Charmed and Dangerous by Shelley Page is a teen rom-com that I’ll admit I picked up mostly because I was instantly charmed by the cover. My library got a copy of it, and after DNFing a couple of books and slogging through a third, I really needed something light that I knew would be fun andRead More
A Disappointing Dreamy Fantasy: The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham Review
The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham (June 2, 2026) follows Corin, a thief searching for her missing sister, and Amelia, a princess who’s been asleep for 100 years. Corin stumbles her way into Amelia’s subconscious, where she reunites with her sister, and they proceed to travel through Amelia’s dreams and meet demons, alter-egos,Read More
Sapphics and Softballs: Running Home to You by Samantha Saldivar Review
I’m a big fan of queer sports romances. It’s definitely the subgenre I read the most of, and there are so many really good ones out there. Something that I would like to see more of are the ones focused on women. Luckily for me, I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC of RunningRead More
Love Among the Stars: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Review
I love a story about space. Despite the fact that there is no way I would ever leave this beautiful blue Earth because the thought of it terrifies me, a tale about the people who want to explore the vastness of the stars compels me. So when I found out that Taylor Jenkins Reid wasRead More
This Title is Not a Legal Defense: No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe Review
No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe is about being gay and doing crime—the crime in question being murder. In it we follow Mel Tillman, a rural PI, who has been tasked with finding the whereabouts of Chloe Harper, who was her girlfriend when they were teenagers and has been missing for years. On Chloe’s sixteenthRead More
A Wild Dystopian Ride: Road to Ruin by Hana Lee
This is a post-apocalyptic ride of a novel with many a comparison to the Mad Max movies. Desert wastelands, thrilling motorcycle rides, and dinosaur-like creatures await in these pages! Jin-Lu, our main character, is a mage-bike courier, which means she has an aesthetically cool and extremely dangerous job taking messages and cargo across the wastelandsRead More
A Rebellious Regency Romp: Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee Review
After a month of reading nothing but books that were outside my comfort genres and were beginning to feel too real and too depressing, I decided it was time to reset my brain with a light fluffy romance. Fortunately for me, I received an advance copy of Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee (out September 9th),Read More
A Knight, A Princess, and Sapphic Soulmates: The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tashi Suri Review
The Isle in the Silver Sea (out October 21, 2025) by Tashi Suri is a story about stories, set in an alternate version of England, called the Isle. In it, we follow two incarnates—people who are reincarnated to follow the path of a written tale, like The Merciless Maiden, or in this case, The Knight and the Witch.Read More
Not The Fun Kind of Summer Camp: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle Review
Despite being the very first traditionally published Chuck Tingle novel, it’s the last one I’ve read! I read Bury Your Gays and Lucky Day earlier this year, so I’m finishing the backlist with Camp Damascus. Queer horror is one of my favourite genres, and I’m always excited to read more of it. The book follows RoseRead More
Be Gay Do Heists: Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto Review
There are few things more satisfying than watching a plan unfold with no hiccups—or with a few hiccups that get resolved in the most epic of ways. Heist plots are perfect for creating that irresistible balance of intrigue, action, and suspense that makes me keep on turning the page. Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto is aRead More