LikedThis was on a TikTok short a YouTube short that I made about a book that is a queer young adult romance. It's actually very cute. It's called The Henna Wars.
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The Henna Wars (2020)
Creators: Liked When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants—as long as she isn’t herself. Because Muslim girls aren’t lesbians. Nishat doesn’t want to hide who she is, but she also doesn’t want to lose her relationship with her family. And her life only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life. Flávia is beautiful and charismatic and Nishat falls for her instantly. But when a school competition invites students to create their own businesses, both Flávia and Nishat choose to do henna, even though Flávia is appropriating Nishat’s culture. Amidst sabotage and school stress, their lives get more tangled—but Nishat can’t quite get rid of her crush on Flávia, and realizes there might be more to her than she realized.
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LovedI loved the henna Wars
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Lovedi love both of her books they're about unapologetic south asian teens who are also queer and have some really interesting discussions of what it means to be like a queer person of color
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Lovedhowever the romance and everything it was just top tier so i think i'm gonna settle with a 4.5 star with this one while it's not one of my favorite books i would say it's one of my favorite contemporaries
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Lovedher first book was the henna wars which i absolutely loved i read it back in march give it five out of five stars it's a contender to be one of my favorite books of the year i loved it so much
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Likedi think the romance ended up being cute at the end and like i said i loved the sister bond that our main character had with her sister and how interesting her relationship was with her mom
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