Love in the Time of Global Warming (2013) - Francesca Lia Block
Sequel: The Island of Excess Love (2014)
DUOLOGY • DYSTOPIAN • BI FEMALE • SINGLE POV • MLM • WLW • AFAB TRANS MAN • GAY SIDE CHARAS •
After the Earth Shaker, which all but destroyed Los Angeles, seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) sets out into the wasteland in search of her family, her journey guided by a tattered copy of Homer's Odyssey. Soon she begins to realize her own abilities and strength as she faces false promises of safety, the cloned giants who feast on humans, and a madman who wishes her dead. On her voyage, Pen learns to tell stories that reflect her strange visions, while she and her fellow survivors navigate the dangers that lie in wait.
In her signature lyrical style, Francesca Lia Block has created a world that is beautiful in its destruction and as frightening as it is lovely. Love in the Time of Global Warming has shades of science fiction, fantasy, eco-fiction, and dystopic disaster.
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Tropes
hero’s journey • epic journey • trans*formation • closeted • coming out • unrequited love • retelling • magic • monsters
Warnings sex • fire • drugs • death • homophobia
Notes 1st book is a contemporary retelling of The Odyssey. It’s sequel is a retelling of The Aeneid












