I’m in love with it every day of the week!” -Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. “ Mahalia’s story lives, breathes and glows. With all the responsibility on her shoulders, will Mahalia’s party be over before it’s even begun?Ī novel about finding yourself, falling in love, and celebrating what makes you you. But it’s not long before she’s buried in a mountain of bills, unfinished schoolwork, and enough drama to make her English lit teacher blush. The idea lights a fire beneath her, and soon Mahalia is scrimping and saving, taking on extra hours at her afterschool job, trying on dresses, and awkwardly flirting with Siobhan, all in preparation for the coming out of her dreams. Then inspiration strikes: It’s too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if she had a coming-out party? A singing, dancing, rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own terms. Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett (January 10) If this gorgeous cover isn’t enough to convince you to read this YA romance from the author of Full Disclosure and Off the Record, maybe this will: instead of a big Sweet Sixteen, Mahalia Harris is planning a huge Coming Out Party. She wants a break from worrying-about money, snide remarks from white classmates, pitying looks from church ladies. She wants the super-cute new girl Siobhan to like her back. She wants a big Sweet Sixteen like her best friend, Naomi. What Does It Mean to Be Sapphic Sapphics explained what the gender-expansive love means to them.

“ A perfect ode to romantic comedies, wrapped in a dazzling rainbow dress.” -Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl Although Friday, I’m In Love is Garrett’s first book to center on a sapphic couple, both of the protagonists in her two previous novels Full Disclosure and Off the Record were in the process of exploring their potential queerness. The idea lights a fire in her, and soon Mahalia is scrimping and saving, taking on extra hours at her afterschool job, trying on dresses, and awkwardly flirting with Siobhan, all in preparation for the Coming Out of her dreams. It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A love letter to romantic comedies, sweet sixteen blowouts, Black joy, and queer pride. A singing, dancing, rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own terms.

Friday I'm in Love by Camryn Garrett