YA LGBT Books discussion

Hi guys! My name is Becky, I have just released my debut novel onto Amazon Kindle - it is a boy x boy romance originally featured on the website Wattpad where it has gained over 2.4 million reads and thousands of fans across the world! If you are a fan of contemporary gay fiction set in the British college system then I would be so thrilled if you could check it out! Description and link below :) Thanks so much!

"Scotty Williams is the nerdiest 17-year-old at Havensdale College - and proud of it. However being a nerd can have its downsides, particularly when you're constantly being targeted by the school bully Taylor Raven and his cronies. As Scotty tries to navigate his final college years with the aid of his best friend Olive, he also finds himself on the radar of the mysterious and intimidating Vincent Hunter, toughest guy in the Sixth Form. Is Vincent really as bad as he seems? Will Scotty's darkest secret ever be revealed? Can he ever just finish his last few college years in peace? But most importantly... will any guy ever find the reasons to love a nerd like him?

The Wattpad hit "Reasons To Love A Nerd Like Me" by Becky Jerams comes to Kindle for the first time in a new and improved edition. With over 2.3 million reads and counting, the first draft has resonated with readers across the world and been compared to authors such as John Green and David Levithan. Recommended for fans of teen drama and unconventional romance."

GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Sounds right up my alley! Thanks for sharing.

Oh great! Glad to hear it, hope to hear your feedback! :)

But it's coming out only in October, right?

It's currently available on a pre-order and the official release date is Oct 12th :)

Oh. I got so excited - I thought I'd get it right now ^^ I need my YA LGBT books in my life.

I'm open to review requests if you ever need one in the future.

Thank you!

Haha aww!! I am trying to create a bit of a build-up with the pre-order :) Do you have a review blog at all? If so, I can send you the PDF for a review as that would be really helpful! Thanks :D

(Look at iPhone autocorrecting all of my previous comment. Wow. Technology fail.)

I don't have a review blog per se (I mean I do have a blog but it won't give you the traction you need as it is not a popular blog at all - I am a newbie). I post reviews on GoodReads though, which I think would suit you better either way.

Since I'm not a popular blogger or anything, I don't want you to send me an ARC if you feel it is not worth it (besides there is a chance I won't be able to get to it before its release date). I am quite ok to pre-order the book as it seems to be receiving quite positive reviews.

I have a strong preference for books with LGBT characters or themes, and I love YA, and the summary of your book seems really promising.

I do love when authors grant me a chance to read their books for free but I also understand the importance of being paid for your work ;)

Anyway, I'm excited that there is another book that I can add to my TBR!

Aww thank you! Well at the moment, I am really keen to get as many pre-orders as possible to try and get the book into the Gay & Lesbian New Release charts on Amazon, which is why I am only really looking to send out copies to review blogs at the moment.

However, the first draft of the story is available on Wattpad if you are keen to read it right away :) That is where my current reviews are from - although the new version flows much better and has lots of problems and errors fixed plus is readable on Kindle. So I will leave it up to you how you would like to read it, but either way I am super excited you are interested and hope to see your review when you finish :D

Fair enough :) I will preorder it on Amazon.

Oh thank you so much, that really means a lot <3 :D I really hope you'll enjoy it!

Oh thank you! :D I hope you might enjoy it!!

I like the sound of this one. Any plan to release in a non-kindle format in the future?

Added that to my TBR. All the best!

Thanks everyone! I appreciate the support :)

At the moment I'm keeping it Kindle only as I'm not sure on the demand for physical copies... Although I do wonder if Amazon's Create Space might be worth looking into in the future!

Sounds really good!