Praise for Home Field Advantage:

A Summer 2022 Kids' Indie Next Pick

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Adler's magnificent new romance is a glorious touchdown of a book. - Buzzfeed, 44 New LGBTQA+ YA Novels You Need This Spring

This YA contemporary romance has not only a sweet sapphic love story but juicy narratives about football and cheerleading. - Autostraddle

Bubbly cheerleader Amber McCloud falls for star quarterback Jaclyn "Jack" Walsh in Adler's winning queer take on the classic meet-cute. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A swoonworthy romance about breaking the glass ceiling and being true to yourself, Adler's Home Field Advantage is a fun, queer twist on the quarterback/cheerleader trope that will suck you in from the very first page. - The Nerd Daily

Readers hungry for more sapphic love stories will give this fully fleshed sports-centric romance full marks. - Booklist

Adler keeps the pages turning with well-mapped tension and compelling characters, using clichés to her advantage as she builds an appealing and heartfelt romance...Bubbly but not naïve: a worthy rendition of a classic high school story. - Kirkus Reviews

Adler's full-hearted latest shines as bright as stadium lights on a Friday night. - Electric Literature, The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books for Summer 2022

"A combination of sizzling chemistry and heartfelt vulnerability makes the star-crossed romance between Amber and Jack irresistible. Home Field Advantage insists that women belong on the field--as cheerleaders whose athleticism should receive the recognition it deserves and as players granted the same opportunities as their male peers. Teen readers will applaud Amber and Jack's fight to be their authentic selves." - Shelf Awareness

I adored Amber and Jack and I loved their perfect high school romance. - The Southern Bookseller Review

A perfect summer read. - The Buffalo News

This was such a readable, engrossing book...Dahlia Adler continues to be a queer YA author you just can't miss. - The Lesbrary

A bubbly LGBTQ romance that puts a fresh new twist on the age-old relationship trope of the high school football quarterback and the team cheer captain. - Paste Magazine, The Best New YA Books of June 2022

J-A-C-K, I'm Team Jack all the way! Seriously though, Dahlia Adler's newest book, Home Field Advantage, is going to be an instant favorite. It's like your favorite pair of well-worn jeans, the biggest bowl of mac-n-cheese, or the snuggliest sweater on a warm night. It's the book you're going to read again and again when you desperately need a dose of big queer butterflies in the stomach. It's pure romantic gold with perfect girl loves girl attraction. Read it. Repeatedly. - Jaye Robin Brown, author of The Key to You and Me

"My expectations were high, and Dahlia still managed to exceed them. She completely captures the struggle of finding out who you are during those chaotic teen years with heart and humor. I was cheering for Amber and Jack for every single page!" - Chelsea Cameron, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Next Door

Home Field Advantage has it all. A swoony romance, characters you will be cheering for from start to finish, and a plot that sucks you in from the very first page. An instant favorite, perfectly capturing the power in being true to yourself and fighting for what is right. - Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl

Cinematic, swoonworthy, and full of queer solidarity that will have you cheering. Amber and Jack's chemistry leaps off the page. Adler has long been one of the key players in YA LGBTQ, but she has truly outdone herself here. - Kelly Quindlen, bestselling author of She Drives Me Crazy

Dahlia Adler's Home Field Advantage will break your heart and then bind it back together with turf tape. Both the swooniest of romances and a heartfelt story navigating the things we're passionate about and the people we're passionate about - and how sometimes what seem like hard choices between the two end up not being a choice at all. This book will make you cheer. - Lev Rosen, author of Camp

Dahlia Adler should be a household name. With a fairy tale ending for girls who like girls, Home Field Advantage is a swoony sapphic version of the teenage romcoms I grew up on. This book is an instant-classic. - Meryl Wilsner, author of Something to Talk About and Mistakes Were Made

A well-written story with solid pacing, believable characters, and relatable issues. - School Library Journal

Praise for Cool for the Summer:

A delightful, lighthearted romantic comedy. - The Seattle Times

Witty, wise, and disarmingly tender. I am hopelessly devoted to this summer dream of a book. - Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Adler's heartfelt contemporary romance is as bright and sweet as its cover and poignantly explores queer identity and self-discovery. - Buzzfeed

[S]trung through with humor, warmth, and sensuality, this romance will speak to any reader who has ever struggled to know their own heart. - Booklist (starred review)

Readers who enjoy romance will be delightfully surprised with this book that will take them a bit deeper on the road of self-discovery through high school crushes. - School Library Journal

The thoughtful representation of a questioning teen's struggle to understand herself...is sorely needed. A welcome addition to the small but growing canon of questioning queer fiction. - Kirkus

Writ-ten in a clear, acces-si-ble style, this book tells the com-pelling and sweet sto-ry of one girl's jour-ney of self-discovery. - Jewish Book Council

There are so many more reasons to pick up this YA romance... Cool for the Summer is the perfect addition to your LGBTQ+ YA reading list. - Shondaland