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Grief and Found Family in Alexis Henderson’s Young Adult Debut

March 13, 2026 by Briana Wilvert

Newly released this month, Alexis Henderson’s young adult debut, When I Was Death, brings the author’s signature fantastical horror to a meditation on grief and coming of age.  In the year since protagonist Roslyn lost her sister, Adeline, she’s almost completely disconnected from her life. The mysterious circumstances surrounding Adeline’s loss have cast an even longerRead More

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A Caravan of Teenage Grim Reapers: When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson Review

March 6, 2026 by Kit

A year after her sister, Adeline, dies under mysterious circumstances, a ragtag group of teenage girls descend upon Roslyn Volk’s small Midwestern town and make her an offer that she can’t refuse in Alexis Henderson’s When I Was Death. The girls (Naomi, Skye, Riley, Iona, Chloe, and the enigmatic Shiloh, who catches Roslyn’s eye from theRead More

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Love of the Game: Running Home to You by Samantha Saldivar

March 1, 2026 by Kathryne Slant

The Olympics are wrapping up as I write this review, which means I have sports on the brain—so even though it’s an entirely different season, this softball romance found me at the perfect time. Framed in flashback, Running Home to You (May 19, 2026) introduces us to Kate and Abby, third year undergraduates on theRead More

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Sapphic Dating Mentoring for the Newly Out Bisexual: Those Who Wait by Haley Cass Review

February 24, 2026 by Meagan Kimberly

Sutton Spencer is newly out as bisexual to her closest friend, Regan, and wants to explore dating women, but doesn’t know where to begin. So, Regan signs her up for the dating app Sapphic Spark and sends a message to the first woman Sutton showed an interest in, Charlotte Thompson. Charlotte is an aspiring politicianRead More

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Tennis Soulmates: Backhanded Compliments by Katie Chandler Review

February 20, 2026 by Vic

While the cover of Katie Chandler’s Backhanded Compliments suggests an ordinary tennis romance, a quick glance at the blurb reveals a twist. When professional tennis players Luca and Juliette shake hands after their first match against each other, they both feel a connection, specifically that of their soulmarks, revealing they are each other’s soulmates. Yes, that’s right—thisRead More

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An Atmospheric, Otherworldly, and Sinister Experience: The Salvage by Anbara Salam Review

February 4, 2026 by Susanne Salehi

Courtesy notice to readers: Anbara Salam’s 2025 The Salvage is a haunted novel. Read with care. All playful warnings aside, I hope you’re into slow, creeping dread, because this book is absolutely dripping with it.  Set in the early 1960s, on the isolated, insular Scottish island of Cairnroch, The Salvage immediately plunges readers into the icy, freezing waters ofRead More

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Hey, Princess: Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales Review

February 1, 2026 by Kathryne Slant

Nobody in Particular (published 2025) is a YA boarding school story about Danni, the scholarship student at a prestigious boarding school in a fictional European country, and Rose, the princess she falls in love with there. Danni keeps her bisexuality hidden due to an intense desire to blend in and avoid the bullying she sufferedRead More

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A Sweet Chef Romance: Taste the Love by Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters Review

January 28, 2026 by Emory Rose

As January is always freezing where I live, I turned to a heartwarming contemporary romance: Taste the Love by (to my delight) wife duo Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters.  On the day they graduated from culinary school, Kia Jackson and Alice Sullivan’s rivalry culminated in a kiss. Their careers led them down separate paths, but sixRead More

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A Bi4Bi F/M Office Romance: Sparks Fly by Zakiya N. Jamal Review

January 27, 2026 by Meagan Kimberly

Stella is in her late twenties and inexperienced in sex, but she wants to change that. Going to a sex club, she has a steamy encounter with a gorgeous stranger, but still hasn’t traded in her “v-card.” Cut to the next day at work, where the company she works for is introducing a new AIRead More

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A Sizzling Sports Romance: Set Point by Meg Jones

January 17, 2026 by Rose R.

While I’m not usually much of a sports romance person, recent pop culture events have gotten me a little more intrigued by the genre. In the very specific mood to read romance complicated by the high stakes and rivalries of professional athletics, I downloaded an eARC of Meg Jones’s upcoming tennis romance novel Set Point on aRead More

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