Ophelia After All

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Queer delight through and through’ – Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a CrownA teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, the hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by Racquel Marie.Ophelia Rojas knows what she likes: her best friends, Cuban food, rose-gardening, and boys – way too many boys. Her friends and parents make fun of her endless stream of crushes, but Ophelia is a romantic at heart. She couldn’t change, even if she wanted to.So when she finds herself thinking more about cute, quiet Talia Sanchez than the loss of a perfect prom with her ex-boyfriend, seeds of doubt take root in Opheliaâ firm image of herself. Add to that the impending end of high school and the fracturing of her once-solid friend group, and things are spiraling a little out of control. But the course of love – and sexuality – never did run smooth. As her secrets begin to unravel, Ophelia must make a choice between clinging to the fantasy version of herself sheâ always imagined or upending everyoneâ expectations to rediscover who she really is, after all.

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