#georgia peaches and other forbidden fruit

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absolutely no one asked for this but here’s some wlw book recs for you gay ass mfs

wlw books i’ve read and loved:

- seven husbands of evelyn hugo

- she drives me crazy

- the fiancée farce

- never ever getting back together

- her royal highness

- late to the party

- 6 times we almost kissed (and one time we did)

- cleat cute

- one last stop

- georgia peaches and other forbidden fruit

- delilah green doesn’t care

- iris kelly doesn’t date

- she gets the girl

- stars collide

- love at first set

- girls like girls

- pride and prejudice and pittsburgh

- the lucky list

- how to excavate a heart

- some girls do

- home field advantage

wlw books i’ve read that were decent/mid:

- written in the stars

- her name in the sky

- the falling in love montage

- the henna wars

- tell me how you really feel

- tell me again how a crush should feel

- hani and ishu’s guide to fake dating

- forward march

wlw books i started but never finished bc i didn’t like it (but maybe you will!):

- last night at the telegraph club

- the key to you and me

- one day you’ll leave me

- sorry bro

- breaking character

- annie on my mind

- kissing olivia winchester

- our own private universe

- no boy summer

- keeping you a seceet

- the love curse of melody mcintyre

- if you could be mine

- love and other natural disasters

- leah on the offbeat

wlw tbr:

- a scatter of light

- make my wish come true

- forget me not

- margo zimmerman gets the girl

- we got the beat

- imogen obviously

- playing for keeps

- it’s not like it’s a secret

- the summer love strategy

- count your lucky stars

- i think i love you

- outdrawn

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

Tash Hearts Tolstoy, Kathryn Ormsbee, ace

Transmogrify! 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic, edited by g haron davis, trans and many other things

The Secret History, Donna Tart, mlm

Black Water Sister, Zen Cho, lesbian

Spell Bound F T Lukens, nb/m romance

In Deeper Waters, F T Lukens, mlm

So This is Ever After, F T Lukens, mlm

Hench, Natalie Zina Walschots, bi main character

Legends and Lattes, Travis Baldree, wlw

She Drives Me Crazy, Kelly Quindlen, wlw

The Atlas Six, Olivie Blake, idk everyone's bi

These Violent Delights, Micah Nemerever, mlm

The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry, C M Waggoner, wlw

The Girls I've Been, Tess Sharpe, wlw

Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, Kristen O'Neal, bi main character

Between Perfect and Real, Ray Stoeve, trans main character

Kemosha of the Caribbean, Alex Wheatle, wlw

Tarnished are the Stars, Rosiee Thor, aro and wlw rep

Golden Boys, Phil Stamper, mlm

Vespertine, Margaret Rogerson, aroace

Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid, lesbian part-main-character (one of four)

The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar, wlw

I'm Afraid of Men, Vivek Shraya, trans author (autobiographical)

The Gilded Wolves trilogy, Roshani Chokshi, mlm and poly rep

That Inevitable Victorian Thing, E K Johnston, wlw and intersex rep

Girls of Paper and Fire, Natasha Ngan, wlw

Daja's Book, Tamora Pierce, wlw

If We Were Villains, M L Rio, mlm

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, wlw

Ramona Blue, Julie Murphy, sapphic but questioning main character

The Fascinators, Andrew Eliopulos, mlm

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank Green, bi main character

On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden, wlw

Wilder Girls, Rory Power, wlw

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit, Jaye Robin Brown, wlw

We Are Totally Normal, Naomi Kanakia, mlm and some unaddressed trans undertones

Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian, mlm

Pet, Akwaeke Emezi

The Girl of Hawthorn and Glass, Adan Jerreat-Poole, nb gay queer rep

Finding Home series, Hari Conner, mlm

The Sea in You, Jessi Sheron, wlw

Love Letters, Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, wlw

The Summer of Jordie Perez, Amy Spalding, wlw

I Was Born for This, Alice Oseman, trans, mlm, and unlabelled main characters

Radio Silence, Alice Oseman, demisexual and bi main characters

Ash, Malinda Lo, lesbians

Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield, trans and wlw main characters

Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins, wlw

A Taste of Gold and Iron, Alexandra Rowland, mlm

Even Though I Knew the End, C L Polk, wlw

Huntress, Malinda Lo, wlw

Hope that's better, sorry I missed the submissions form! I checked everything against your list so these are all new.

These are finally all queued! Thanks for your patience :)

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Fave Five: Queer YA Set in Georgia

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds Time Out by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Carlyn Greenwald Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters

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Hi...if you don't mind me asking, who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series (can be canon or non-canon)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....

Oddly, I feel as though I have, and yet I can't find a record of it on my blog, so we'll go again lmaoo

Generally speaking, if I like a pairing enough to write and post a fic for it, it's probably one of my favourites! So it's no surprise that AshEiji is probably top of my list

It's just - the certainty with which Ash thinks he could never be loved and the surety that Eiji responds that he deserves it. It's the mutual love and trust, even from separate worlds.

SherLiam has that as well, but, like, turn the raw sexual attraction up to 100. The flirting, the 'rivalry' (but not really lmaoo), the being the only ones who truly understand each other.

SoRiku is also a big one. The best friends to lovers, the trust, the fact that every disney couple reminds Sora of him and Riku. Sora holding Riku's hand and crying when they're reunited in 2. All of Dream Drop Distance. They're in love and they don't even know it.

I'm generally not a big shipper when it comes to novels, because I know that most pairings are pretty inevitable, especially in YA fiction. (I guess it's because it's often a side plot that you're expecting.) But lately I've greatly enjoyed Luc/Oliver from Boyfriend Material and I ADORE Monty and Percy from the Gentleman's Guide Trilogy. I think they can all be summed up with 'idiots in love.'

The new Lockwood and Co show on Netflix also reminded me of how much I liked Lucy and Lockwood in the books. It is an intensely slow will they/won't they dynamic - very Rose and 10 from Dr Who. The last book had so many "I need to tell you something," moments, but the frustration was so good! It looks like the show is doing a really good job of them as well, so definitely watch it now that it's out!!

I'm aware this is a very m/m heavy list, lol. Some w/w books I've enjoyed at 'Last Night at the Telegraph Club' and 'Georgia, Peaches and other Forbidden Fruit.' As well as Lumity, of course

This was a bit rambly and messy, but if it wasn't, it would have sat in my drafts forever. All the same, I hope it answered your question, somewhat!

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3, 17, 25!

3. What were your top five books of the year?

I did my top five so I'm gonna do books that I normally wouldn't go for but did enjoy - Ten Steps to Nanette, Hannah Gadsby - Confessions of the Fox, Jordy Rosenberg - Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Toshikazu Kawaguchi - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong - Moon of the Crusted Snow, Waubgeshig Rice

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

Fully typed up the previous list without looking at this question hello... Instead I will say my worst two reads of the year were Divergent by Veronica Roth and Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown.

25. What reading goals do you have for next year?

2023's reading goals are like. Chill out and read whatever the hell I want. I love living under a rock.

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Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit Review

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown is a 432 page YA contemporary novel.

Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year. And Jo reluctantly agrees. Although it is (mostly) much easier for Jo to fit in as a straight girl, things get complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, the oh-so-tempting sister of her new friend at school. But Jo couldn’t possibly think of breaking her promise to her dad. Even if she’s starting to fall for the girl. Even if there’s a chance Mary Carlson might be interested in her, too. Right?

I rate this book 4/5 stars.

I didn't take many notes while listening to this audiobook which I read for the Buzzword-athon, June 2023. And I'm kinda sad about that, because while I did really like the book while listening to it, can I barely remember it.

I noted that I did really like the discourse on religion and sexuality within the book, but that I disliked how Joanna's dad asks het to hide her sexuality when they move to another part of America, even though he is accepting of her.

Do you have any questions? Or maybe some recommendations? Send me an ask here on Tumblr or tweet me.  If you wish to support me, you can buy me a coffee! Or even buy my debut fantasy novel, The Mending Road.

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A ranking of all the new books I read this year with exactly zero context:

39.Every Word You Never Said (Jordon Greene)

38.And They Lived… (Steven Salvatore)

37.Wolfsong (TJ Klune)

36.Half Truths (Bronte Meredith with Nadia Mack)

35.Lore & Lust (Karla Nikole)

34.The Queen of Nothing (Holly Black)

33.The Temperature of Me and You (Brian Zepka)

32.So This Is Ever After (F.T. Lukens)

31.The First to Die at the End (Adam Silvera)

30.The Charm Offensive (Alison Cochrun)

29.The Duke and I (Julia Quinn)

28.Meet Cute Diary (Emery Lee)

27.Fifteen Hundred Miles From The Sun (Jonny Garza Villa)

26.Of Fire and Stars (Audrey Coulthurst)

25.The Dark Prophecy (Rick Riordan)

24.Pilu of the Woods (Mai K, Nguyen)

23.A Little Bit Country (Brian D. Kennedy)

22.Fence: Disarmed (Sarah Rees Brennan)

21.Chef’s Kiss (Jarret Melendez)

20.City of Ghosts (Victoria Schwab)

19.Husband Material (Alexis Hall)

18.Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit (Jaye Robbin Brown)

17.The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)

16.Winter’s Orbit (Everina Maxwell)

15.A Marvellous Light (Freya Marske)

14.The uncensored picture of dorian gray (Oscar Wilde)

13.Before We Disappear (Shaun David Hutchinson)

12.Convenience Store Woman (Sayaka Murata)

11.Fence, Vol 5: Rise (C.S. Pacat & Johanna the Mad)

10.In a Garden Burning Gold (Rory Power)

9.Bonds of Brass (Emily Skrutskie)

8.In Deeper Waters (F.T. Lukens)

7.An Enchantment of Ravens (Margaret Rogerson)

6.The Thirty Names of Night (Zeyn Joukhadar)

5.Young Mungo (Douglas Stuart)

4.Once Upon a Broken Heart (Stephanie Garber)

3.A Conjuring of Light (V.E. Schwab)

2.Dark Rise (C.S. Pacat)

1.Peter Darling (Austin Chant)

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Book 83 of 2023: Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

Joanna is out, and her radio-preacher dad accepts her--except that when he gets remarried and they move to his new wife's small town, he asks Joanna to go back in the closet. She agrees, and makes friends with some straight girls she actually likes. Only then she starts falling for Mary Carlson, and is it her imagination, or is Mary flirting back? This was a tricky one for me--I enjoyed it, the romance is super-sweet and lovely, and it's not like we don't see how hard it is on Joanna to have to hide who she is--but oh man, what an awful thing to ask your kid! It was hard not to just hate the dad. Overall, though, I felt like it worked.

What to read next: Not My Problem, by Ciara Smyth, for another sweet and romantic YA that features a complicated parent character.

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit // Jaye Robin Brown

“I’ve had a conflicted year. Agreed to an unkeepable promise. Met a girl. Fell in love. Broke the girl’s heart. Lied to the girl. realized I couldn’t live without her. Broke my promise. But then it was too late. I lost the girl.”

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But what happens when being selfless takes away a big part of your self?

Jaye Robin Brown, Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit

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Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

"It's stupid because I don't even know her, but sometimes you see someone and there's just this flicker. Like a light bulb that glows around the person, making them shine brighter than all the others. It's not that they're more attractive or smarter or funnier than anyone else. It's just they have a combination of all the things that speak directly to you."

Year Read: 2021

Rating: 2/5

About: When Jo's radio evangelist father remarries for a second time, he moves them both from progressive Atlanta to small town Rome, Georgia. Worse, he asks out and proud Jo to keep her sexuality a secret for her last of year of high school to appease his religious, conservative new in-laws. In return, Jo gets to host her own radio segment for teens on the issues of being young and faithful, and she reluctantly agrees. Everything is complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, one of her new group of friends who might just be interested in her too. Trigger warnings: homophobia, closeting, ableism.

Thoughts: There are a number of things I found uncomfortable about this book's representation, from its ableist depictions of a side character, Barnum, to its abundance of mean, manipulative, or lying lesbians (which are pretty much all of them except Mary Carlson, including the main character). The premise itself of forced closeting isn't comfortable, but at least it's openly addressed as something that Jo never should have agreed to and that never should have been asked of her. It's awkwardly easier for her to "pass" in a small town as a straight girl, and I think it glosses over a lot of the backlash LGBTQ people frequently face in places like that, particularly when they've grown up there.

On its own, Jo's character arc is decent, since she realizes how badly she hurts Mary Carlson, but I wasn't pulling for them to be together by the end of the book. There are a number of times Jo could have told her the truth, but their entire relationship is ultimately based on a lie. Mary Carlson doesn't even know who she really is. The deception also goes on for too long, making the story drag in places. (There's really no reason a contemporary YA romance should be over 400 pages. In a fantasy with world-building, sure, but there's nothing to establish here.) On the other hand, I like the way Jo's other friends ultimately pull together in solidarity for the two of them, and the book shows a nice balance of faith, community, and acceptance. I hope the people who need a story like this find it.

[the-final-sentence]

Because love like this, it's the only thing that really matters.

Jaye Robin Brown, from Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit

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I was thinking for aaaages it's weird I've never seen a book with a straight up emoji in it given how often texting is included in contemporary YA but here we are!

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If you liked this, you'll love Autoboyography🥰

[jo1235]

Georgia Peaches and other forbidden fruit was amazing.

They both die at the end wasn't bad

what are your favorite lgbt books? not limited to English :)

Sadly this will be limited to English cause that’s the only language I know /j

(Bolded are the stand outs)

Basically any Alice oseman (loveless is my favorite)

Beneath the citadel was really good

Henna wars wasn’t bad

The gravity of us is finel

Felix ever after

The love and lies of rukshana Ali!!!!!

I wish you all the best

The falling in love montage

Y’all reblog with your favorites to help Anon out, and I’ll reblog them here

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will you write more queer books that incorporate faith? hnits brought me some much needed peace and i didn’t realize how good it would be to read about the intersection of queerness and religion written by a religious queer person. if you were to write about those themes more i would definitely be interested!

I would like to, but I’ll have to feel my way into it... 

If you want another queer + faith read, try Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown. 

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LGBTQIA+ Young Adult Novels:

Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey Mcquiston

"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzie Lee

"The queer teen historical you didn’t know was missing from your life.”—Teen Vogue

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit - Jaye Robin Brown

"A sweet, sexy, honest teen romance that just happens to involve two girls—all the more charming for being so very ordinary.”

Leah on the Offbeat - Becky Albertalli

In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—now a major motion picture, Love, Simon—we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst.

I Wish You All the Best - Mason Deaver

"Mason Deaver's debut is an important and inspiring novel about identity, acceptance, friendship, familial relationships, and the people who become your family." -- Sabina Khan

The Infinite Noise - Lauren Shippen

“The author gives emotions form, texture, and color, taking readers along on Adam's and Caleb's journeys while remembering that a boyfriend is not an antidote to life's supernatural―or mundane―problems.... A warm, satisfying love story with depth.” ―Kirkus Reviews

Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda - Becky Albertalli

I love you, Simon. I love you! And I love this fresh, funny, live-out-loud book. -- Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera

Adam Silvera reminds us that there's no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day.

What if it’s Us - Becky Albertalli + Adam Silvera

A charming, sweet-natured love story between two very different boys...It's impossible not to root for Arthur and Ben and their many do-overs.-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Carry on - Rainbow Rowell

"With rock-solid worldbuilding, a sweet and believable romance subplot, and satisfying ending, Carry On is a monumentally enjoyable reading experience. Hand this to fans of Rowell, Harry Potter, love stories, and magic." ―School Library Journal (starred review)

You Asked for Perfect - Laura Silverman

"A coming-of-age novel that will charm readers with its relatable and diverse characters, quirky storyline, and interweaving of faith, queerness, and the everyday lives of seniors navigating the pressures of college applications, grades, and relationships. Heartwarming and engaging." - Kirkus Reviews

The Music of What Happens - Bill Konigsberg

"With The Music of What Happens, Bill Konigsberg serves up a profound examination of masculinity, consent, and relationships through the eyes of two of the most endearing narrators I've ever read. Jordan and Max are vulnerable, sweet, funny, and flawed. Teens, whether they identify as LGBTQIA+ or not, are lucky to have this book in their lives." -- Shaun David Hutchinson, author of We Are the Ants

Alex in Wonderland - Simon James Green

“Hilarious and heart-flippingly romantic” - Becky Albertalli