A pair of YA thrillers starring young WLW

[hebethen]

I had the good fortune to come across two of these in a row without even having had to look for them!

First: Naomi Kritzer's Catfishing on the CatNet, a near-future SF thriller about an internet-loving teen and her mother constantly on the run from a mysterious abusive father, contains a sweet and very organic f/f subplot. It's apparently set up to be the start of a series, and I'm really looking forward to the next book.

Second: Shamim Sarif's The Athena Protocol, a contemporary-ish spy thriller featuring a small all-female rogue spy agency, also contains an f/f subplot, though perhaps a tick more sub than CotCN depending on how you look at it. This romance is a lot more fraught, in the ways you'd expect from a spy thriller, if that's more your speed.

(My thoughts on these books as a whole)

(Bonus: Naomi Kritzer also wrote an f/f fantasy duology, Fires of the Faithful and Turning the Storm, which I particularly enjoyed for its portrayal of agnosticism in a world where believers command actual magical powers, among other things.)

Comments

[rachelmanija]

I had no idea that Catfishing on Catnet involved F/F! That bumps it even higher up my list.

[hebethen]

Right? It was such a lovely surprise!