Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit

Cute, not terribly angsty, lesbian YA romance - exactly what I needed in the middle of ... everything. Love Jo and her learning to let other people into her life, from her new stepmother to her new group of friends in Rome. The minor characters were (for the most part) well-drawn and interesting, especially Gemma, George, and Elizabeth. Plot was a little overstuffed, with all of Dana's drama and the Evil Theater Lesbian toward the end, but the main storyline was so sweet and rewarding. Love that faith is taken seriously here - that seems rare in most YA, let alone LGBT YA (though that may be a lack of reading on my part). This was a fun world to escape to at the end of a terrible week.