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A Sweet and Swoony YA Romance: Love Points to You by Alice Lin Review

February 28, 2025 by Danika Ellis

First of all, this is of my all-time favourite YA covers. It’s so adorable. And I’m happy to say that the story delivered. We’re following Lynda, a teenager who is devoted to getting into her dream art school. Unfortunately, her father just remarried and she now has to share a room with her stepsister, Josie.Read More

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Feral Eldritch Ballerinas: I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

October 22, 2024 by Danika Ellis

Laure is a ballet dancer who has devoted herself entirely to her profession. She spends every waking moment honing her skill. And she is perfect. But as she soon learns, perfect is not enough. It doesn’t matter that she’s the best, because she’s fighting to rise up in an institution that sees her working classRead More

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How Much Would You Sacrifice for Fame?: Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris

July 18, 2024 by Danika Ellis

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! I won’t be able to get through this review without mentioning The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, so let me get the comparison out of the way now. Like Evelyn Hugo, this cover likely doesn’t scream “queer story,” but it is—twice over, actually. LikeRead More

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A Slam Dunk Sapphic Romance: Coasting and Crashing by Ana Hartnett

April 17, 2024 by Jamie Rose

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! With March Madness continuing into April, I decided to start my month with Ana Hartnett’s Coasting and Crashing, the third book in her sapphic contemporary romance series set at the fictional Alder University. This time, the story revolved around players on the university’s basketball team. Read More

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A Slow-Burn Romance About Rival Cartoonists: Outdrawn by Deanna Grey

February 28, 2024 by Emory Rose

Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! The dedication at the start of Outdrawn by Deanna Grey reads, “For oldest daughters who have become creatives obsessed with perfection.” This perfectly encapsulates this slow-burn rivals-to-lovers romance about the importance of valuing yourself and finding people who value you.  Noah Blue is an up-and-coming cartoonistRead More

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Mermaid Obsession Story Treads Water: Chlorine by Jade Song

August 20, 2023 by Raquel R. Rivera

Bookshop.org Affiliate Link In their debut novel Chlorine, Jade Song (she/they) draws upon her twelve years of lived experience as a competitive swimmer to craft the dark and complex inner world of Ren Yu, a Chinese American teenager coming of age in Pennsylvania and stepping—or rather, swimming—into her true destiny: becoming a mermaid.  While Song is clearlyRead More

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A Brutal and Beautiful Chinese Epic: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

August 18, 2023 by Vic

Bookshop.org Affiliate Link If you have even a passing interest in sapphic fantasy, you have almost certainly heard about She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan. A reimagining of the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty’s rise to power, it begins with a young boy who is destined for greatness and a young girlRead More

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About the Lesbrary

The Lesbrary is a sapphic book blog that started in 2010. It's run by Danika Ellis, and we have about a dozen reviewers from around the world recommending sapphic books in every genre. Check out the top navigation bar for more about the Lesbrary as well as options to browse by genre, age category, rating, and more.

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