Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Coming Back by Jessi Zabarsky is a rather lovely fantasy graphic novel about two women, Preet and Valissa, trying to come to terms with themselves and each other and the world they live in. It comes out on January 18th, and I’d like to thank Random House for providingRead More
Maggie reviews Stone and Steel by Eboni Dunbar
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Stone and Steel is a Black, queer fantasy novella by Eboni Dunbar that follows Aaliyah, General of Titus, as she returns home from conquering the southern lands in the name of the Queen. It should be a time of triumph for her, a homecoming after years of fighting andRead More
Maggie reviews Thornfruit by Felicia Davin
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Thornfruit by Felicia Davin is a delightful queer fantasy adventure with some interesting world-building twists and memorable characters. Thornfruit follows two girls, Ev and Alizhan, as they come of age in a flurry of intrigue and romantic pining. Ev helps her father take their farm produce to market, practices fighting andRead More
Maggie reviews Matrix by Lauren Groff
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link In the backdrop of the glamorous life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Matrix follows 17-year-old Marie, who is unwanted at court for her bastardy, her height and rough-hewn appearance, and her scandalous family history of women crusaders and warriors. Deeply in love (and lust) with Queen Eleanor, Marie is shocked toRead More
Maggie reviews She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link In She Who Became the Sun, Zhu, a peasant girl in ancient China, watches as a fortune teller predicts greatness for her brother and nothingness for herself. Days later, she is the only one alive in her family, and she makes the decision to assume her brother’s identity, andRead More
Maggie reviews The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia Waite
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link The Hellion’s Waltz is the third installment of Olivia Waite’s Feminine Pursuits series, and where the first two involved astronomy, printing, and beekeeping, this one revolves around music, weaving, and crime. With the re-surfacing of the hit tv show Leverage, I was quite excited to read a crime romance,Read More
Maggie reviews The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link In The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri brings to life a kingdom in upheaval after the ascension of a new Emperor of Parijatdvipa, while meanwhile Ahiranya is an unwilling state reaching the boiling point in its quest to regain its sovereignty from said empire. Two women from opposite ends ofRead More
Maggie reviews The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson is a very interesting new fantasy book that features pirates, the high seas, magical fires, girlfriends, exciting world-building, and pitched battles–over a lack of water. The seas the characters sail over, fight on, and struggle with are grass, not water, and theRead More
Maggie reviews Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Honey Girl is Morgan Rogers’s debut romance between Grace Porter, newly minted Doctor of Astrology, and Yuki Yamamoto, late night radio host and part time monster-hunter. The two characters could not seem further apart, both physically, with Grace habituating on the west coast and Yuki being a NewRead More
Maggie reviews The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I have been so excited by all the f/f fantasy coming out lately, and The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry is an excellent addition to the genre. It’s a fast-paced adventure story laced with a sweet romance, set in a sort of Victorian-inspired society with the addition ofRead More