Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Just beautiful! Hopeful while being realistic for the 50s Lo does an amazing job with the setting - glamorous and secretive clubs! - and Lily is a great character.

I remember being at the YALSA ya lit symposium in 2014 or 2015 and listening to a panel about LGBTQ teen books. Some ignorant librarian asked whether a book that had a character with multiple identities was “too much for teens.” People literally gasped. Without missing a beat, Malinda Lo was like, “Well no, I exist and I'm not too much.” I'll always remember it because the applause was thunderous. Iconic.