As much as I love dark and complex sapphic fantasy and science fiction stories that push the boundaries of the genre and challenge me to consider all the possibilities, I also love a sweet fairytale. Forgive Me Not, the latest YA graphic novel from artist and writer Mari Costa, is one such fairytale. I lovedRead More
A Taste of Love and Heartbreak: Sweetbitter Song by Rosie Hewlett Review
Since being released in March, Sweetbitter Song by Rosie Hewlett has stolen my heart. After growing up with Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series, I’ve had an affinity for Greek mythology retellings. If you enjoyed Madeline Miller’s Circe or Song of Achilles, I’d highly recommend Hewlett’s most recent novel. Sweetbitter Song is a sapphic retelling ofRead More
Sci-Fi Meets Poetry: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Blue and Red are agents on opposing sides of an ongoing war through time travel. As they both find themselves tired of it all, they begin a clandestine correspondence, eventually falling in love. It’s a dangerous game they play, because if either one of their sides finds out, it could mean their deaths. Both takeRead More
Fake Dating On a Couples Weekend: The Retreat by Natasha West Review
If you love non-angsty enemies to lovers, you’ll want to pick up The Retreat by Natasha West. West combines the enemies to lovers trope with fake dating, forced proximity, and only one bed. It’s chaotic and funny, yet unabashedly real. The pace is quick (the majority of the book takes place over a single weekend), and IRead More
Rivals in The Courtroom: Objecting to Her by J.J. Arias Review
J.J. Arias’s Objecting to Her is the exact kind of enemies-to-lovers story that makes you want to go to law school just so you can argue with a hot rival in a blazer.
A YA Soulmark Fantasy: Markless by C.G. Malburi Review
C.G. Malburi has spent years writing for the sapphic community, although you may know her better by her fandom alias, CoalitionGirl. For those who do know her, it’ll be no surprise that Malburi’s debut fantasy novel gives readers exactly what they’re looking for. Markless (2023) blends some of the most well-loved romance tropes: soulmates, enemiesRead More
When the Past Won’t Stay Quiet: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Review
Living alone in her late mother’s house in Zwolle, Isabel is a quiet and fiercely guarded woman. An uncle bequeathed the house to the family with the understanding that whenever Isabel’s brother Louis married, he would inherit it. Isabel resides there now under a type of suspended claim—that of a caretaker, but not owner. LouisRead More
A Sapphic Celestial Slow Burn: Conjuring & Crossroads by Luciana Morfa
You know that feeling when you finish a book and just kind of… sit there, clutching it to your chest like it personally changed your life? That was me after reading Conjuring & Crossroads by Luciana Morfa. It’s one of those reads that sneaks up on you—fun and swoony at first, and then suddenly you’re crying over two goddesses learning how to love each other through centuries of baggage.
A Triumph of Sapphic Sci-Fi Romance: No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black Review
My first love was science fiction. I was raised in a Star Trek family, my favorite video game is Mass Effect, and The Expanse is my favorite TV show. However, it’s taken me a while to combine my love of science fiction and my love of romance in the books that I read. I have recently rectified this with VirginiaRead More
The Troubled Teen Industry and Other Monsters: What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould
In this YA horror novel, five teens are forced to participate in a new “wilderness therapy program” called REVIVE. Some of them are kidnapped in the night and escorted here by force. They face 50 days hiking through the wilderness and talking about their trauma with two unqualified twenty-somethings. This is based on real programsRead More
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