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Devils Like US by L.T. Thompson

Devils Like US

L.T. Thompson

Bloomsbury USA · Hardcover · June 3, 2025

A Stonewall Honor Winner New York Public Library Best Book of 2025 Our Flag Means Death meets The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue in this YA historical fantasy about three queer teens and their found family of queer pirates facing down a secret magical society.

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Who it’s for
A queer historical fantasy with swashbuckling momentum and room for its teens to find themselves.
Genres
Historical YA Fantasy, YA Pirate Adventures, YA LGBTQ+
Published
Bloomsbury USA, June 3, 2025

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A Stonewall Honor Winner New York Public Library Best Book of 2025 Our Flag Means Death meets The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue in this YA historical fantasy about three queer teens and their found family of queer pirates facing down a secret magical society. Remy wants to rescue her father. Cas wants to finally be himself. Finn wants to get the girl. Nineteenth-century Massachusetts high society isn't kind to anyone who doesn't conform to its norms.

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For years, Remy, Cas, and Finn have done their best to blend in. But when they find themselves targeted by an evil magical society, they'll have to find the strength to stand out. When a prophetic vision sets the three of them on a collision course, they embark on a journey that will take them aboard a ship of queer smugglers, into the path of a demon, and inside a sinister stronghold of dark magic. Together, they'll confront hidden secrets and face deadly odds-and, hopefully, find out who they truly are.

Found Family at Sea

A queer historical fantasy with swashbuckling momentum and room for its teens to find themselves.

Come here for

  • Queer found family, pirate adventure, and dark magic
  • Nineteenth-century social rules meeting supernatural danger

Expect

  • High-stakes adventure aboard a ship of queer smugglers
  • A warm found-family thread amid demons and dark magic

Where it sits

YA LGBTQ+81%
Historical YA Fantasy57%
YA Pirate Adventures55%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Pirate Adventures
  • Historical YA Fantasy
  • YA LGBTQ+
Authors
L.T. Thompson
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Published
June 3, 2025
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
YA Pirate Adventures