Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues: award-winning queer YA romantasy

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What happens when your enemy becomes your friend with benefitsRed, White and Royal BluemeetsThe Magiciansin this surprising, wildly original and joyously funny LGBTQ YA novel set in a magical boarding school.

Tim Te Maro and Elliott Parker classmates at Fox Glacier High School for the Magically Adept have never gotten along. But when they both get dumped the day before the big egg-baby assignment, they reluctantly decide to ditch their exes and work together.
Whenthe two boys start to bond over their magically enchanted egg-baby, they realise that beneath their animosity is something like friendship or physical attraction. Soon,a no-strings-attached hook-up seems like a good idea. Just for the duration of the assignment. After all, they dont havefeelingsfor each other so what could possibly go wrong

From debut Kiwi author H.S. Valley, the latest winner of the Ampersand Prize, comes this gleefully addictiveromantic comedy thats perfect for fans of Rainbow Rowell and David Levithan. In a word its magic.

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'Sweet and sexy in equal measure,Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Bluesexplores all the confusion, messiness and joy that comes with queer first love.' Erin Gough, author of Amelia Westlake

'... A fun, low-stakes (but high-investment) romp through the brains of lovelorn, hormone-driven teenagers, and the delightful array of queer people that populate their school and by proxy their world.' Sam Brooks, TheSpinoff.co.nz

Author Bio

H.S. Valley grew up on the Waitemat Harbour in Auckland, at the foot of Takarunga. She now lives near the Waitkere Ranges with her partner. She has a bachelor's degree in design.She won the Ampersand Prize for her debut YA novel, Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues.