A review by snapplespice
Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas

5.0

Although it may not appear to be so at first, this book is SO QUEER and I loveeeeee it. The queerness is built into the story in such a way that it almost creeps up on you, making you realize at the end how profoundly important it is to the entire story (and I don't just mean how Kalyn's lesbian identity isn't mentioned until a few chapters in). I'm always looking for books that have queer characters but whose plot isn't driven by their coming out stories or their queer-related trauma. That trauma is 100% in this story, but it's written in naturally and in a way that allows the characters to participate in other dialogues. It gets five stars from me for that reason. It doesn't meet my "favorite" status because there were multiple places where I lost track of character names and dialogue, and I also am unsure about Phil's character.