The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The title “The Second Mango” is written at the top of the cover in the centre, in large black print. The author’s name “Shira Glassman” is written at the bottom of the cover in small white capitals. The background shows a a large space of green trees under a blue sky. On the right side of the cover, art of two young women on the back of a green dragon. The woman in front has short black hair, and is wearing a purple dress, pink over the should bag, light pink pants and pink shoes. She has her hands in the air above her head. The woman in the back has long blonde hair, a brown tank top, brown pants, light brown boots and a sword at her left hip. She is holding onto the woman in front. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Ableism
• Death
• Violence
• Attempted Rape
• Sexual Content
• Confinement
• Misogyny
• Misgendering
• Homophobia

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Summary:

Queen Shulamit never expected to inherit the throne of the tropical land of Perach so young. At twenty, grief-stricken and fatherless, she’s also coping with being the only lesbian she knows after her sweetheart ran off for an unknown reason. Not to mention, she’s the victim of severe digestive problems that everybody thinks she’s faking. When she meets Rivka, an athletic and assertive warrior from the north who wears a mask and pretends to be a man, she finds the source of strength she needs so desperately. Unfortunately for her, Rivka is straight, but that’s okay — Shulamit needs a surrogate big sister just as much as she needs a girlfriend. Especially if the warrior’s willing to take her around the kingdom on the back of her dragon in search of other women who might be open to same-sex romance. The real world outside the palace is full of adventure, however, and the search for a royal girlfriend quickly turns into a rescue mission when they discover a temple full of women turned to stone by an evil sorcerer.

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Notes:

This is the first book in the Mangoverse series.

There is an ebook. There is a kindle edition.

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Archivist Comments:

People like that the sexuality of the second MC doesn’t just magically change at the end of this book, and there’s also been praise directed at the friendship between the two MCs, as well as how the MCs food intolerances are handled. There is criticism directed towards the character development of one of the MCs, as well as the writing style- which many people have pointed out would probably feel more at home in a middle-grade novel.

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