It’s amazing to imagine such a story unfolding in such a scene. It’s my first time to read a story set in a comic con which is *obviously* filled with people cosplaying.

It’s cute because it’s kinda like a nerdy story – the main characters are both Star Trek fans, while the setting and the circumstances made this cool and fun. This focuses more on tackling gender issues. I want to help make sure that someday movies do include people like gender-flipped Sulu and race-bent Scully. I was invested enough in such a short time that I am digging for a full-length novel of this. It was already on the later part when I realized that they’re already teens. Though, I was confused for a bit of a time because I thought they were still children because that’s how they sounded to me. It was oozing with cuteness hence, plastering a smile on my face right from the very start. This is about childhood sweethearts that’s about to separate because the girl and her family’s going to move into another city. Tbh I really didn’t know that eraser tattoos were a thing. He knew the string wouldn’t last forever. Despite some stories I didn’t enjoy, this is still a surreal beautifully diverse and powerful anthology. Talking about issues concerning race, gender and representation, I love how diverse this collection is – from the characters, to the settings, to the topics, to the emotions it brought me and how each of these stories were binded together.

I wish I had known! This is my first ever anthology read and I’m definitely glad for that decision. “We made vows to write the stories we had such a hard time finding.”įresh Ink is such a powerful and beautifully diverse anthology that gives voice and spotlight to marginalized teens.

This, by any means, did not affect nor influence my review.** **Thank you so much Netgalley and Penguin Random House International for providing me an eARC. This collection will inspire you to break conventions, bend the rules, and color outside the lines. Thirteen of the most accomplished YA authors deliver a label-defying anthology that includes ten short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written–whose next chapters are up to you.īecause these stories are meant to be read. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. In partnership with We Need Diverse Books, thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors come together in this remarkable YA anthology featuring ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print.Ĭareful–you are holding fresh ink.

Fresh Ink by Lamar Giles