Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
You can find the releases I’m most anticipating this year over on my Unmissable list, but I use Can’t-Wait Wednesday to feature books I’m hopeful about but aren’t as sure of.
This week my Can’t-Wait-For Book is All the Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor!
Genres: Fantasy, Contemporary or Urban Fantasy, Queer Protagonists, YA
Representation: Autistic agender MC
Published on: 28th October 2025
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In this spellbinding romantasy, an agender teen stumbles into the fae world and finds love and belonging–but at what cost?
Eighteen-year-old Cam bounces between houses in Texas and Scotland and has always thought that’s why they don’t feel at home in either place. A recent Autism diagnosis followed by a fight with their Mothers add an extra layer of real-life stress, only amplifying their struggle to belong. However, things take an unexpected turn when they cross paths with members of the fae deep in a Scottish forest. With the Gaelic wisdom from their Granaidh (Grandma), Cam understands that they have been noticed by the fae, and that this means that their life is suddenly in grave danger.
Cam must make a face the danger or join the fae and never see their family again. With their human ties fraying even further, the allure of the fae’s acceptance tugs at Cam’s heart, but are they ready to say goodbye to their family forever? From the acclaimed author of The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, this is a lush, lyrical romantasy novel set at the crossroads of belonging and the magical realm of the unknown.
Yes, it’s YA, yes it’s calling itself romantasy. I don’t care; I’m so starved for agender rep that I am RIDICULOUSLY excited for this!
Agender AND autistic! Agender and autistic and tempted to join the fae.
SCOTTISH fae! Gaelic mythology! ALL THE YES PLEASE!
I will be disappointed if we end with Cam being all ‘no, I can’t, I choose humanity’ – mainly because I’m so sick of characters ALWAYS doing that. It would be so great to see a different ending, just for a change.
There’s a pretty well-accepted historical connection between autism and changelings, the fairy children left in place of human kids who are stolen by the fae. Most people I’ve seen discuss it are pretty convinced ‘changelings’ were often, maybe even mostly, autistic people. Then there’s the similarity between the fae’s inability to lie – and generally having very odd social customs – and the way many autists struggle with or strongly dislike lies and lying, as well as having a great deal of trouble with social cues and the like. Meaning that MacGregor is not the first person I’ve seen raise the idea that autistic people might find hanging out with the fae extremely appealing!
I’ve been dying for more stories that explore this, and it very much looks like that’s exactly what MacGregor’s doing here!
So, tldr:
*grabby hands*
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