Ophelia After All in Rolling with the lgbt

Feb 05, 2022 atlas ♡ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: poc-rep, 22-favorites, sapphic, e-arcs, audiobooks

✧･ﾟ: * → 𝟱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀

𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭 is wonderfully queer coming of age novel with a latina protagonist so I assumed I would like it off the bat. Despite that, this beautifully crafted story exceeded my expectations. I requested the audio ARC on Netgalley due to it's gorgeous cover and interesting premise and got it accepted a while back. I realized that it was coming out soon so I finally got to reading it and I'm so glad I did.

This story follows Ophelia, a questioning Cuban-Irish girl, during he ✧･ﾟ: * → 𝟱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀

𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘭 is wonderfully queer coming of age novel with a latina protagonist so I assumed I would like it off the bat. Despite that, this beautifully crafted story exceeded my expectations. I requested the audio ARC on Netgalley due to it's gorgeous cover and interesting premise and got it accepted a while back. I realized that it was coming out soon so I finally got to reading it and I'm so glad I did.

This story follows Ophelia, a questioning Cuban-Irish girl, during her last few months of senior year. We see her struggle with her sexuality after only being seen as "boy crazy." She tries desperately to keep that one faucet of herself the same as the rest of her life changes. This is all a product of her crush on a girl which she didn't know what to do with.

Despite the focus on her and her sexuality, we see a lot more play into her story. We get the merging of two friend groups and the drama that unfolds. I absolutely adore well done friend groups and this was definitely one of those.. The side characters were fun and engaging. We got to see all their different relationships come into play as well. These rationships were very well done, whether they were romantic, platonic, or familial.

Realistic high school stories are hard to find, many stories like these usually just include a bunch of outdated pop culture references. I was pleasantly surprised by how truthful this book was to the high school experience. Ophelia's experience is messy and just so raw.

Overall, my praise doesn't do enough justice to how much I adore this book. Definitely go check out this book if you want a messy coming of age with a plethora of queer characters.

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙍𝘾 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬! ...more

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