Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Emma Donoghue is one of my favourite lesbian writers, and one of my favourite genres is historical biographical fiction. Donoghue’s The Sealed Letter (2009) is a masterfully paced, well-plotted literary novel with a lesbian twist. And it’s based on real events! The Sealed Letter is told from three perspectives. The firstRead More
Carolina reads A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
“Dark Academia” is a cultural trend sweeping Tumblr and Tiktok, an eclectic sub-community gauzed in stark, academic aesthetic and darkly gothic themes. On any dark academia moodboard, you can find androgynous tweed suits, dark libraries, sepia-tined cigarette smoke. However, the trend has little place for female characters or sapphic relationships, as it primarily focuses onRead More
Meagan Kimberly reviews Grimmer Intentions by Jodi Hutchins
This is the second in the Tales from the Grim series. I picked it up not realizing it was the second book, so I recommend reading the first, because it felt like much of the story’s background was missing without it. Although readers can pick up on who the characters are from the previous bookRead More
Kayla Bell reviews Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
In the bookish community, there is a divide between people who are character readers versus plot readers. Character readers need to read detailed, nuanced characters, while plot readers focus on an interesting, intricate plot. For the longest time, I thought I was a character reader. I’ve read plenty of books where the plot takes aRead More
Shannon reviews All Eyes On Us by Kit Frick
All Eyes On Us, the 2019 release from author Kit Frick, is the story of two teenaged girls, both desperate to hold onto their secrets and their dreams, even if it means teaming up to take down their mutual enemy. It’s fast-paced and twisty, but not without its faults. Amanda Kelly has known she wouldRead More
Rachel reviews The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue’s newest novel, The Pull of the Stars (Harper Avenue 2020), is perhaps one of her most compelling historical fictions to date. A fast-paced, stunning novel, I was unable to put down The Pull of the Stars until the early hours of the morning. It drew me into its world in a way that was so riveting andRead More
Marieke reviews It’s Not Like It’s A Secret by Misa Sugiura
I must say this was a bit of a frustrating read. I went in with the intention to try and break my reading slump (because, you know, I had a review to write, so something had to give), which is why I picked a contemporary YA story – it’s something I haven’t read in aRead More
Rachel reviews The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Since reading Alix E. Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January last summer, I have been anxiously awaiting the publication of The Once and Future Witches. I finally got to read it over the holidays at the end of last year, and it did not disappoint! Set inRead More
Mo Springer reviews The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Trigger Warning: This book has scenes of sexual assault. Gilda starts out her journey as Girl, running from a plantation in which she was a slave and her mother died. She is taken in by a vampire, who gives her her name and gives her longevity, a lifeRead More
Rachel reviews The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Intense, expansive, and original, Andrea Stewart’s The Bone Shard Daughter (2020), book one of the Drowning Empire, was a joy to read. Its lesbian representation offers a fresh refocusing of queer desire. It’s perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth (2019). Stewart’s novel follows multiple perspectives as she sets up the Bone Shard world. The empire is ruled by an emperorRead More
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