Hunted by Megan Spooner

Hunted by Megan Spooner-384 pages

Beauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones—and in her blood. Though she grew up with the city’s highest aristocrats, far from her father’s old lodge, she knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who’s ever come close to discovering them. 

So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Out in the wilderness, there’s no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas…or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman. But Yeva’s father’s misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he’d been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. 

Deaf to her sisters’ protests, Yeva hunts this strange Beast back into his own territory—a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures that Yeva’s only heard about in fairy tales. A world that can bring her ruin or salvation. Who will survive: the Beauty, or the Beast?

Love in the Time of Global Warming, Francesca Lia Block, 240 pages

Love in the Time of Global Warming, Francesca Lia Block, 240 pages

The title would make you think that this is some sort of reference to Love in the Time of Cholera, but it's actually a post-apocalyptic retelling of The Odyssey.  Penelope (Pen) is searching for her brother after the ocean seems to swallow California whole. Along the way she meets scary giants, bewitching sirens, and the love of her life. As usual of FLB, the writing is gorgeous and she is LGBTQ-friendly (no spoilers here).  I would recommend this to fans of the Weetzie Bat series and other FLB works.  Not to read if you're a fan of Homer's original, as it takes significant liberties.