Just as You Are

DEBUT Pride and Prejudice meets the New York City queer publishing scene in Kellogg’s debut. Liz Baker is a sex and relationships writer at the struggling queer online magazine The Nether Fields, but writing quizzes and sex toy reviews is no longer as interesting to her as it used to be. Plus she hasn’t had a successful date in a year. When The Nether Fields is saved from closure by last-minute buyers, Bailey Cox and Daria Fitzgerald, Liz clashes immediately with the surly, suited Daria, who thinks Liz is nothing but a frivolous fluff writer and that the magazine is doomed to failure. Despite their conflict, however, Daria and Liz soon discover that they have more chemistry (and more in common) than they ever expected. Kellogg has written a sincere, funny book that successfully uses Jane Austen’s characters and plot as a means to explore queer identity, gender expression, and the intersection of admiration and attraction.