Do you ever know that you’re going to enjoy a book so much that you just keep putting off reading it? That was me with Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta. I’m a big fan of the married co-authors’s previous work, the celebrity romance The View Was Exhausting, and the promise of their secondRead More
YA Sapphics on Ice: Just Between Us by Adeline Kon
Shortly after this year’s Winter Olympics, Adeline Kon’s Just Between Us was released and gave all of us sports sapphics a romance set in the high stakes world of figure skating. This young adult graphic novel delivers a medal-worthy ice queen, enemies-to-lovers sports romance filled with solid writing, compelling characters, and gorgeous art. Lydia “Ice Queen” ChenRead More
Sapphics and Softballs: Running Home to You by Samantha Saldivar Review
I’m a big fan of queer sports romances. It’s definitely the subgenre I read the most of, and there are so many really good ones out there. Something that I would like to see more of are the ones focused on women. Luckily for me, I was fortunate enough to receive an ARC of RunningRead More
Sapphic Mean Girls in Bonnets: Like in Love With You by Emma R. Alban
Recently, I decided that I wanted to give historical sapphic romances a go. I have nothing against the genre at all; it’s just never been something I have prioritized. For my first one, I decided to head to regency England (thanks to my love of the 2005 Pride and Prejudice) with Emma R. Alban’s Like in LoveRead More
On Bittersweet Second Chances: Get Over It, April Evans by Ashley Herring Blake
Well, the day has finally come. I had never expected to review a romance novel for The Lesbrary, much less one written by Ashley Herring Blake. Yes, I am aware that Blake might be one of the most popular names leading the current tradpub sapphic publishing market, and that her Bright Falls series—featuring a close-knit circle ofRead More
Fake Dating On a Couples Weekend: The Retreat by Natasha West Review
If you love non-angsty enemies to lovers, you’ll want to pick up The Retreat by Natasha West. West combines the enemies to lovers trope with fake dating, forced proximity, and only one bed. It’s chaotic and funny, yet unabashedly real. The pace is quick (the majority of the book takes place over a single weekend), and IRead More
An F/F Office Romcom Manga: Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! by Sal Jiang Review
Sal Jiang is one of the most consistently captivating yuri manga artists creating today, and the recent English translation of her delightful workplace comedy Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! sees her continuing her streak of lez-gazey* character designs and plots rooted in cosmopolitan Japan’s lesbian culture. The story starts with high-femme Ayaka eyeballing the older HirokoRead More
Steamy Romance With a Side of Small-Town Conflict: Can’t Resist Her by Kianna Alexander
Summer has moved back to Austin, Texas, after years away in college and teaching in California, and she finds out that the school her grandmother founded is imminently being gentrified. She goes to the site to walk down memory lane—and maybe take some souvenirs—and runs into an old high school crush she’d had a missedRead More
Love of the Game: Running Home to You by Samantha Saldivar
The Olympics are wrapping up as I write this review, which means I have sports on the brain—so even though it’s an entirely different season, this softball romance found me at the perfect time. Framed in flashback, Running Home to You (May 19, 2026) introduces us to Kate and Abby, third year undergraduates on theRead More
Vampires Living in Symbiosis: Loving Safoa by Liza Wemakor Review
Loving Safoa by Liza Wemakor begins in 1999 in New York, takes the reader back to Ghana in 1799, and finally presents a vision for the future, all in the space of a novella. Cynthia, a human, is in a committed relationship with the vampire Safoa. After eight years together, she still hasn’t learned about howRead More
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