Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Boys Weekend a satirical horror graphic novel about Sammie, a trans feminine person who is invited to a bachelor party of an old friend as the “best man.” While there, Mattie seems to be the only one concerned about the cult sacrificing people. This was already on my TBR, and I wasRead More
Healing Through a Haunting: The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée
Bookshop.org Affiliate Link The author’s content notes, which also apply to this review: “While Cassiel’s story is focused on healing, heavier themes of trauma and shame are explored to give context to the protagonist’s journey. Please consider the major content notes: cutting scars, brief self-harm ideation, discussion of an eating disorder, family emotional abuse, andRead More
A High-Heat Heist: Double Exposure by Rien Gray
Note: While I’ve avoided major plot spoilers, this review is relatively detailed regarding the character arcs and themes. Fittingly enough, I’ve been exposed to Double Exposure by Rien Gray twice. The first time was through the Happily Ever After Collective, which releases monthly romance novellas from a variety of authors. Last year, Double Exposure released to patrons along withRead More
A Supernatural Noir Novella About Love at All Costs: Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
Bookshop.org Affiliate Link What would you give up everything for? If you knew you were doomed, would you keep fighting? In fewer than 140 pages, the award-winning Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk posits these questions with a heroine whose love and determination propel her through a fast-paced investigation to catch a killerRead More
What is “Queer Enough?”: Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much by Jen Winston
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link In their book of essays, Jen Winston (she/they) covers various topics about her bisexual experience, from the adoption of random behaviors as “bisexual culture” out of a desperation to be seen to the grief of friendships evolving when your best friend becomes a “we.” Winston talks through internalizedRead More
Rebel Lesbrarians in a Dystopian Western: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I’m not sure when I bought the ebook for Upright Women Wanted. It was probably on sale, and when I heard that there were lesbians and rebel librarians in a western-themed dystopian setting, I guess I thought it was too good to pass up. Like most of myRead More
Read These Sapphic Books by Trans Authors During the Trans Rights Readathon!
In case you missed it, there’s a Trans Rights Readathon happening next week! Read books by trans authors and raise money for trans organizations. I wrote a post about it at Book Riot with more info, but the short version is that this is a great time to read books by trans and nonbinary authors,Read More
Danika reviews How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This may be my favourite book I’ve read this year, and there’s been some stiff competition. How Far the Light Reaches is exactly what the subtitle promises: a life in ten sea creatures. It weaves together facts about aquatic animals with related stories from the author’s own life.Read More
Kelleen Reviews Three Novellas to Marathon This Summer
Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant I read Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant for the first time this month and it blew my mind. It’s a queer trans historical western fantasy novella and it’s just so GOOD. I don’t read a lot of fantasy and I don’t read a lot of westerns, but I love aRead More
Larkie reviews Finna by Nino Cipri
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I first came across this book when I was looking for a Christmas gift, and even though it didn’t quite fit the gift idea that I had in mind, I knew that I had to read this book. Finna is an absurd little story that perfectly encapsulates theRead More