Black Iris gets a STARRED REVIEW in Publishers Weekly. Plus, my first interview this year.

First, the news that has had me bouncing off the freaking walls all day: Publishers Weekly gave Black Iris a STARRED REVIEW. Excuse me while I run around in circles, squeeing like a loon.

This is, obviously, just a really lucid dream I’m having, right?

I’ve also got an in-depth interview with my fellow Menace to Sincerity, Dahlia Adler, where I talk about some of the major themes in Black Iris—queerness, mental illness, sexy Aussies—and dish some tidbits on my upcoming third book, Cam Girl. Plus, Dahlz is giving away a signed paperback galley of Black Iris, so make sure you hit this up!

Here’s a taste of the interview:

“When I was a kid, I needed to see portrayals of girls like me, portrayals that weren’t painfully stereotypical and that captured the fluidity of sexuality and attraction. I didn’t relate to characters who were 100% gay and never hooked up with or had wayward thoughts about the opposite sex. It made me feel like a ‘bad gay’ on top of already feeling like a freak for being queer. There are plenty of kids out there who benefit from those portrayals, but there are also lots and lots of kids who fall somewhere between 0 and 6 on the Kinsey scale, and there are far too few books serving them. Bisexuality is arguably more taboo than gayness now, FFS. How the the hell did THAT happen?”

Read the full interview here.