Gabby's Reviews > You Should See Me in a Crown

This was so freaking cute. This is a YA novel that follows this girl named Liz who decides to run for prom queen so she can get the scholarship that comes along with winning it, so she can go to her dream college. The only problem is the fact that she is falling for a girl she is competing with, so cue the forbidden romance!! This book was so cute and so soft and it made my heart so happy. It has a great message about being proud of who you are and some important own-voices representation, and I think this would be a great novel for young adults to read. I loved Liz's relationship with her brother in this book, it was so soft and precious. I also enjoyed the discussion in this book about how challenging it could be for her at times to be a queer Black girl in a small town. This is a book I would love to see get a film adaptation, I would love to see Liz on screen!

Also, side note it's super cool that this book has a character named Gabby, it's super rare for me to see my own name in books and even though I wasn't the biggest fan of her character it made the experience even more awesome for me to read this book haha. I also loved the fact that Liz was in band in her school too, it made me miss those days I used to be in band class and made me feel super nostalgic.