Bianca Marais

Yes, absolutely.

Here you go.

I've been an avid listener for a long time and love your comp segments.

Thanks in advance for your help with finding comps for my YA 80s novel.

My name is Andromeda, whose horse girl protagonist is dealing with the aftermath of her twin brother's drunk driving accident.

Sixteen-year-old Andromeda, Andy, Summers, is marked as an outcast.

The whispers that follow her in the school hallways are hard enough, but being the only Jewish girl in her tiny Indiana hometown and having her twin brother, Leo, charged with homicide solidifies her place as pariah.

Her only solace is her beloved horse, Comet.

When she rides him, she's no longer chained to her reputation.

She imagines that she's soaring on the back of Pegasus.

When the rodeo comes to town, inspiration for the jackpot strikes.

But after the space shuttle Challenger explodes, can she ever forgive her twin brother for the wreck he caused?

The book is a reimagining of the Andromeda myth in which the heroine rescues herself, told in a dual timeline with romantic elements.

One comp I've thought of is Dear Medusa, and another is I Dream of Space, but neither is quite right for my story.

Thanks again for your help.

I mean, it's the infantilization of women to make them think that they need the thing, even though they don't need the thing.

And it's like, well, if you want to be young, then you're a girly.

So it's like, you're just not being tricked.

I think this is a good thing.

Bianca will not be tricked.