![]() ![]() I’ve collected some of my favorite YA-friendly queer fantasy books here.ĭescriptions pulled from Amazon. Fortunately, things are a little bit easier now and we aren’t dying secret deaths anymore. It’s part of the reason I love X-Men so much (although that’s another story). I know other writers were out there, but even with a librarian as a mother they were difficult for me to find, and I didn’t have the vocabulary necessary to look. That’s not a bad thing, but variety is important as well. ![]() Unfortunately, growing up in Georgia around the turn of the century, there wasn’t a whole lot within my grasp of healthy representation and I had to stick with books by Holly Black, Charles de Lint, and Tamora Pierce. The right fantasy novel was safe and could feel like home. I grew up reading fantasy books, as a little baby queer who didn’t know who they were yet. ![]() She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. Nirrim keeps her head down, and a dangerous secret close to her chest.īut then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away, who whispers rumors that the High Kith possess magic. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences. Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. ![]()
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