Loved itThe first book was called Upright Women Wanted. It was my first time ever trying out my TBR.co from Book Riot. I got recommended this and I enjoyed it so much. There's a ragtag crew of horse thieves.
Upright Women Wanted (2020)
Others: Leaning positive “That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.” Esther is a stowaway. She’s hidden herself away in the Librarian’s book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her—a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.
- ISBN:
- 9781250213587
- Length:
- 176 pages
Genres: science fiction, young adult
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MixedI'm also going to put this one as good around finna I mean, I don't think about it much. I like Sarah Gailey's Echo Wife, which came out this year, infinitely more than upright women wanted, but if you want like Handmaid's Tale cowboy, sort of story with really good LGBTQ representation, go for it. It's pretty fun.
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