Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters (she/her) is one of the first sapphic books I ever read. While I can’t remember exactly when I picked it up, my educated guess would be somewhere between high school and the beginning of college, probably before I ever even kissed a girl. This month, I decidedRead More
Even Vampires Hate High School: The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling
I’ve had The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling on my bookshelf for a couple of years—a victim of the neverending TBR list. I would say that any vampire love story is perfect for me, but the sparkly baseball family forced me to have to qualify that statement long ago. The Coldest Touch has none of the problems of thatRead More
More Than a Statistic: Every Variable of Us by Charles A. Bush
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Alexis Duncan is a Black teenage girl from Philadelphia whose incredible basketball skills are her one ticket to receiving a scholarship and getting out of her poverty-stricken neighbourhood. However, after getting injured during a shooting at a high school party and being told sheRead More
Witches Under Modern Systems of Oppression: How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! At the top of the T.K. Anderson Magical Magnet School’s leaderboard is Shay Johnson. One of the most impressive and successful witches among her peers, this almost guarantees her the coveted Brockton Scholarship which would allow her to register to the university of herRead More
Messy Roots: a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Messy Roots is Laura Gao’s memoir of her childhood and coming of age, first in Wuhan, China, then an early move to Texas, and finally through her choices of college in Pennsylvania and a job in the Bay area. As a Chinese American immigrant,Read More
A Trans Teen Finds Her Words: Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Tara is the first trans girl to attend Ainsley Academy, an all-girls school. She finds it hard to fit in, especially considering that she’s also one of the few students of color. One place she does feel like she belongs is the Sibyls, anRead More
Healing in Queer Community: Old Enough by Haley Jakobson
Thank you to PENGUIN GROUP Dutton and Netgalley for this E-ARC in exchange for an honest review. (Published June 20, 2023) I’ve followed Haley Jakobson’s social media for a while, so I was thrilled to hear news of her debut novel. And let me say, it did not disappoint! Old Enough follows our main characterRead More
A Hilarious and Sweet High School Love Triangle: Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa
Bookshop.org Affiliate Link In the graphic novel Belle of the Ball, Brazilian author and illustrator Mari Costa treats us to a charming, sweet, and funny story of a high school love triangle between a nerdy wallflower, a charming jock, and an overly driven cheerleader. When Belle Hawkins (who goes by her last name), school mascotRead More
A Sapphic, Filipino Horror Comedy: Damned If You Do by Alex Brown
Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Filled with imagery and stories from Filipino folklore, Damned If You Do follows high school stage manager Cordelia Scott, as she prepares to put on the annual school play, struggles with passing her classes and imagining a future for herself, and tries to push down her not-so-subtle crush on her childhood best friend, Veronica.Read More
Danika reviews Whisper Me a Love Song Vol. 1-4 by Eku Takeshima
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with yuri manga. On the one hand, it’s usually adorable and addictive to read. On the other, I’m in my 30s, so schoolgirl love stories (especially ones that don’t actually seem to acknowledge being queer as an identity) are notRead More