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Hi everyone! I’m on the lookout for YA fiction under any genre (speculative, contemporary, historical). Bonus points if you have plucky protagonists, found families, subplot slow-burn romances and your characters are navigating a world like Tahereh Mafi’s Reestablishment, Chloe Gong’s 1920s Shanghai, or even Suzanne Collins’s Panem. More extra points for representation or a unique … Read more
Think: protagonists with the absolute, charming audacity of Anthony Lockwood in Lockwood and Co., and the grit of Alizeh in This Woven Kingdom. Bonus points if your WIP is: contemporary YA talking about larger issues OR  SFF YA set in something magic, urban or cozy fantasy or not.
I like to learn while I’m being entertained and/or frightened. So unusual plots involving unusual characters interest me. Social justice is a concern; manuscripts exploring that topic get extra attention. Climate-change plots always get read first. Anyone have a nurse as an amateur detective?