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Dahlia Adler’s Sliding Doors YA romance gives a bisexual Jewish teen two summers, one with a girl in New York and one with a boy in LA. Here’s what readers actually say about the split.
Dahlia Adler’s Sliding Doors YA romance gives a bisexual Jewish teen two summers, one with a girl in New York and one with a boy in LA. Here’s what readers actually say about the split.
Dahlia Adler’s bi YA summer romance gives a questioning heroine real care and a warm summer with Jasmine, but its love triangle runs on miscommunication. Our evidence-led review.
Verdict: A sex-positive, tension-heavy college romance with a pansexual narrator and a genuinely clever abstinence-pact hook, held back by a thinly drawn love interest and a contrived late breakup. Best for: New adult readers who want an out, unapologetic queer heroine, a bad-girl/good-girl pairing built on slow-burning tension, and a short, fast campus romance. Heat … Read more
Updated on October 8, 2026 Verdict: A sweet, well-liked YA football romance that takes a girl quarterback’s fight for respect seriously and specifically — undercut, according to several individual reader accounts, by heavier plot threads that get rushed past. Best for: Readers who want a closed-door YA sports romance that treats the hostility a girl … Read more