Sapphistires: A global history of love between women By Leila J. Rupp Sapphistires: A global history of love between women is a non-fiction book that aims to take the reader through the history of love between woman from all era and all places. Leila J. Rupp succeeds quite well in doing that. Her perspective isRead More
Allysse reviews Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller
Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller Patience and Sarah is a novel about two girls falling in love and trying to live together in the 19th century. Love is a strong element in the novel. It is what drives the main characters into action but it is not the only kind of love we discoverRead More
Allysse reviews Hellebore & Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff
Hellebore & Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic Edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff This anthology has previously been reviewed by Danika. It is one of the reason that drove me to read it. The other reason, as for Danika, was the cover. I agree with everything she wrote in her review. The anthology isRead More
Allysse reviewed Super by Mari Sroud
Super by Mari SroudSuper is the story of (humans) super-heros who wander the streets at night to make cities safe. The book follows the life of Ophelia. She is not the narrator per se but very well could be. We live the adventure through her eyes. Ophelia is a rich heiress by day and aRead More
Allysse reviewed “Song of Bullfrogs, Cry of Geese” by Nicola Griffith
“Song of Bullfrogs, Cry of Geese” is a science-fiction short story set in a world in which a disease – or symptoms as it is named – is weakening the human race, slowly making it die. The story particularly focus on one immunologist, Molly. She lives on her own, recluse, near Atlanta. She is givenRead More
Allysse reviews Time Well Bent edited by Connie Wilkins
This anthology has a very interesting theme. It aims to retell some historical events with a twist: what if the major characters of those events hadn’t been straight? As soon as I learned about this book I wanted to read it. I love History, short stories and obviously I love reading books with non majorRead More
Allysse reviews Women’s Barrack by Tereska Torres
Women’s Barracks is a novel by Tereska Torrès. It depicts the lives of a few women and girls who worked for the Free French Forces that existed in London during World War 2. The novel is a sort of collection of snapshots of their lives. It is based upon the journals the author wrote duringRead More
Allysse reviews Burning Bright by Melissa Scott
Burning Bright is a story about power struggle set in a science-fiction universe in which two different races co-exist – the Human and the Hsai – but are battling for power. Burning Bright is the name of the planet in which pilot Quinn Lioe docks her ship for repairs which makes her spend a fewRead More
Allysse reviews Becoming by Wendy Clark
Becoming is the story of Alison and Marilyn. Told from the point of view of Alison, we follow her life from the moment Marilyn reappears in it while wandering into their common past at university. The novel is divided into two parts. The first one, called “cocoon”, introduces us to the characters and their present.Read More
Allysse reviews The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif
The World Unseen is set in South Africa in the 1950’s and relates the story of two women – Miriam and Amina – and the way their lives impact each others. Let me start this review by saying that I love this book. After a lot of trouble to get it from my library IRead More