Venessa Vida Kelley
🇵🇷💗💜💙 Rep'd by @LitAgentSaritza WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON (@erewhonbooks, 2025), MANU FACES THE MUSIC (@onipress, 2026)
- Reposted by Venessa Vida KelleyFrom the wonderous fantasy to mind-expanding sci-fi, from the depths of horror to the magical realms of the speculative, we're proud to have an expansive list of SFF fiction eligible this year for awards consideration! @dianapho.bsky.social @viengsamai.bsky.social
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- 🚨WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON is massively on sale right now through Barnes & Noble and Libro.fm! If you’ve been holding off on grabbing the fully illustrated hardcover or getting swept away by Lee Osorio and Joel de la Fuentes’ audiobook performances, these prices are BANANAS.
- Hear me out, though. Michael Cimino—an actual Puerto Rican—as Benny, and TZP—a nationally ranked swimmer—as Río. 💙🧜🏼♂️🇵🇷👀 #whenthetidesheldthemoon
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- My opinion of Trump is best expressed through Buttercup’s words about Humperdinck from Rob Reiner’s “The Princess Bride”. He is nothing but a coward with a heart full of fear. And when I say he’s a coward, that is only because he is the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth.
- Thank you, @audible, for making WTTHTM a Best Listen of 2025! 🎉 “Performed beautifully by Lee Osorio and Joel de la Fuente, the audio brings every emotion, every quiet plea, and every moment of wonder to life. Hearing Spanish woven through the performance stopped me in my tracks, in the best way."
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- Reposted by Venessa Vida KelleyLibrary Journal (@libraryjournal.bsky.social)’s best books of 2025 includes 3 ABLA titles! WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by @venessakelley.bsky.social THE SPIRIT OF LOVE by Lauren Kate THE DATING PROHIBITION by Taj McCoy Congratulations to all on this recognition! 🥳
- My heart is beyond full. When the Tides Held the Moon just made it onto @libraryjournal.bsky.social’s Best Books of 2025! I’m honored to see it included among so many incredible titles! 😭 www.libraryjournal.com/story/Stella...
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- Reposted by Venessa Vida KelleyFor those keeping up with the GoodReads Choice Awards, Ann Liang’s I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN and Venessa Vida Kelley’s WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON made it through to the final voting round. You know what to do.
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- I’m so honored to see When the Tides Held the Moon included among WIROBooks’ Favorite books of 2025!! Thank you!!
- Someone hold me… WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON is having an incredible week of year-end accolades, and I’m simply overwhelmed with gratitude! Thank you to everyone who read and uplifted my book to send a message that queer, BIPOC Latine stories matter! 😭🇵🇷🎡🗽🧜🏼♂️🌊🌙
- Reposted by Venessa Vida KelleyStill celebrating that these 3 titles are Amazon's best books of 2025! THE SNIPS: A BAD BUZZ DAY by Raúl the Third @raulthethird.bsky.social FISH DON’T GO TO SCHOOL by Deb Pilutti @dpilutti.bsky.social WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by Venessa Vida Kelley @venessakelley.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Venessa Vida KelleyThe Goodreads Choice Awards 2025 is open and these ABLA titles are in the running! Science fiction: LOCAL HEAVENS by K.M. Fajardo Horror: YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White Debut: WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by Venessa Vida Kelley YA fiction: I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN by Ann Liang
- ✨Happy Asexual & Aromantic Awareness Week!✨ Though “Demisexuality” as a term didn’t exist in 1911, there are a number of scenes scattered throughout WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON that articulate Benny’s experience of being on the gray-asexual spectrum. This one might be my favorite.
