Can’t Wait Wednesday – TROUBLE GIRLS by Julia Lynn Rubin

 

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about.  It is a meme that I have  loved participating in since I first started blogging, but as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.

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My selection for this week is TROUBLE GIRLS by Julia Lynn Rubin.  This book’s blurb had me at queer reimagining of Thelma & Louise, but those comparisons to Riverdale, Courtney Summers and Mindy McGinnis don’t hurt either.

 

TROUBLE GIRLS by Julia Lynn Rubin

Publication Date:  June 1, 2021 by Wednesday Books

 

From Goodreads:

A queer YA #MeToo reimagining of Thelma & Louise with the aesthetic of Riverdale, for fans of Mindy McGinnis, Courtney Summers, and Rory Power.

When Trixie picks up her best friend Lux for their weekend getaway, she’s looking to escape for a little while, to forget the despair of being trapped in their dead-end Rust Belt town and the daunting responsibility of caring for her ailing mother. The girls are packing light: a supply of Diet Coke for Lux and her ‘89 Canon to help her frame the world in a sunnier light; half a pack of cigarettes for Trixie that she doesn’t really smoke, and a knife—one she’s just hanging on to for a friend—that she’s never used before.

But a single night of violence derails their trip and will forever change the course of the girls’ lives, as they go from ordinary high schoolers to wanted fugitives. Trying to stay ahead of the cops and a hellscape of media attention, the girls grapple with an unforgiving landscape, rapidly diminishing supplies, and disastrous decisions at every turn. As they are transformed by the media into the face of a #MeToo movement they didn’t ask to lead and the road before them begins to run out, Trixie and Lux realize that they can only rely on each other, and that the love they find together is the one thing that truly makes them free.

In rushing, powerful prose Julia Lynn Rubin takes readers on “a blistering, unapologetic thrill ride” (Emma Berquis) that will leave them haunted and reeling. Trouble Girls is “a powerful, beautifully-written gut punch” (Sophie Gonzales).

 

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I’d love to hear what upcoming book releases you’re waiting on this Wednesday? Leave me your link in the comments below and I’ll stop by and check out your CWW selection for this week. 🙂

24 replies
  1. Sam@wlabb
    Sam@wlabb says:

    This one screams darker side to me, so not really my vibe, but I know there is an audience that will love this book. The description reminds me of Hello Girls for some reason, which we good, but too dark for me.

    • Suzanne
      Suzanne says:

      Oh yeah, I’m pretty sure this will be a dark read. I’m excited for it but will have to be in the right frame of mind before I actually read it.

    • Suzanne
      Suzanne says:

      Yes, Thelma and Louise was a really popular movie back in the early ’90s. It has Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, and Brad Pitt in it.

  2. verushka
    verushka says:

    Alright, that just sounds fantastic — great pick, Suzanne! I wasn’t sure about the number of name drops in the beginning, but that blurb won me over!

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