Book description
In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact?
Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethereal landscape rumored…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Lakelore as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Lyrical prose. Nonbinary Latinx teens. A magical world underneath a lake. Neurodivergent rep. What doesn’t this book have?
I was captivated from start to finish, watching Bastian and Lore navigate their ADHD, dyslexia, sexuality, and identity, and all while the magic world underneath their lake threatens to come up and drown their surface. Can these two teens - who haven’t seen or spoken to one another in years - learn to trust one another and work together to stop it, before it destroys everything?
I really don’t have the words for how captivating this book is, but the colors, descriptions,…
From Natalia's list on queer Latin fantasy.
Lakelore is, arguably, the best queer novel written in the last ten years. McLemore knows prose well, and this story is all the better for it.
Good writing makes me smile; great writing gives me goosebumps, and the time I spent with this story was one in which I was constantly covered in little chilled bumps. From the trans narrative to the representations of ADHD and dyslexia, Lakelore is a triumph that reminds readers they are not alone.
From TJ's list on what you should read read after a book destroys your feelings.
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