No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe is about being gay and doing crime—the crime in question being murder. In it we follow Mel Tillman, a rural PI, who has been tasked with finding the whereabouts of Chloe Harper, who was her girlfriend when they were teenagers and has been missing for years. On Chloe’s sixteenthRead More
Curl Up With a Magical Read: Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
There’s just something about a cozy fantasy tale. Some worldbuilding, a little bit of peril, and a lot of slice-of-life moments in which you get to know the characters: it’s just a good combination. Throw in a sapphic couple, and you’ve got me locked in. Rebecca Thorne’s first Tomes & Tea book, then, had meRead More
A (Christmas) Light in the Darkness: All is Bright by Llinos Cathryn Thomas
Full disclosure: the author is a friend and provided me with an eARC of this novella in exchange for an honest review. Thankfully, I tend to enjoy everything she writes, so this is neither a hardship nor a friendship-ending challenge! It was actually a humid, sunny, 31-degree late summer Toronto day when I wrote thisRead More
A Novel for Mere Mortals: Woodworking by Emily St. James Review
Woodworking by Emily St. James is a novel for mere mortals. It takes place in the shadow of the 2016 presidential election, and of all the goings-on of those few months, of all the things said and seen; Woodworking is set in rural South Dakota, against a backdrop of bad community theatre and doomed local progressiveRead More
The Redemption of Daya Keane by Gia Gordon Review
This book is so delightfully, perfectly messy. Titular character Daya lives in a small, conservative town in Arizona, surrounded by small-minded, conservative classmates and a small-minded, conservative mom. It’s a tough place to be queer. When Daya begins a friendship that turns to something more with megachurch poster-girl Beckett Wild, she might be making moreRead More
Cozy Queer Horror Romance: Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff Review
If you are torn between reading something cozy right now for comfort and reading a little horror because it’s awesome, then look no further than Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff this summer. A little bit horror, a little bit romance, a whole lot cozy, Direct Descendant was a delightfully distracting read, perfect for a slightly different beach read or aRead More
Cozy Meets Eldritch Horror in Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff
A force to be reckoned with, Tanya Huff has been writing books for nearly forty years. I grew up among her worlds, inhaling words and dreaming of places that would welcome me one day. I still have tattered copies of No Quarter (1996) and Summon the Keeper (1998) on my bookshelves. So, it’s not much of a surprise thatRead More
Sweet and Spicy Southern Romance: The Relationship Mechanic by Karmen Lee
On paper, Karmen Lee’s upcoming romance The Relationship Mechanic, the second in her Peach Blossom series, has so much that I love in sapphic romances. I’m a big fan of small town romances and plots that promise anything but a slow burn alongside plenty of emotional gut punches. And, oh goddess, did it deliver everything I wantedRead More
Sapphic Gothic Fantasy…for Kids! The Pale Queen by Ethan M. Aldridge Review
The Pale Queen by Ethan M. Aldridge is a poetic middle grade graphic novel that draws inspiration from fae myths and folklore to tell a story about the support it takes to pursue your biggest dreams—and the sacrifices we are and aren’t willing to make along the way. In particular, it will appeal to young readers lookingRead More
Small-Town Ghosts: We Don’t Swim Here by Vincent Tirado Review
Tirado’s second young adult horror novel is an alternating POV story following two main characters: cousins, Anais and Bronwyn. Anais has always lived in the small, rural, secluded town of Hillwoods, a place to which Bronwyn is now forced to move so that her entire family may spend time with her grandmother while she’s inRead More
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