Loukko by 
Original title: Matalapaine/Korkeapaine
Author: Salla Simukka
Published: 2021
Publisher: Tammi
Genre: Young Adult (13 or 14+)
Pages: 138
Reading material:
Full English translation
If your love can only be a secret, will it last?
- Rights sold to Actes Sud in France!
- Salla Simukka is Finland’s most internationally bestselling author with the Snow White Trilogy sold in 52 territories!
Varpu and Saga are two sixteen-year-old girls that are forced to stay in their hometown for the summer. After just one drunken kiss, prejudice and identity are shattered and it’s revealed how, behind the facade, everyone hurts and loves the same. In The Dark I Can be Yours is a touching and beautiful title about great emotions in the summer.
The authentic characters are supported by Simukka’s light and airy narrative. Each side of the book tells one girl’s story, which effortlessly melts together into a summer of love, insecurities, and the exploration of two young people.
In the Dark I Can Be Yours portrays queer love with airy light writing to the otherwise bittersweet undertones of the story. The ending is left hanging in the air in a way that makes you both thirst for more and think that every word in the novel was in the right place. A beautiful masterpiece from Simukka
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