DARK TIDE by Alicia Jasinska, which features a Witch Queen who requires a boy as her sacrifice to keep the island from sinking. Until Lina volunteers to go and realizes the queen isn’t all bad. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52411049-the-dark-tide
WHO I WAS WITH HER by Nita Tyndall is coming in September to mess with your feels. When Corinne’s secret girlfriend dies, she’s heartbroken. But the only person she can turn to is her girlfriend’s, Maggie. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49398057-who-i-was-with-her
If you’d like some MURDER with your queer girls, then try YOU’RE NEXT by Kyle Schachte, about a girl who, after witnessing her ex’s murder, becomes determined to find the killer. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46068791-you-re-next
Four girls. One summer at a lake house where their moms became best friends. And two of them are gonna fall for each other: THE SUMMER OF IMPOSSIBILITIES by Rachael Allen, coming next month. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50082853-the-summer-of-impossibilities
Do you need MORE rivals to lovers romcoms? Then I THINK I LOVE YOU by Auriane Desombre might be up your alley! Coming out in September as a paperback original, Emma and Sophie are competing for a first prize trip to a film festival in LA. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49291330-i-think-i-love-you
I know I’m missing some, but let’s move on to 2021 releases.
COOL FOR THE SUMMER by Dahlia Adler is like a f/f Grease, essentially, and I need it. Now. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50748473-cool-for-the-summer
THESE FEATHERED FLAMES by Alexandra Overy is pitched as a fantasy retelling of the Firebird folktale with a f/f romance and is currently scheduled for a year from now, which just feels unacceptable and rude. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50798935-these-feathered-flames
All I know about THE DEAD AND THE DARK by Courtney Gould is that two girls fall in love while trying to stop an evil demonic presence so. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53141419-the-dead-and-the-dark
THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN by Tess Sharpe features the daughter of a con artist! She, her girlfriend, and her ex-boyfriend get caught in a hostage situation at a bank and she has to use her skills to get them out. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49471138-the-girls-i-ve-been
MALICE by Heather Walter is technically adult I think, but it’s a f/f Sleeping Beauty between the evil sorceress and the last surviving heir whose curse can be lifted by true love’s kiss SO https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51530580-malice
Another one that’s technically adult is ONE LAST STOP by Casey McQuiston but y’all kept calling RW&RB YA so whatever. This one’s a queer, NYC-set retelling of Kate & Leopold and I think set in the 80s or 90s? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49882806-one-last-stop
A DARK AND HOLLOW STAR by Ashley Shuttleworth features fae!!! There are four main characters but it’s f/f and m/m pairings and I’m so ready. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43850198-a-dark-and-hollow-star
THE MEADOWS by Stephanie Oakes features a girl who was sent to a government sanctioned conversion therapy center and pretended to reform so she can go find the girl she left behind. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48499891-the-meadows
LAST NIGHT AT THE TELEGRAPH CLUB by Malinda Lo is I think actually scheduled for January 2021? And it’s set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the Red Scare and a lesbian nightclub where two classmates meet. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35224992-last-night-at-the-telegraph-club
GIRLS AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by Laura Brooke Robson is making coming in 2021? And features the leader of a band of female elite aerialists who’s supposed to marry the prince until she meets the girl who’s supposed to kill him. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40131370-girls-at-the-edge-of-the-world
This is ~New Adult~ not YA but OF TRUST & HEART by Charlotte Anne Hamilton was announced today! A f/f 1920s read about an heiress in need of a husband and a singer at a speakeasy. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53257693-of-trust-heart
I think? This is YA? TROUBLE GIRLS by Julia Lynn Rubin is a modern reimagining of Thelma & Louise, where they stab an attempted rapist to death and have to go on the run. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52514688-trouble-girls
THE BONE SPINDLE by Leslie Vedder was just announced and isn’t coming until 2022, but it’s a gender bent Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones, in which a cursed treasure hunter and a huntsman must rescue a sleeping prince. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53252268-the-bone-spindle?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=j2VprZS7mH&rank=2
Another adult/NA read, but it features an “Oops, we got married in Vegas…..let’s give it a shot?” with an f/f couple: HONEY GIRL by Morgan Rogers. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49362138-honey-girl
Some honorable mentions:
THE MERMAID, THE WITCH, AND THE SEA by Maggie Tokuda-Hall: one of the characters has a complex relationship with gender, so I don’t wanna call it f/f but.
GHOST WOOD SONG by Erica Waters: Bi-MC in a love triangle with a guy and a girl so ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
THE MERMAID, THE WITCH, AND THE SEA by Maggie Tokuda-Hall: one of the characters has a complex relationship with gender, so I don’t wanna call it f/f but.
GHOST WOOD SONG by Erica Waters: Bi-MC in a love triangle with a guy and a girl so ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
TELL NO TALES by Sam Maggs and Kendra Wells and BURN OUR BODIES DOWN by Rory Power are probably lead by queer girls, but I don’t know for sure that they’re f/f
This also doesn’t include sequels like STORM THE EARTH, THIS COVEN WON’T BREAK, CITY OF SPELLS, and, GIRLS OF FATE AND FURY
I’m sure I’m missing books - my goodreads isn’t fully up to date and I don’t have every f/f book on there - but you can always check @LGBTQReads for more!
