JIN YOUNG, IN BETWEEN

With alternate realities collapsing, one teenager might just disappear.

When Mina vanished from the webcomic she created and returned to her normal life in The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee (2024), Jin swore he would remember her—and he does, though everyone else around him has forgotten her and everything that happened when she was in his world. Jin is shocked, though, to one day suddenly find himself in Mina’s universe. Between the Korean American teens’ kisses and snappy exchanges, he realizes that he can jump back and forth between the two worlds—but not without dire consequences for his reality. Jin’s teleportation has attracted the attention of a powerful corporation, and he and Mina must figure out whom they can trust—and in which universe—before Jin disappears completely. Jin also faces hard decisions when it comes to his birth mother, who he believes abandoned him in Mina’s world, and the white family who raised him in his own. As in the first series entry, this title features funny dialogue, fast-paced action, and a simple narrative voice that makes issues such as transracial adoption and identity accessible. This writing style does, however, sometimes lead to the spoon-feeding of reveals, leaving little room for readers to make their own inferences.

More twisty K-drama-esque fun with new stakes to confront.