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
Sam reviews The Warrior Moon by K Arsenault Rivera
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link If there is one simple truth about writing that is not given nearly enough credit, it is this: endings are hard. It is far easier to begin a story than end one; it is even easier to continue a story than end one. Ending a story means answeringRead More
Nat reviews Plain English by Rachel Spangler
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Rachel Spangler is probably one of my most read authors of sapphic romance because they are so darn reliable. I’ve never been disappointed. In my mind, I often refer to Spangler as “the author who writes sports romance,” and yeah, I’m a big sucker for a feel-good sportsRead More
Sam reviews The Phoenix Empress by K Arsenault Rivera
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link K Arsenault Rivera’s debut novel, The Tiger’s Daughter, ended with a lot of stories left to tell. Both of its main characters, Shefali and Shizuka, had gone on perilous and dramatic adventures only hinted at in the book itself, and their future clearly holds challenges yet to come.Read More
Kayla Bell reviews Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Have you ever wished for a sapphic romance that isn’t all about angst and homophobia and actually focuses on the development and drama of the characters? Look no further, because Alyssa Cole’s excellent novella Once Ghosted, Twice Shy has you covered. This entry into the Reluctant Royals universeRead More
Til reviews Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Down Among the Sticks and Bones follows twins Jacqueline and Jillian down an impossible staircase they find in a trunk in the attic. The staircase leads them to the Moors, a world of magic and horror, where the girls avoid werewolves and drowned gods. The Moors is aRead More
Sam reviews The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link The Year of the Tiger begins in less than a week, which is a convenient excuse for me to review The Tiger’s Daughter by K Arsenault Rivera. Not that I need one; this book is both extremely good, and seems to have flown under a lot of people’sRead More
Sam reviews The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link I went into A. K. Larkwood’s The Unspoken Name with no idea what to expect. I’d even say that I came to the novel feeling a little ungenerous, though I’m not sure I could tell you why. But despite this, The Unspoken Name caught me in the grip of itsRead More
Marieke reviews Daughter Of The Sun by Effie Calvin
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Anybody who gets me talking about books in any amount of time will swiftly learn there are a few niche genres I’m an absolute sucker for: weird murder mysteries (see: Jane, Unlimited, Meddling Kids, The 7 ½ Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle), atmospheric fairy tale retellings (see: Blanca & Roja, The Girls At TheRead More
Meagan Kimberly reviews Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee
Jess Tran comes from superhero parents and has an older sister with powers, but she did not inherit this gene. She decides to find her own way in a world of metahumans and superpowers and ends up at an internship working for The Mischiefs, her parents’ and the city of Andover’s nemeses. However, everything isRead More