Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera's What If It's Us
Aaaaaaahhh this was SO CUTE. It’s about two teen boys who meet-cute at a post office in NYC, with each author handling one boy's POV. Obviously I was all in on Albertalli's excitable musical theater nerd, but Silvera's more insecure and quiet guy (secretly writing an epic fantasy novel starring himself) won me over big-time too. I am often not into YA romances because they are predictable and overwrought, but this avoids a lot of those traps, and even if it didn’t, the world needs more YA romances with queer kids. Race and class issues come up as well, and I also appreciated the way the authors depicted the characters' friendships. Super cute all around. A/A-.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in October.
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