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
A Sweet Chef Romance: Taste the Love by Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters Review
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
A Sizzling Sports Romance: Set Point by Meg Jones
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
Finding Yourself On a Cross-Country Train Journey: Leaving the Station by Jake Maia Arlow Review
I have been eagerly awaiting this book since the moment Jake announced it on Instagram as a YA (arguably, New Adult) novel about a cross-country train journey (shoutout to the Amtrak Empire Builder, which I’ve never ridden anywhere near the distance the route actually spans, but have caught a leg of), an ex-Mormon (samesies), and aRead More
From the Closet to the Stage: In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding Review
Maybe the best compliment I can give In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding (February 24, 2026) is that as soon as I finished it, I opened my library app and borrowed all three of the previous books in her Out in Hollywood series. To be clear, I had read—and enjoyed—them all before. I just wantedRead More
Let’s Make a Deal: The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur
Alexandria Bellefleur’s The Devil She Knows is a sweet-as-sin sapphic romance. Our main character, Sam, is an underpaid and overworked pastry chef, disrespected by her boss who refuses to give her the promotion that they both know she deserves. The rotten cherry on top of the shitty sundae comes when Sam’s proposal to her would-be fiancée goes horriblyRead More
The Diversity of the Ace Experience: Kiss Me, Maybe by Gabriella Gamez
Picture this: you’re me, enjoying your whirlwind first-ever trip to the iconic Powell’s Books in Portland, and you spot a staff recommendation tag with the words “asexual lesbian” prominently featured. You are, in fact, an ace lesbian, so you’re certainly not used to accidentally finding representation in the bookstore. Naturally, you immediately pick up the book inRead More
Suddenly Star-Crossed: With Stars in Her Eyes by Andie Burke Review
Seconds from a meteoric career launch, cellist Courtney Starling suffers a frightening migraine attack during a key performance. She escapes to her happy place—her best friend’s Kansas bookshop, where she meets Thea Quinn, who moved into town looking for a fresh start. Their meet-disaster (which features a little dragon) feels like a sign. Maybe TheaRead More
A Novel for Mere Mortals: Woodworking by Emily St. James Review
Woodworking by Emily St. James is a novel for mere mortals. It takes place in the shadow of the 2016 presidential election, and of all the goings-on of those few months, of all the things said and seen; Woodworking is set in rural South Dakota, against a backdrop of bad community theatre and doomed local progressiveRead More
The Necessity of Movement: Cannon by Lee Lai Review
Cannon by Lee Lai is one of the best graphic novels I’ve read this year—a masterclass in building tension through narrative and illustration. The story starts at what seems to be a point of maximum tension, with the eponymous character standing in the carnage of a destroyed restaurant or cafe. We do not know which it is, where we are, or why it’s comeRead More
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