{"id":44434,"date":"2023-10-10T11:22:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=44434"},"modified":"2024-06-24T12:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T16:12:40","slug":"cech-library-spotlight-the-honeys-by-ryan-la-sala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2023\/10\/cech-library-spotlight-the-honeys-by-ryan-la-sala\/","title":{"rendered":"CECH Library Spotlight: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>CECH Spotlight highlights recommended books in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Honeys \/ written by Ryan La Sala (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CW: transphobia, homophobia, hate crime, murder, grief, bullying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/TH.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover image of The Honeys by Ryan La Sala\" class=\"wp-image-44435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/TH.jpg 292w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/TH-96x141.jpg 96w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/TH-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan La Sala&#8217;s contemporary horror <em>The Honeys<\/em>&nbsp;could be a sibling to the A24 horror movie <em>Midsommar.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The novel follows Mars, a genderfluid teen, as he embarks on a journey to find out more about his twin sister Caroline\u2019s horrific death. Mars attends the prestigious Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy, where his sister spent her summers leading to her death. This academy is the textbook definition for the gender binary, which Mars isn\u2019t too fond of. But while he\u2019s there, he meets Caroline\u2019s old friends, the Honeys. But as Mars begins to get close to the Honeys, he starts to uncover the horrifying truth of what led to his sister\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout his novel, La Sala explores both the gender binary and grief explicitly. The novel is centered around Mar\u2019s grief over losing his sister, as well as what it\u2019s like living in a gender world where to him, gender is fluid. The novel utilizes vivid imagery to help build suspense and horror, leaving reads completely on edge the further in the book they go.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book is available from the <a href=\"http:\/\/uclid.uc.edu\/record=b8775576~S39\">CECH Library<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/olc1.ohiolink.edu\/record=b43498879~S0\">OhioLINK<\/a>, and the<a href=\"https:\/\/ohpir.searchohio.org\/record=b8691544~S0\"> Search Ohio<\/a> lending networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Review by Alice Somers, CECH Library Student Assistant | Early Childhood Education and Deaf Studies, CECH 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CECH Spotlight highlights recommended books in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library. The Honeys \/ written by Ryan La Sala (2022) CW: transphobia, homophobia, hate crime, murder, grief, bullying Ryan La Sala&#8217;s contemporary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2023\/10\/cech-library-spotlight-the-honeys-by-ryan-la-sala\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1291,2048,2271,2272,320,2270,2219,2218,1901,2012,2030],"class_list":["post-44434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-cech","tag-book-review","tag-cech-book-review","tag-cech-child-ya","tag-cech-collections","tag-cech-library","tag-cech-library-blog","tag-cech-spotlight","tag-college-of-education-criminal-justice-and-human-services-library","tag-curriculum-materials","tag-ya-fiction","tag-young-adult-fiction","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44437,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44434\/revisions\/44437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}