When I heard a YA book was coming out that was a lesbian boarding school Macbeth retelling, I was already on board before I had even heard that it was by Robin Talley, the author of one of my favourite lesbian YA books. This isn’t a direct retelling of Macbeth, but it does cover mostRead More
Danika reviews Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. 2016 is shaping up to be introducing the kind of LBPQ YA we’ve been waiting for. Between Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit‘s YA lesbian romance with an unapologetically religious main character, Of Fire and Stars‘s fantasy story focusing on two princesses falling inRead More
Aoife reviews Always Human by Ari (aka walkingnorth)
Always Human is a sci-fi webcomic set in 24th century Australia, where people now use ‘mods’ to essentially continually genetically engineer themselves – ranging from anti-cancer mods to fashion mods. People who don’t/can’t use mods are at an automatic disadvantage, particularly in terms of schooling – they can’t use memory mods and focus mods likeRead More
Cara reviews Not Your Sidekick by C. B. Lee
The premise of Not Your Sidekick has promise that the execution, unfortunately, doesn’t live up to. The best part of the book is the characterization of the protagonist and her love interest, but everything else falls short. The book opens as Jess, the protagonist and first-person narrator, tests herself for superpowers in the desert nearRead More
Link Round Up: August 22 – September 3
AfterEllen posted Identifying Queer Historical Figures. ALA GLBT Reviews posted Land of Many Faces: Telling The Tales of LGBT India. Autostraddle posted Anne of Green Gables Is Obviously Bisexual 18 More Classic Literature Characters Who Will Bamboozle You With Their Gay Gayness “Small Beauty” is a Big Deal for Queer Lit andRead More
Holly reviews Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
When I was just 30 pages in, this is the review I was considering writing for Tipping the Velvet: This book is so sweet I can barely stand it. The end. At this point I had hoped that the entire book would be a drawn out tale of Nancy and Kitty falling in love, staying inRead More
SPONSORED REVIEW: Danika reviews Sekma by Nel Havas
Back in December, I reviewed The Apprentice Queen by Nel Havas. Recently, the author contacted me about her new companion book to that novel: Sekma. (I say “companion” because this book can be read before, after, or independently from The Apprentice Queen, but they are linked.) Sekma is a character that fascinated me in The Apprentice Queen, soRead More
Tierney reviews Vera’s Will by Shelley Ettinger
Vera’s Will is a beautifully-told queer family saga, one that is by turns heart-wrenching and heartwarming, and at every moment an entrancing read. Ettinger tells the tragic story of Vera’s life, from her family’s flight from Russia after anti-Jewish violence at the turn of the 20th century to her lonely death in the 1970s, withRead More
Shira Glassman reviews Marian by Ella Lyons
One way to describe Marian by Ella Lyons is that it’s a kiddie version of Heather Rose Jones’s Daughter of Mystery — both are costume dramas featuring a traditionally feminine lesbian with a nurturing personality and a lesbian swordfighter living in a world where it’s not customary for women to participate in combat, both feature father figures who aRead More
Bessie reviews After Delores by Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman is a writer and ACTUP activist. Her novel After Delores was published in 1988. It’s a mystery set in the aftermath of a breakup, with the narrator trying to understand how to exist in the world now that her lover Delores has left. She creates a vivid portrait of New York City at theRead More
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