Search - Empress of the World

Cute story, that shows that love (no matter what kind) will win out in the end.

I loved this book. It was cute, heart-breaking, loveable, and well-written. Plus, the characters are all these really talented teens. It's great, it really is. Words do not do it justice.

Touching and sometimes brutal, this story tells a story of a teenager questioning her sexual identity. What I enjoyed about this book:

-Nic, the protagonist ,refuses to identify herself as any label which I enjoyed
-The relationships felt realistic for the age group identified, as well as the problems they faced
-Homophobia was present, but not overdone. Nic faces many types of homophobia, which I appreciated
-It doesn't end in a neat little package, which is a danger YA authors often face

Ryan's story has the ideal mix of teenage heartache, hope, and confusion that every 16 year old faces. The best way to describe this book, at the risk of sounding cheesy, is that it really warmed my heart.

Criticisms? I don't know the name of the sequel!