Kelly Quindlen

This Must Be the Place Review — Is It Worth Reading?

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Updated on October 9, 2026 Verdict: A warm, funny, genuinely moving YA novel about queer community and a complicated family legacy, undercut by a back half that rushes and a romance that plays second fiddle to the bar. Best for: Readers who want found family, grief and queer joy more than a slow-building love story, … Read more

She Drives Me Crazy Review — Is It Worth Reading?

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Verdict: The best-executed sapphic YA rom-com of its generation — quippy, warm, genuinely funny, and built on a fake-dating premise that a loud minority of readers think the book never properly answers for. Best for: Readers who want a fast, feel-good high-school rom-com with real emotional work underneath, and who can accept a heroine who … Read more