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theartofreadingbykyla · 2 years

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DAUNTLESS by Elisa A. Bonnin

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A teen girl must bring together two broken worlds in order to save her nation in this lush, Filipino-inspired young adult fantasy novel from debut author Elisa A. Bonnin. “Be dauntless, for the hopes of the People rest in you.”

Seri's world is defined by very clear rules: The beasts prowl the forest paths and hunt the People. The valiant explore the unknown world, kill the beasts, and gain strength from the armor they make from them. As an assistant to Eshai Unbroken, a young valor commander with a near-mythical reputation, Seri has seen first-hand the struggle to keep the beasts at bay and ensure the safety of the spreading trees where the People make their homes. That was how it always had been, and how it always would be. Until the day Seri encounters Tsana.

Tsana is, impossibly, a stranger from the unknown world who can communicate with the beasts - a fact that makes Seri begin to doubt everything she's ever been taught. As Seri and Tsana grow closer, their worlds begin to collide, with deadly consequences. Somehow, with the world on the brink of war, Seri will have to find a way to make peace.

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DAUNTLESS is out on July 19, 2022, in all formats! Preorder it HERE! You can receive the items below. 100 random winners will also receive a pin by @chiquicreates BUT!! If you PREORDER both DAUNTLESS and STOLEN CITY you will receive a print of this piece of art from @zhihuie!

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About the Author: Elisa A. Bonnin

Elisa Angeles Bonnin was born in Bacolod City, Philippines, and lived in the province of Negros Occidental for 16 years before coming to the United States. She has a PhD in oceanography from the University of Washington, and now lives and works in Germany.

Her Social Media links:

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lgbtqreads · 2 years

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New Releases: July 2022

This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed (1st) Amar can’t wait to tell everyone his wonderful news: he’s found The One, and he’s getting married. But it turns out announcing his engagement on a group chat might not have been the best way to let his strict Muslim Bangladeshi family know that his happy-ever-after partner is a man―and a white man at that. Amar expected a reaction from his four siblings, but…

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just0nemorepage · 2 years

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Dauntless || Elisa A. Bonnin || 384 pages Top 3 Genres: Fantasy / LGBTQIA+ / Young Adult

Synopsis: Seri's world is defined by very clear rules: The beasts prowl the forest paths and hunt the People. The valiant explore the unknown world, kill the beasts, and gain strength from the armor they make from them. As an assistant to Eshai Unbroken, a young valor commander with a near-mythical reputation, Seri has seen first-hand the struggle to keep the beasts at bay and ensure the safety of the spreading trees where the People make their homes. That was how it always had been, and how it always would be. Until the day Seri encounters Tsana.

Tsana is, impossibly, a stranger from the unknown world who can communicate with the beasts - a fact that makes Seri begin to doubt everything she's ever been taught. As Seri and Tsana grow closer, their worlds begin to collide, with deadly consequences. Somehow, with the world on the brink of war, Seri will have to find a way to make peace.

Publication Date: July 2022. / Average Rating: 4.16. / Number of Ratings: ~200.

#tbr tuesday #I haven't read this yet!#dauntless #elisa a. bonnin #300-399 pages #fantasy #lgbtqia #young adult #jomp original

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lesparaversdemillina · 6 months

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Rien que pour la couverture n°219

Cher(e)s Voyageur(e)s, C’est le moment du rendez-vous “Rien que pour la couverture“. J’ai trouvé ce rendez-vous sur le blog Les lectures de Gribouille. Il m’a tout de suite conquise. Je vous en présenterai 5 ou plus par rendez-vous, et je vous mettrai si je les ai lu et si je les ai dans ma PAL. L’auteure est aussi et l’artiste de sa couverture. Sas Milledge Katerina Marchenko Art de Yejin…

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#RienQuePourLaCouverture #Art de Yejin Park #Catherine Lee #Elisa A. Bonnin #illustrateurs à l&039;honneur #illustration #illustratrice à l&039;honneur #Katerina Marchenko #Rendez-Vous Littéraire #Rien que pour la couverture

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publishedtoday · 2 years

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Stolen City - Elisa A. Bonnin

The city of Leithon is under Imperial occupation and Arian Athensor has made it her playground. In stealing magical artifacts for the Resistance, bounding over rooftops to evade Imperial soldiers, and establishing herself as the darling thief of the underground, Arian lives a life wrapped in danger and trained towards survival. She’ll steal anything for the right price, and if she runs fast enough, she can almost escape the fact that her mother is dead, her father is missing, and her brother, Liam, is tamping down a wealth of power in a city that has outlawed magic. But then the mysterious Cavar comes to town with a job for the twins: to steal an artifact capable of ripping the souls from the living--the same artifact that used to hang around the neck of Arian’s mother. Suddenly, her past is no longer buried under adrenaline but intimately tied to the mission at hand, and Arian must face her guilt and pain head-on in order to pull off the heist. As Arian and Cavar infiltrate the strongest fortress in Leithon and Liam joins the Resistance as their resident mage, the twins find themselves embroiled in court politics and family secrets, and the mission becomes more than just another artifact theft. The target is now the Imperial rule, and Arian will go to any length necessary to steal her city back.

#stolen city #elisa a bonnin #swoon reads #september 20 2022 #fantasy #poc #autistic rep

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sapphicbookclub · 2 years

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Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

Seri's world is defined by very clear rules: The beasts prowl the forest paths and hunt the People. The valiant explore the unknown world, kill the beasts, and gain strength from the armor they make from them. As an assistant to Eshai Unbroken, a young valor commander with a near-mythical reputation, Seri has seen first-hand the struggle to keep the beasts at bay and ensure the safety of the spreading trees where the People make their homes. That was how it always had been, and how it always would be. Until the day Seri encounters Tsana.

Tsana is, impossibly, a stranger from the unknown world who can communicate with the beasts - a fact that makes Seri begin to doubt everything she's ever been taught. As Seri and Tsana grow closer, their worlds begin to collide, with deadly consequences. Somehow, with the world on the brink of war, Seri will have to find a way to make peace.

Genres: fantasy, romance

Get the book from The Book Depository here!

#sapphic books #lgbt books #wlw books #booklr #book recs #fantasy

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cosettepontmercys · 2 years

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since greek mythology has so clearly bypassed ya, here's a quick list of some ya greek mythology retellings:

never look back by lilliam rivera: a latinx take on orpheus & eurydice

orpheus girl by brynne rebele-henry: a sapphic orpheus and eurydice love story between two teenage girls who are sent to conversion therapy after being caught together in an intimate moment

the star-touched queen by roshani chokshi: loosely based on hades & persephone

this poison heart by kalynn bayron: a sapphic ya fantasy inspired by greek mythology & has secret garden vibes

some other diverse ya books inspired by myths & folktalkes:

an arrow to the moon by emily x.r. pan

a song of wraiths and ruin by roseanne a. brown

a thousand ships in the night by traci chee

blood scion by deborah falaye

daughter of the moon goddess by sue lynn tan

dauntless by elisa a. bonnin

the candle and the flame by nafiza azad

wicked fox by kat cho

#post: literature #lit: book recs #idk if this is even book recs bc i haven't read most of these #but im annoyed @ white authors on twit #i am just being petty xoxo

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sapphicbookoftheday · 2 years

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Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

Today's sapphic book of the day is Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin!

Summary: "A teen girl must bring together two broken worlds in order to save her nation in this lush, Filipino-inspired young adult fantasy novel from debut author Elisa A. Bonnin. 'Be dauntless, for the hopes of the People rest in you.'

Seri's world is defined by very clear rules: The beasts prowl the forest paths and hunt the People. The valiant explore the unknown world, kill the beasts, and gain strength from the armor they make from them. As an assistant to Eshai Unbroken, a young valor commander with a near-mythical reputation, Seri has seen first-hand the struggle to keep the beasts at bay and ensure the safety of the spreading trees where the People make their homes. That was how it always had been, and how it always would be. Until the day Seri encounters Tsana.

Tsana is, impossibly, a stranger from the unknown world who can communicate with the beasts - a fact that makes Seri begin to doubt everything she's ever been taught. As Seri and Tsana grow closer, their worlds begin to collide, with deadly consequences. Somehow, with the world on the brink of war, Seri will have to find a way to make peace."

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andreasphilippineslitblog · 3 months

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“She understood that because both of those pieces were in her. En and enshkai. Power and exploration. Knowledge and discovery. Stillness and motion. Serenity and dauntlessness.”

—Elisa A. Bonnin, “Dauntless” (Page 345)

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theartofreadingbykyla · 2 years

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Stolen City by Elisa A. Bonnin

cover art by @sgonzalesart

Twin thieves attempt to pull off a daring heist in Stolen City, the sophomore fantasy novel from Dauntless author Elisa A. Bonnin.

The city of Leithon is under Imperial occupation and Arian Athensor has made it her playground.

In stealing magical artifacts for the Resistance, bounding over rooftops to evade Imperial soldiers, and establishing herself as the darling thief of the underground, Arian lives a life wrapped in danger and trained towards survival. She’ll steal anything for the right price, and if she runs fast enough, she can almost escape the fact that her mother is dead, her father is missing, and her brother, Liam, is tamping down a wealth of power in a city that has outlawed magic.

But then the mysterious Cavar comes to town with a job for the twins: to steal an artifact capable of ripping the souls from the living--the same artifact that used to hang around the neck of Arian’s mother. Suddenly, her past is no longer buried under adrenaline but intimately tied to the mission at hand, and Arian must face her guilt and pain head-on in order to pull off the heist.

As Arian and Cavar infiltrate the strongest fortress in Leithon and Liam joins the Resistance as their resident mage, the twins find themselves embroiled in court politics and family secrets, and the mission becomes more than just another artifact theft. The target is now the Imperial rule, and Arian will go to any length necessary to steal her city back.

Here are a few interesting quotes from the book!

"The city was writ into her bones, her soul. She knew what it had been before and was attached enough to the idea of before to be hurt by after."

"He wanted to jump off this ship and swim to shore. Anything to make sure that he was there in the streets of Leithon, watching the city come alive."

"Arian ran like her life depended on it, paying no heed to the way her lungs burned, the way Liam and Zephyr trailed behind as she pushed herself harder."

"Magic worked on a different plane from the rest of the physical senses, a different layer of reality"

"Where Catherina Athensor lay dead with her blood on an executioner’s blade, and Liam’s glittering future had gone up in flames with everything that was left of his city."

STOLEN CITY is out on September 20, 2022! PREORDER it HERE! You can receive the items below. 100 random winners will also receive a pin by @chiquicreates. BUT!! If you PREORDER both DAUNTLESS and STOLEN CITY you will receive a print of this beautiful piece of art from @zhihuie!

PREORDER LINKS DAUNTLESS STOLEN CITY

PREORDER CAMPAIGN FORM DAUNTLESS STOLEN CITY

Other Links for Stolen City Goodreads Bookshop AMAZON Barnes and Noble Indiebound Book Depository

About the Author:

Elisa A. Bonnin

Elisa Angeles Bonnin was born in Bacolod City, Philippines, and lived in the province of Negros Occidental for 16 years before coming to the United States. She has a PhD in oceanography from the University of Washington, and now lives and works in Germany.

Her Social Media Links:

Monthly Newsletter Twitter Instagram Goodreads Website Linktr.ee

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yaworldchallenge · 2 years

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Some new releases from June-July that fit the YA world challenge!

🇫🇮 Finland

Wind Daughter - Joanna Ruth Meyer

🇬🇷 Greece

Game of Strength and Storm - Rachel Menard

🇬🇾 Guyana

The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad - Natasha Deen

🇭🇹 Haiti

A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic - Debbie Rigaud

🇮🇳 India

The Dream Runners - Shveta Thakrar

🇯🇲 Jamaica

Empress Crowned in Red - Ciannon Smart

🇯🇵 Japan

The Dragon’s Promise - Elizabeth Lim

🇲🇦 Morocco

A Darkness at the Door - Intisar Khanani

🇳🇴 Norway

The Valkyrie’s Daughter - Tiana Warner

🇵🇰 Pakistan

The Man or the Monster - Aamna Qureshi

🇵🇪 Peru

Valiant Ladies - Melissa Gray

🇵🇭 Philippines

Dauntless - Elisa A. Bonnin

🇻🇳 Vietnam

Calligraphy Guild - R.M. Archer

🇬🇧 Wales

The Drowned Woods - Emily Lloyd-Jones

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bookaddict24-7 · 2 years

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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (August 2nd, 2022)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying) by Cristina Fernandez

You, Me, & Our Heartstrings by Melissa See

Bloody Fool for Love by William Ritter

Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano

What’s Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla

Bad At Love by Gabriela Martins

The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill

Don’t Go to Sleep by Bryce Moore

Sadie Starr’s Guiding to Starting Over by Miranda Luby

The Brink by Holden Sheppard

Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin

New Sequels:

My Imaginary Mary (Mary #2) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows

The King Will Kill You (Kingdoms of Sand and Sky #3) by Sarah Henning

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Happy reading!

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richincolor · 2 years

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New Releases

There's quite a few new YA books out this week on Tuesday, so let's get into it!

Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

“Be dauntless, for the hopes of the People rest in you.”Seri’s world is defined by very clear rules: The beasts prowl the forest paths and hunt the People. The valiant explore the unknown world, kill the beasts, and gain strength from the armor they make from them. As an assistant to Eshai Unbroken, a young valor commander with a near-mythical reputation, Seri has seen first-hand the struggle to keep the beasts at bay and ensure the safety of the spreading trees where the People make their homes. That was how it always had been, and how it always would be. Until the day Seri encounters Tsana.

Tsana is, impossibly, a stranger from the unknown world who can communicate with the beasts – a fact that makes Seri begin to doubt everything she’s ever been taught. As Seri and Tsana grow closer, their worlds begin to collide, with deadly consequences. Somehow, with the world on the brink of war, Seri will have to find a way to make peace.

It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano

Yasmín Treviño didn’t have much of a freshman year thanks to Hurricane Humphrey, but she’s ready to take sophomore year by storm. That means mastering the marching side of marching band—fast!—so she can outshine her BFF Sofia as top of the flute section, earn first chair, and impress both her future college admission boards and her comfortably unattainable drum major crush Gilberto Reyes.

But Yasmín steps off on the wrong foot when she reports an anonymous gossip Instagram account harassing new band members and accidentally gets the entire low brass section suspended from extracurriculars. With no low brass section, the band is doomed, so Yasmín decides to take things into her own hands, learn to play the tuba, and lead a gaggle of rowdy freshman boys who are just as green to marching and playing as she is. She’ll happily wrestle an ancient school tuba if it means fixing the mess she might have caused.

But when the secret gossip Instagram escalates their campaign of harassment and the end-of-semester band competition grows near, things at school might be too hard to bear. Luckily, the support of Yasmín’s new section—especially new section leader Bloom, a sweet and shy ace boy who might be a better match for her than Gilberto—might just turn things around.

I Rise by Marie Arnold

A heartbreaking and powerful novel about racism and social justice as fourteen-year-old Ayo has to decide whether to take on her mother’s activist role when her mom is shot by police. As she tries to find answers, Ayo looks to the wisdom of her ancestors and her Harlem community for guidance.

Ayo’s mother founded the biggest civil rights movement to hit New York City in decades. It’s called ‘See Us’ and it tackles police brutality and racial profiling in Harlem. Ayo has spent her entire life being an activist and now, she wants out. She wants to get her first real kiss, have a boyfriend, and just be a normal teen.

When her mom is put into a coma after a riot breaks out between protesters and police, protestors want Ayo to become the face of See Us and fight for justice for her mother who can no longer fight for herself. While she deals with her grief and anger, Ayo must also discover if she has the strength to take over where her mother left off. This impactful and unforgettable novel takes on the important issues of inequality, systemic racism, police violence, and social justice.

A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic by Debbie Rigaud

Cicely Destin, a Haitian American teen living in Brooklyn, loves the annual West Indian Day Parade that takes place in her neighborhood. The colors, clothes, tastes, sights, and sounds all celebrating Caribbean culture fill her with pride and joy. This year, the parade will be extra special: it falls on Cicely’s birthday, AND Cicely will get to hang out with her awesome aunt, Mimose, a social media influencer known for dabbling in Haitian vodou. But when Mimose’s dabbling becomes a little too real, and she seems to be possessed by a rogue spirit right before the parade, it’s up to Cicely, plus her best friend, Renee, and her crush (!), Kwame, to try to set things right. Cicely and her friends set off on a winding, thrilling scavenger hunt through Brooklyn to find the items that will undo the possession. But can Cicely help her aunt if she doesn’t fully realize her own powers just yet?

Bad at Love by Gabriela Martins

Ever since Daniel moved to L.A. from Brazil to join the band Mischief & Mayhem, he’s become the tabloids’ bad boy. Paparazzi follow him and girls swoon over him . . . except for Sasha, who hates bad boys. When a chance encounter brings them together, Sasha sees an opportunity to get close to Daniel and write a story that will make a name for herself at the celebrity gossip magazine where she interns. But Daniel is surprisingly sweet and extremely cute—could she be falling for him? The truth is: Daniel is hiding something. When Sasha discovers his secret, will she follow her heart or deliver the hottest story of the summer?

What’s Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla

Seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans revenge on her predatory boss in this equally poignant and thrilling contemporary YA about grief, anger, and fighting for what you deserve, perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson and Erika L. Sánchez.

In the seaside town of Nautilus, Minerva Gutiérrez absolutely hates her job at the local ice cream stand, where her sexist boss makes each day worse than the last. But she needs the money: kicked out of school and stranded by her mom’s most recent hospitalization, she dreams of escaping her dead-end hometown. When an armed robbery at the ice cream stand stirs up rumors about money hidden on the property, Min teams up with her neighbor CeCe, also desperate for cash, to find it. The bonus? Getting revenge on her boss in the process. If Minerva can do things right for once—without dirty cops, suspicious co-workers, and an ill-timed work crush getting in her way—she might have a way out . . . as long as the painful truths she’s been running from don’t catch up to her first.

#ya lit #new releases #we need diverse books #a girl's guide to love and magic #dauntless #what's coming to me #i rise #bad at love #it sounds like this

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Book Tour | Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin | ARC Book Review

Title: Dauntless Author: Elisa A. Bonnin Publisher: Swoon Reads Published Date: August 2nd, 2022 Genre: Fantasy, YA Source: Netgalley Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ .5 Summary: A teen girl must bring together two broken worlds in order to save her nation in this lush, Filipino-inspired young adult fantasy novel from debut author Elisa A. Bonnin. “Be dauntless, for the hopes of the People rest in…

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#4.5 stars #book review #book tour #dauntless #elisa a bonnin #Fantasy #swoon reads #xpresso book tours #YA

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publishedtoday · 2 years

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Dauntless - Elisa A. Bonnin

Seri's world is defined by very clear rules: The beasts prowl the forest paths and hunt the People. The valiant explore the unknown world, kill the beasts, and gain strength from the armor they make from them. As an assistant to Eshai Unbroken, a young valor commander with a near-mythical reputation, Seri has seen first-hand the struggle to keep the beasts at bay and ensure the safety of the spreading trees where the People make their homes. That was how it always had been, and how it always would be. Until the day Seri encounters Tsana. Tsana is, impossibly, a stranger from the unknown world who can communicate with the beasts - a fact that makes Seri begin to doubt everything she's ever been taught. As Seri and Tsana grow closer, their worlds begin to collide, with deadly consequences. Somehow, with the world on the brink of war, Seri will have to find a way to make peace.

Content warnings provided by author: Abuse (physical, implied emotional), animal death, blood, violence, death, loss of a parent, loss of a loved one, murder, prejudice, illness, mind control (mentioned), animal cruelty (culling is mentioned and hunting is a common practice), descriptions of poverty and homelessness, descriptions of starvation.

#dauntless #elisa a bonnin #swoon #august 2 2022 #POC #Filipino #LGBTQ #sapphic #debut #debut author

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just0nemorepage · 2 years

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Hi! I’m looking for (preferably) NA/YA books on bisexual/lesbian women & I was wondering if you may have some recs? Thanks in advance!♥️

Oh I have lots! Now, full disclaimer, I haven't actually read any of these yet, but they're all on my TBR list!

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom by Emily Franklin

The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan

Pulp by Robin Talley

The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

Malice by Heather Walter

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder

Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk

Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda

Spear by Nicola Griffith

Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey

The Valkyrie's Daughter by Tiana Warner

Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane

That should give you plenty to browse through! But in case you want more, go ahead and poke through the genre pages on Goodreads - Lesbian & Bisexual. They're not sorted by age range there, but it's still a good place to browse!

#recommendations #replies

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