Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! I first learned about Sabrina Imbler (they/them) last year when my girlfriend and I traveled to Seattle to watch the UConn Women’s Basketball team compete in the Sweet 16. Whenever I travel, I like to visit a local bookstore, which is how we endedRead More
Fake Dating Meets Single Parenting: Make Her Wish Come True by A.L. Brooks
Buy it on Amazon with this Lesbrary affiliate link! Make Her Wish Come True by A.L. Brooks was released on October 23, 2003 and is a contemporary romance about two women who are absolutely not in a place to date. Or so they keep telling themselves. Abby Baxter had to grow up way too fast,Read More
A Wholesome and Messy Queer Romcom: Wild Things by Laura Kay
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Laura Kay could teach a masterclass on the low-key, wholesome, slightly messy queer rom com, as exemplified in her third novel, Wild Things. El is stuck in a rut, both personally and professionally. Still in her dead-end job at a London newspaper, she spends most of the workdayRead More
Susannah reviews Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Taleen Voskuni’s promising sapphic debut packs more than your average meet-cute romance. Sorry, Bro follows an Armenian American woman’s quest to balance familial duty, identity, career aspirations, and, of course, love. Nareh, a TV journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area, presents a polished persona on Instagram, butRead More
Meagan Kimberly reviews Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn, illustrated by Claire Roe
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Madison Jackson started as an intern at The Boston Lede, fetching coffee and grabbing quotes for senior writers. But she finds herself thrust into the spotlight when Dahlia Kennedy, a prominent socialite charged with a gruesome murder, latches onto her. Madison must decide how far she’s willing toRead More
Danika reviews I Hate Everyone But You by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin
It’s a shame that New Adult as a genre never really took off outside of Romance, because I think there’s a demand for it. The just-after-high-school years, whether they’re spent in college/university or elsewhere, have distinct challenges. I Hate Everyone But You is set during that time, following Ava and Gen as they are just beginningRead More
Megan Casey reviews She Scoops to Conquer by Robin Brandeis
Lane Montgomery is the chief investigative reporter for Louisville’s “reputable” newspaper, The Louisville Daily. Ann Alexander is her counterpart at The Metropolitan Inquirer, a tabloidish rival of the Daily. Lane claims to despise the beautiful but unethical Ann until they find themselves having to investigate what appears to be two connected crimes involving a slain 15-year-old inner-city boy. TheRead More