My Review:
Thank you to Toppling Stacks Tours for an ARC of this anthology. I really enjoyed this anthology. To read about so many aromantic characters was super heartwarming for me. I enjoyed how many different genres were touched and how the characters had different feelings about and reactions to being arospec. I did enjoy this set much more than the Being Ace anthology, this group of short stories felt like they fit better together, and I felt like this anthology was more explicit in the Aro identities than Being Ace was in the Ace identities. My favorites were The Binding, Paper Rebellions and Do You See Me?. My least favorites were Preservation and Flying Solo.
Book Info:
Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction about Love, Connection, and Empowerment edited by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor
Genre: YA Anthology
Publishing Date: May 26, 2026
Synopsis:
Being Aro is a collection of short stories in genres like science fiction, fantasy, historical, and
contemporary that shines a light on aromantic relationships and experiences, as well as the
many other sub-identities under the aromantic umbrella. From high-school matchmaking mishaps to battling book banning with dragons, this anthology is rich in imagination and diverse in its perspectives, showcasing aro characters that go on adventures, form friendships, and rise against the status quo.
Contributors include a mixture of established and emerging YA writers, such as Lammy Award-finalist Madeline Dyer, Lammy Award-nominated Rosiee Thor, USA Today bestselling Kemi Ashing-Giwa, and NYT bestselling authors Kalyn Josephson and Laura Pohl.
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About the Author:
Madeline Dyer (she/her) is a novelist, anthologist, poet, and literary academic, drawn to dark and monstrous stories. Her debut anthology Being Ace (Page Street YA, 2023) received a
starred review from School Library Journal and was named a 2024 Lammy Award Finalist at the Lambda Literary Awards, commemorating “outstanding LGBTQ+ literature from 2023.” Her debut novel Untamed (Prizm Books, 2015) also won the 2015 SIBA award for Best Dystopian Novel.
Madeline also writes romance and light-hearted contemporary fiction as Elin Annalise.
She is represented by Amy Collins at Talcott Notch Literary. Madeline teaches writing and has a 2:1 BA (hons) degree in English from the University of Exeter and an MFA (distinction) in Creative Writing from Kingston University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol, where she is researching and writing about traumatized girls and monstrous women in the Gothic, and exploring the intersections between Prehistory and the Gothic.
In 2020, Madeline founded YA Thriller Con, an online celebration of everything thriller, crime,
and mystery that ran for three years. YA Thriller Con is currently on hiatus while Madeline focuses on her writing. She has a herd of Shetland ponies, loves anything ghostly, and can frequently be found
exploring wild places. At least one notebook is known to follow her everywhere she goes.
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