When I think of books I’ve read that stick out to me, Any Other City sits at the top of the list. You might know the author Hazel Jane Plante from her work Little Blue Encyclopaedia (For Vivian) which I’ve often seen recommended for its unique premise of being told in an A-Z list of moments from the mainRead More
(Mis)fortune Favours the Bold: Misery’s Wife by Joan Tierney
I’ve had my eye on Misery’s Wife since I first saw it pop up on my feed: a Portuguese inspired fairytale featuring three sisters who had been whisked away to marry mysterious kings—one of the ocean, one of the sky, and one of misery—only for their youngest sister to receive a message to save her third sisterRead More
Suffocating Sapphic Horror: Mere by Danielle Giles
There has been an abundance of sapphic historical fiction in the last year, especially those that centre an isolated nunnery/convent with something untoward happening. The Starving Saints and The Unworthy are likely to be the most well-known, but there is another that was published in summer 2025 set in the medieval British countryside with an eerie folk horror simmeringRead More
Dancing with Death: Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto
Shadow Life follows Kumiko, a 76-year-old lady who has rejected the assisted living home her daughters wanted to send her to, venturing off to find her own apartment and make her own way. She doesn’t tell her daughters where she is (despite one’s persistent pestering) and is determined to make it clear than she is capableRead More
Sapphics and the Sea
As a lesbian who has always been fascinated by the deep sea (so much so, I have a Goodreads shelf titled ‘weird ocean stuff’), it is particularly pleasing to me to see so many releases merging the two. I recently read and reviewed The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang for the Lesbrary, and it gotRead More
Down in the Depths: The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang Review
One of the many niche things I enjoy is the deep sea. There has been something so fascinating to me about sea creatures and bioluminescence and the abyssal and hadal zones for over a decade now—so seeing that The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang (June 2, 2026) featured a giant jellyfish, a strange and isolated island, andRead More
An Unsettling Gothic Sapphic Romance: Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez
Muñeca is a gothic sapphic romance that releases this June. We follow Natalia, a witch who has recently taken on a job to work as a caretaker for Violetta Miramontes, a young woman paralysed mysteriously a few years ago. Natalia is convinced it is a curse; it’s part of the reason she sought out the job inRead More
Love Across the Ages: The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri Review
The Isle in the Silver Sea is my second Tasha Suri novel. I read The Jasmine Throne in 2024 and found myself impressed with the world building. Whilst its sequel still sits on my ever-growing TBR pile, I knew I couldn’t pass up the chance to read this new release when I saw it advertised—partially because lady knights!Read More
Throughout Space and Time: Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon
Seth Haddon’s Volatile Memory follows scavenger Wylla as she the call of an alluring piece of tech—one that will make her a lot of money. Things are not as they seem: the tech is attached to a dead body, and once removed, it speaks to her. What follows leads our mask, HAWK, and Wylla to race acrossRead More
It’s All in the Cards: Saturn Returning by Kim Narby
Saturn Returning centres around three friends (Trace, Silvia, and Jordan) who we follow in two timelines, past and present. In the past, we see how they first meet at college, how Jordan begins to come out of her shell and explores her sexuality; how Trace is a sucker for girls and falls hard when she fallsRead More