Out of the Blue: The inside story of the unexpected rise and rapid fall of Liz Truss

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Honouring this legacy, Blue Book 2023: Out of the Blue—designed by Chief Artistic Officer Nathalie Verdeille—both perpetuates and reinvents the aquatic worlds that he dreamt up. The second Crest starts considering staying on land, it's about whether or not they want to give up human physical affection, if sex is better than the mer version, etc. I cannot describe how much I loved that all merfolk inherently use they/them pronouns - that's such a wonderful idea and led to very important discussions about gender identities. I'm not against the fake dating trope, but I was cringing every time they were talking about Dominic, who was an obvious jerk. I was a bit dubious about reading this at all because of the lowish ratings, but I so glad that I decided to 'dive' in anyway!

As a teen I enjoyed when my YA books had sex because it was like wow enlightening, so I can’t really comment on if it’s good or bad (I know there’s been debate). And I think perhaps it's just me as an adult consuming this young-adult book and it wasn't really written for someone like me (which I'm aware of! Out of the Blue follows a gay high schooler whose boyfriend broke up with him to immediately date another dude--it's then that a strange person washes up on shore.You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot! After being elected to the Commons in 2010, Truss becomes parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Education under David Cameron. But some of the mer aspects seem very Middle Grade and *before* the fade to black, it's like June is approaching adult content. And that's where this relationship fell apart for me -- I saw very little romance, just physicality-presented-as-love. When their paths cross, Ross realises it's the perfect opportunity for them to get their task done and go back to the sea — they will help Sean get his boyfriend back by following the steps of the carefully planned rom-com script Sean has prepared.

What’s more other species joined them and developed ashore, from scorpions to ‘spiders, ticks and mites’. A lot of the issues I had with this book, I also had with June's first book, Jay's Gay Agenda, so it might just be that Jason June is not the author for me.While recognizing no literature except that which springs from reality, they reserve the right to distort the truth according to the demands of their tales.