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All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
by Saundra Mitchell
I applaud this anthology for what it was trying to accomplish: providing young adults with historical stories about LGBT teens that are both romantic and uplifting. Not only does this anthology offer stories about gay and lesbian characters, but there are also transgender and asexual characters as well. That's AMAZING. I'm so happy this exists and that I was able to read it. In terms of the quality of the stories, it was kind of hit or miss for me. I've gotten very picky the last couple of years and I found the majority of the stories to be generic and cliched where I could guess the basic premise of the stories by just looking at the location and year in which they took place. There were several standouts though. The Inferno and the Butterfly by Shaun David Hutchinson was a personal favorite about two rival magician assistants who fall in love. I also really enjoyed Every Shade of Red by Elliot Wake about a transgender Robin Hood and New Year by Malinda Lo which features the daughter of Chinese immigrants during the middle of the Red Scare. I also personally connected with Nilah Magruder's And They Don't Kiss at the End as the main character Dee is me through and through and it was nice to see myself in a story. Overall, this was a cute set of stories and it introduced me to a bunch of authors who could expand my reading realm.