Yours for the Taking
Book description
The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the…
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2 authors picked Yours for the Taking as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I was a huge Ray Bradbury fan in elementary school, so this futuristic story set in 2050 took me back to places I didn’t think I’d ever return to. A feminist utopia amidst climate dystopia hooked me quickly after I fell for the initial lesbian subplot. This really needs to be a movie if it isn’t already in production!
Full disclosure, I blurbed this knockout of a novel, and I would do it one hundred times over. It takes place in a near-future dystopia ravaged by climate change. However, a billionaire TERF has started a new climate relief program called Inside, which promises a safe and hopeful future for its members (but we all know that’s far from the real story).
Following an unforgettable cast of diverse characters, including some who get accepted to Inside, this book is at once suspenseful, haunting, and revelatory. It’s about queer community, survival, chosen family, paternalism, the harms of white feminism, parenting, freedom…
From Marisa's list on LBGTQ+ speculative books that will break you and then put you back together again.
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