Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter was published February 2024 and is Lee’s first intentional romantic comedy. The book follows muffin baker Olivia Roberts, her beloved stuffed penguin Trip, and her band of book club misfits that meet at the local crime bookstore.Read More
A Comforting Queer Cozy Fantasy Comic: The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! One of my favourite micro niches is queer cozy fantasy middle grade comics—which mostly just means I adore the Tea Dragon series by K. O’Neill. I have a print from that series on my wall. I have the box set. I have the cardRead More
An Inclusive Magical Boarding School Story: Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione
Buy this through Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Since reviewing Grand Slam Romance, a heartwarming, sexy, and inspiring graphic novel set in the world of a magical queer softball league, I’ve been searching for another graphic novel to scratch that very specific itch. To my delight, Melissa Capriglione’s Basil and Oregano did just that. ThoughRead More
GBBO, but Sapphic and Bangladeshi: The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar
Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars and Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating, has become known for her compulsively readable teen romances centering queer Bangladeshi-Irish characters. Her newest novel, The Dos and Donuts of Love, tackles fatphobia, racism, and familial expectations, this time on the set of a nationally televised baking competition. Seventeen-year-old ShireenRead More
Alien Donut Shops, Cybernetic Tea Rooms, and More Sapphic SFF for Foodies!
Is there anything more comforting than reading a cozy fantasy book? Maybe watching The Great British Bake Off. That’s why I love sci-fi and fantasy books that incorporate food, whether it’s a magical bakery or an alien cooking competition. And of course, any book is better with queer characters. Interestingly, I found this list neatlyRead More
Danika reviews The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This is where I use the wishy-washy definition of which books the Lesbrary covers (books about a main character who “doesn’t identify as a man and is at least some of the time attracted romantically and/or sexually to others who do not identify as a man”) so thatRead More
Kayla Bell reviews Mangoes and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Another holiday season, another sapphic Christmas romance. Cozy up with your favorite holiday baked goods and a cup of hot chocolate, because Mangoes and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera is an awesome addition to the genre. Our story begins in Scotland, where our protagonist, Kiskeya Burgos, is getting readyRead More
Shannon reviews Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I’m not someone who watches a lot of TV, so I was super surprised to find myself gravitating toward books centered around reality tv shows. There’s something about these stories that captures my attention in a way the actual shows airing on television never have. Rosaline Palmer TakesRead More
Danika reviews Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This is a romcom starring a bisexual woman in a love triangle between two guy love interests, so if you’re not looking for an M/F romance, I recommend checking out another Lesbrary romance review! This is a queer romcom that is essentially set at The Great British BakeRead More
Danika reviews Space Battle Lunchtime Volume 3 by Natalie Riess
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I adored the first two volumes of Space Battle Lunchtime. It’s an all-ages graphic novel of a cooking competition(!) in space(!!) with a cute F/F romance (!!!) What more could you want? The first two volumes felt like two halves of a whole story. It finished with aRead More