This book feels like a teen holiday romcom movie in book form—if those movies ever starred queer Black main characters. We switch between two points of view: Dominique, who took off to New York City to chase his influencer dreams; and Andy, his cousin, who stayed in their hometown and is pursuing her career goalRead More
A Rebellious Regency Romp: Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee Review
After a month of reading nothing but books that were outside my comfort genres and were beginning to feel too real and too depressing, I decided it was time to reset my brain with a light fluffy romance. Fortunately for me, I received an advance copy of Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee (out September 9th),Read More
The Most Sapphic of Romance Novels: Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare Review
When Tressa Fay gets a text from a wrong number, it’s not long before they’re flirting. In fact, they decide to meet up that night. But when she arrives at the bar, Tressa Fay is disappointed to realize the cute engineer is not there, despite Meryl’s continual texts insisting she is. Soon, Tressa Fay learnsRead More
Meet Your Next Fantasy Comfort Read: Walk Between Worlds by Samara Breger
Samara Breger made her debut in 2021 with Walk Between Worlds, a funny, relatable, fantasy romance that gently soothes the little broken part in all of us. The book is widely advertised with the tagline that it “will make you laugh even as it keeps you on the edge of your seat,” and I’ll enthusiastically secondRead More
A Queer and Compassionate Foodie Manga Series: She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat Vols 1-5 by Sakaomi Yuzaki Review
We’ve recommended this sapphic manga series at the Lesbrary several times before, but that was when there were only a couple volumes out. I just finished volume five, and I needed to let you all know that it has only gotten better with time. She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat is myRead More
It’s Never Too Late to Learn: Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory Review
Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory (out April 8, 2025) is a book that reminded me that I do actually like romance novels. If I go too long without reading one because my head is stuck in tragic fantasy-and-horror land, I start to delude myself into thinking that I hate cheesy romance and feel-good stories. Fortunately,Read More
A Sciencey Sapphic Read: Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar
Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar is a book I’ve been looking forward to. I really enjoyed Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating, as well as The Henna Wars by the same author, and I was in the mood for a teen read! This story follows Rani and Meghna, ex-best friends who find out they’re dating theRead More
A Disabled Jewish Lesbian Time Loop Story: Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield
I love a time loop story, so I had to pick up up this sapphic YA take on the trope—especially one with with fat and disabled characters on the cover! In the first chapter, Phoebe is living August 6th for the 26th time in a row. Every day is the same, and every day sheRead More
Queer Cozy Fantasy with Magical Animal Shenanigans: The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! I’m animal lover who’s always looking for more cozy queer fantasy, so this book seemed tailor made for me. It follows Aila, a phoenix keeper at a magical zoo who is trying to restart their phoenix breeding program to help bring the phoenixes backRead More
A Love Letter to Summer Camp: Wish You Weren’t Here by Erin Baldwin
Buy this from Bookshop.org to support local bookstores and the Lesbrary! Enemies to lovers is a popular trope, but most people don’t have full-on nemeses in real life. So in contemporary settings, rivals to lovers is more common: the people you compete with, argue with, and hate. Wish You Weren’t Here presents a lower stakesRead More
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