Holy crap, The Scapegracers was such a good book! I was a little unsure going into it, but it grabbed my attention almost immediately. Itâs got a gritty neon hazed weirdness to it, reminiscent of teen horror movies. And weirdness is something that I absolutely love in a book.
I loved Sideways and the rest of this magical girl gang! Daisy is absolutely unhinged and I loved that about her. Yates is the sweetest person ever and she deserves all the hugs she could ever want. Jing isnât quite what I expected. Sheâs a little cold, but loves her friends and would do literally anything for them. And Sideways... damn, I really loved her. Sheâs so freaking relatable and sheâs a huge bundle of contradictions. Sheâs a social outcast, she doesnât take shit from anyone and will start a fight, sheâs soft and sweet, sheâs anxious. And she will do anything for her new friends. I just canât get enough of these girls and their magic!
Another thing that I loved about this book was that Sidewaysâ parents were actually involved in her life. Their interactions were so loving and sweet. They gave me hope for other YA books to actually have good parental figures.
If Iâm being honest, I donât think there was anything that I didnât like about this book. It was such a fun ride all the way through. I loved the blatant lesbian rep, the sapphic rep, the queer rep, the bisexual rep, the gay rep. All of it was so nice to see explicitly stated and not have it floating in some nebulous âare they, arenât theyâ space. The Scapegracers is getting a solid four and a half stars from me and I canât wait for the next book!
