3 to Watch: Rising Books You Should Know 📚🧐 - Issue #8

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Thanks for joining us for the 8th edition of our newsletter!

This week, we've found three YA titles that are gaining serious attention:
A Forgery of Fate, a romantic fantasy where a gifted painter enters a dangerous marriage with a cursed dragon lord; And They Were Roommates, a swoony queer boarding school romance full of secrets, second chances, and love letters; and I Can’t Even Think Straight, a heartfelt novel in verse about a queer teen navigating identity, friendship, and coming out through poetry and personal truth.

This week’s selection:

I Can’t Even Think Straight

I Can’t Even Think Straight is a tender novel in verse about Kai, a queer biracial teen caught between staying closeted for a friend and embracing his true self. As he navigates love, friendship, and identity through poetry and personal conflict, Kai must decide whether living honestly is worth the risk of disrupting everything he knows.

And They Were Roommates

And They Were Roommates is a hilarious and heartfelt queer romance about Charlie, a trans teen trying to keep a low profile at his new boarding school—until he’s assigned a room with his ex, Jasper, who doesn’t recognize him. As secret love letters and old feelings resurface, their second-chance romance unfolds in a story full of wit, vulnerability, and irresistible chemistry.

A Forgery of Fate
A Forgery of Fate is a lush romantic fantasy about Tru, a gifted painter who can depict the future—and is forced into a marriage of convenience with a cursed dragon lord to save her family. As she navigates a treacherous undersea palace and a plot to defy the gods, Tru finds herself torn between deception, destiny, and a slow-burning love that could change everything.

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