Don't Be A Drag by Skye Quinlan, 368 pages.
After Briar Vincent's mental health takes a dangerously bad turn, her beloved older brother flies her out to spend the summer with him in New York, where he moved after graduation to escape their small Texas hometown and pursue his dreams of being a drag queen. New York is initially almost too much for Briar's anxiety to bear, especially after clashing with a drag king who is irritatingly full of herself (and also frustratingly hot). Which is how Briar ends up in a drag king of the year competition despite never having done drag in her life.
This is, overall, a sort of fun book about community building. There were some aspects I found frustrating (some inconsistent characterization, a pretty slow plot, a few other minor quibbles), but there were also some interesting portions, putting it at a pretty solid 3 out of 5 for me. This is definitely a young adult novel, so mileage may vary with enjoyment of the genre. Overall a fine book with good representation.
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