Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn is a can't miss LGBTQ+ YA fantasy that gleefully rewrites the fairy tale playbook. Like all good fairy tales, the story focuses on a princess, but thanks to her poisonous touch, Soraya doesn't easily fit within the damsel in distress narrative. In fact, she straddles the line between hero and monster as she slowly comes to accept the true extent of her power.
Out July 7