A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus.” — The New York Times A unique, dark, gripping and deeply moving YA horror-fantasy book. It not only creeped me out but also made me sob. A Must Read for The Pride Month. you know, when i started this reading challenge i was worried that it would go too well. that i would give every book at least four stars because they would all just be too good or because i would start being too nice because i love good representation too much. (take a shot every time i say the word "too" in this sentence). title from famous prophets (stars) by car seat headrest Language: English Words: 2,055 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 2 Kudos: 15 Bookmarks: 3 Hits: 135

An] astounding and exhilarating debut. . . . This fast-paced adventure is chaotic in the best way, featuring diverse and relatable characters that readers will fall in love with, despite their flaws, and a heartrending love story that reminds us that humanity seeks comfort even in the most painful of times.” — Booklist, Starred Review There is so much to say about this book. About how the body horror and dissonance intersect with the experience of the trans main character. How it makes space for queer rage in a unique way. The ways in which the found family aspects are some of my favourite representations of queer communities. But I don’t really have words for all of those thoughts and some are not mine to speak on. So instead, here’s a cobbled-together and shortened version of what I can say about this book: A bunch of unrelated poems that have Hell Followed With Us energy because I can't get this book out of my head but I also don't write fiction. May or may not be directly related to the book. I'm going for vibes more than anything else here. Language: English Words: 2,070 Chapters: 16/16 Comments: 2 Kudos: 13 Bookmarks: 1 Hits: 137 The MC, Benji, a trans, gay boy, is just my precious son! I would do anything for him. His character arc was FANTASTIC.Hell Followed with Us is a visceral exploration of faith, queer rage, community, and goodness in a broken world. White states that this book ‘began life as a fit of rage.’ Rage is expressed in a world under the grip of extremists with their demented version of religion. White has written a book of gore, violence, and literally vomiting out one’s guts. Fast-paced and difficult to read but more difficult to not read, the underlying message of blindly following a leader is clear."— Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children’s Bookstore, Indianapolis, IN Rep: Trans boy, autism, mental health, mlm, characters who use neopronouns, side POC, nonbinary, sapphic, aromantic, trans fem Hell Followed With Us’ bristles with energy and intensity, written with a kind of gleeful ferocity. . . . It shines in crystalline moments when Benji considers himself and his body, the viciousness of the virus taking hold and the irony of its unexpected gifts. . . . White’s novel . . . [responds] with a long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus.”— The New York Times

at the end of it i realized that there was a love triangle going on. and with at the end i mean when i finished it and saw ot I was supposed to do this with Dad. We were supposed to leave Acheson together. We were supposed to make it to Acresfield County together. Now he’s a corpse in the lawn of a crumbling hotel, brains soaking into the dirt, returning to earth for out of it he was taken.it's always the books i buy a physical copy of without reading them in another medium first. why is that. why does the book god hate me that much. This book made me feel as understood and validated as I was unsettled and pissed off. With vivid prose and a mirror held up to the ugliest parts of ourselves, Andrew Joseph White is poised to become a defining voice of our generation.”— H.E. Edgmon, author of The Witch King I received a free digital eARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review Religious Trauma and Body Horror Burns54321 Fandoms: Shall We Date?: Obey Me! (Video Game), Hell Followed With Us - Andrew Joseph White Dad died holding my face—his blood smeared down my tongue, across my cheeks, matted in my hair—and begging me to be good.

One of the bodies is twisted, the leg held at a broken angle, and I can’t tell if the Angels did that or the Flood did. The Flood is cruel. It’ll do some terrible things to a body. I dreamed about what it would be like on the other side of the bridge. Dad and I could head north and find a place to make it through the summer. Sure, there would be Angels, because there would always be Angels until the last nonbeliever was dead, but we would have all the earth to avoid them. Maybe we would meet someone: a handsome nonbeliever who would fall for me when I soaked his hands in warm water and bandaged his wounds. He would be sweet and a little brash and queer as hell, and he wouldn’t mess up my pronouns when he saw my chest for the first time. Sometimes he was blond, like my fiancé. Most of the time, he wasn’t.is the year of darker yet hopeful and powerful queer YA stories like All That’s Left in the World and The Honeys, and without a doubt, Hell Followed with Us belongs to this category. It’s equally gorgeous, breathtaking, eerie, and at its heart so very queer. This story was about the community fighting war against the Angels, New Nazareth and the bullshit cult and Angels, dystopia etc. The issue is, if I didn’t get a whole depth on the Nazareth World / the Angels, how was I supposed to get a grip on the revenge plot? The whole concept was there, but like I said, the execution was terrible. Gloriously dark and immersive, Hell Followed with Us cuts straight to the core. With its endearing cast, detailed worldbuilding, and breathtaking horror, this novel kept me at the edge of my seat. Hands down the best YA horror book I’ve read.”— Aden Polydoros, author of The City Beautiful the characters come in main character who is fine and other characters i don't remember the names of because they felt as distinct as grains of rice. I’ll be the first to say I don’t read a lot of post-apocalyptic stories, it’s not a genre Im usually drawn to, but what I really liked about this is that it’s an end of the world story not necessarily about the end, it’s about the people. Yes there are...vivid descriptions of guts and rot and disease that brought the world down, but at its heart it’s a story driven by humanity and the resilience of people. All the characters were forced to grow up to fast, to make soldiers out of children, and the fact that there are times in the story where despite everything going on they still manage to laugh and be KIDS? That contrast with all the brutality of the worldbuilding, and the fact that those aspects blend and contrast so well together? I love that so much.