Doublers by Alex London - 3 stars
- interesting concept but would be more suited to a full novel.

Aesthetically Hungry by Mato J. Steger - 2.5 stars
- just okay

The Rift by Claire Kann - 4 stars
- would love to see this as a full novel or novella

Renaissance by Emma K. Ohland - 2 stars
- It felt like the queer element of this story was added as an afterthought to make it fit in this anthology.

Like Sunshine, Like Concrete by Z. R. Ellor - 3 stars
- Transgender super soldiers!?!?

Translating for the Machine by Nita Tyndall - 2 stars
- I loved that the non-binary main character couldn’t be coded by the computer in this story but the addition of the queer relationship in this story felt like it was added in case people didn’t find it queer enough.

Reshadow by Adam Sass - 4 stars
- super interesting concept

The Department of Homegoing Affairs by Kalynn Bayron - 3 stars
- cool concept but it could have been a bit more futuristic to be believable

The Undeniable Price of Everything by Z. Brewer - 1 star
- This story left me confused and feeling like I just wasted my time

Present: Tense by Jim McCarty - 4 stars
- The rapture but only for straight people, I dig it.

Nick and Bodhi by Naomi Kanakia - 1 star
- How did this story even get selected for this anthology!? This is a story about a trans person bullying the queer group at their school because they couldn’t guess that they were trans. Nope, hard pass.

Crash Landing by Mason Deaver - 3 stars
- An alien giving romance advice, well that’s something that I thought I’d never read

Beauty Sleep by Alechia Dow - 2 stars
- Scene for scene retelling of Sleeping Beauty but with a Sci-fi twist

Concerto by Abdi Nazemian - 3 stars
- classic love transcends time and space story with literal time and space involved

H O M E by K. Ancrum - 5 stars
- stuck in a time loop for 20+ years, simple but well done.

Fractal Eyes by Ugochi M. Agoawike - 2 stars
- I was bored the entire way through this story.

Nobody Cares Who we Kiss at the End of the World by Leah Johnson - 3 stars
- By the time I made it to this story I was just so ready for this anthology to be done. This was fine but it didn’t wow me.

Great concept for an anthology (speculative fiction starring LGBTQIA characters), gives readers hope for a bright future for queer people.

This anthology of short stories was hard for me to grasp. The description oversold what I believed this publication to be, there are stories writing by YA queer authors, but too disconnected for me to follow.

I'm not much of an anthology or sci-fi reader but WOW, this was really good and varied! I heard this was also a book 3 but it read really well as a standalone. I was interested in seeing some stories be more developed while other felt perfect as they were.

Just like Out Now, this book disappointed me. I do like science fiction, but some of this stories were too scientific/complicated for me to understand. Again, that's a failing on my part and doesn't say much about the book itself so continue to take my opinion with a grain of salt as far as this trilogy is concerned.

Short story collections are some of my favorite types of books to read, as they offer a lot of bang for your buck when it comes to amount of ideas in a single book! This anthology contained works from some of my favorite authors, and also had some new favorites I discovered while reading! There was no single story that lost my attention, as each was well written and honed to fit within the short space allotted to it in the anthology. I have enjoyed each publication in Saudra Mitchell's pride anthology collection, and I will be sad to see it come to an end.

I’ve really loved this anthologies. A group of queer authors representing so many identities and minorities each writing a story that they wanted to see growing up, sounds perfect. And this one continued what had been done before.

Now I have a bit of a conundrum here. I realized while reading this that I am not really a fan of sci-fi, and this book was heavy on it. I did enjoy some stories quite a bit, but I had a real hard time getting through others (the first story was especially difficult. I kept debating skipping it all together.). Let’s talk about the ones I did enjoy.

Aesthetically Hungry by Mato J Steger.
I loved the idea of being able to get the body you need in order to feel like yourself (not so much a fan of the cost of it, but that tracks with how we are as a society). The romance was also super cute.

Renaissance by Emma K Ohland
Talk about sweet and beautiful. I loved how the love story blossomed in this one and the path of the story.

Present: Tense by Jim McCarthy
I looooove the idea of a allocishetereosexual reaping. The moment with his mother was really wonderful.

Concerto by Andi Nazemian
Sweet and beautiful and earnest. I love the idea that true love can pierce through memory loss.

All in all this was a decent collection and if you liked the previous ones and enjoy sci-fi, then I think you will love this.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and review.

This was a solid anthology, although I'll admit it wasn't one of my favorites. It's been a minute since I finished the collection, but none of the stories really stuck out to me after I closed the book. Most of them felt like stories that would have worked better as full-length novels, rather than being condensed into a short story. Maybe I'm simply not the target audience for this book, but it didn't quite work out for me the way I had hoped.

A collection of futuristic, queer short stories from a variety of authors.

I DNF'd 2 of the stories in this collection. Everything else was middle of the road for me. After finishing this a couple days ago, I can't remember any details from any of the stories.

And now, we’ve come to the end of this queer YA anthology that I’ve enjoyed so much. This is the one that I was most nervous about because sci-fi and fantasy is usually not the genre for me.

My love of queer YA overpowered that for about half the stories here! I had a good time with about half of this and some of these stories REALLY stuck with me. One in particular by Adam Sass was giving major Twilight Zone vibes. Unfortunately, a lot felt like the set up for longer fantasy novels and those didn’t get me, for the obvious reasons.

A solid ending for the trilogy, and my guess is this would really land for people who love the genre. I just wish that had been me.

3.5 stars rounded down

I am withholding all reviews for HarperCollins titles until the HarperCollins Union receives a fair contract

I love these series and this one lived up to
My expectations! I have been reading these for years and I love all the different types of stories.

I really liked this anthology, but I wanted more from most of the stories. They felt like a beginning and not stand-alone short stories. I really enjoyed The Department of Homegoing Affairs and Nobody Cares who we Kiss at the End of the World.

Another knock-out round of short stories curated by Saundra Mitchell. These queer short stories provide glimpses into the work of so many fantastic authors, with contained and satisfying stories that celebrate many aspects of queer identity.

I absolutely adore this anthology series! I hope they just keep coming out. The editors do an incredible job assembling such a range of voices. We need more of this in the world!

I've been reading this anthology series since the beginning. I absolutely loved thise one. SFF is my favorite genre so I might be partial to this one. The stories crafted by these authors are great, and also gives readers an insight into thier writing styles.

Another great anthology of queer ya fiction from Saundra Mitchell; firs in well with the other books of theirs in our collection.

"Out There" is the third anthology in this series, following "All Out" and "Out Now," and this one features speculative stories about young queer people in the future. As with many anthologies, this was a bit hit or miss for me. A few of the stories, like "Aesthetically Hungry", " Renaissance", and "HOME", were really quite outstanding and ultimately made this worth the read. I still think there's a lot of good here, and that anyone interested should check it out!

I love sci-fi, I love it even more if it's queer sci-fi, so of course I was going to love many stories in one with at the center YA queer sci-fi themes. This was a delight. Many different style with all the different authors and sci-ci excellence. It was highly entertaining even if it left me wanting for more. I'm used to very big sci-fi books full of details and with short stories in anthologies sadly you are left wanting for another page, another chapter, a whole series.