Nilufer Ozmekik's Reviews > You Should See Me in a Crown

Oh myyyy... Why did I wait too long and let other books occupy me and procrastinate to have my special meeting with those amazing characters!

I’m telling you my friends defining this book as the sweetest, loveliest, coziest read is not enough!

I fell hard for this book because of many reasons which are:

One of the most inspirational, powerful MC:

There are lots of things to tell about Liz. She truly knows how challenging and hard to be a young black and queer girl in small town Indiana and how it hurts when she is treated unequally and unfairly. But she doesn’t have to stand it anymore!

She’s gorgeous, smart, brave, beautiful. She has amazing friends! She has supportive, incredible family! She is a successful student who can go to any college she wants to get out of that town to stay away its prejudiced folks! She can achieve anything she wants! I loved her girl power, getting out of the shadows to face the people, learning self respect, fueling her inner power.

Love story between Mack and Liz:

Hands down! They are adorable from the beginning and I couldn’t wish HEA more! Even though this heartfelt, extremely emotional was not only about their devoted love but it’s still a vivid piece of the story put a very wide smile on my face.

Well-crafted Supporting characters:

Liz’s brother Robbie’s brave and compelling fighting with his sickle cell disease and his struggles truly broke my heart. He was the one of the best brother for a little sister can have. And let’s not forget those adorable grandparents. It’s impossible not to fall in love with them. The one of the best things about this book is characters’ depictions. They’re so real, reminding us of people in our own lives, own families.

The inspirational approach to the sensitive issues:
Even though this book is considered as young adult book, it deals with so many important issues including homophobia, transphobia, racism with objective, realistic perspective. It awakens so many feelings including resentment, anger, sadness but in the end when you finish this book you feel extremely good, hopeful, light!

If you missed this book or accidentally skipped it, I highly recommend you to put back in your read list and urgently cancel everything to read it! It’s one of the most impressing books of this year with emotional writing, memorable characters and unforgettable messages which truly comes the author’s heart!