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A Toxic, Surreal Roommate Relationship: Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval

January 28, 2025 by Meagan Kimberly

Jo, a foreign exchange student from Norway, moves to Australia to study biology at a university. She’s a shy and socially awkward young lady looking for a place to live while studying abroad. Things seem to look up when Carral answers her call for a roommate, giving her a place to live on the outskirtsRead More

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LA as a Not-So-Urban Jungle: Undergrowth by Chel Hylott and Chelsea Lim

October 24, 2023 by Meagan Kimberly

Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Seventeen-year-old Mariam finds herself surviving a Los Angeles that has been overrun by a magic jungle of horror. Along the way, she meets a group of other survivors, and together they become a family. But Mariam has her secrets. She magically heals and cannot die thanks to a deal with the devilRead More

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Danika reviews The Dawnhounds (Against the Quiet #1) by Sascha Stronach

October 18, 2022 by Danika Ellis

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This is a queer, Maori-inspired, pirate, biopunk fantasy with worldbuilding so intense that I will be honest, I often was not following it all. It takes place mid-war, during a tense stalemate, in a city that’s bio-engineered plants to be buildings, weapons, and almost everything else. Metal isRead More

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Maggie reviews This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

August 15, 2022 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron is the sequel to This Poison Heart, her gothic YA fantasy filled with Black girl magic, Greek mythology, and impressive action. This book picks up directly after This Poison Heart and deals with Briseis trying to grapple with the events and betrayals of the last book. Faced withRead More

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Maggie reviews This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

May 16, 2022 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron follows Briseis, a Black teenager who lives with her two moms in Brooklyn, helping them run their flower shop. Briseis has plant magic and can grow plants from a touch, but she doesn’t know the limits of her powers or how to controlRead More

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Vic reviews This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

April 11, 2022 by Lesbrarians

Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Every time I think I might be done with YA, I read a book like this one. On a very basic level, Secret Garden meets Little Shop of Horrors with Greek mythology on top is just such a fun concept that I couldn’t not love it. Kalynn Bayron’sRead More

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