Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Dark, Gothic, and atmospheric, Lauren Owen’s new novel Small Angels (August 2022) is perfect for fans of spooky queer fiction and it’s out just in time for autumn! This book is definitely one to add to your Halloween TBR. Small Angels begins in a small English village with a story thatRead More
Rachel reviews Devotion by Hannah Kent
From the highly acclaimed author of Burial Rites and The Good People comes Hannah Kent’s latest novel, Devotion (2021), a historical lesbian fiction set in 1830s Prussia that has quickly become one of my favourite reads of the year. Beginning in Prussia in 1836, the novel is the bildungsroman of Hanne, a fifteen-year-old girl who quickly finds herself pulled further andRead More
Rachel reviews Not Good For Maidens by Tori Bovalino
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link A retelling of one of the nineteenth century’s queerest poems, Tori Bovalino’s new novel Not Good for Maidens (June 21, 2022) is a fast-paced paranormal adventure-thriller that quickly became one of my favourite books of the year. The novel adapts and retells Christina Rossetti’s famous Victorian poem, “Goblin Market” (1862). NotRead More
Nat reviews Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link A suspenseful tale of vengeful ghosts, family secrets, and self discovery – it’s funny, it’s creepy, there are twists and turns, gods and spirits, and a queer main character who’s just trying to get her shit together. What more can you ask for? Jessamyn Teoh is the daughterRead More
Til reviews Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Artie and the Wolf Moon is a graphic novel about middle schooler Artie, a budding photographer who discovers that her mom is a werewolf. Artie is a lonely kid. She’s one of the few students of color at her school, and she’s bullied by some of her classmates.Read More
Anke reviews Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link As we’re moving through autumn, Mooncakes is a warm cup of your favourite beverage in book form. If you are looking for a sweet, cozy and ultimately wholesome graphic novel to light up the darker season, you should turn to this adorable, modern-supernatural and intersectionally queer love storyRead More
Rachel reviews No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Caldwell Turnbull’s No Gods, No Monsters (Blackstone Publishing 2021) is an absolutely unputdownable blend of science fiction and fantasy set in a dark (and queer) world where all manner of creatures live and walk. The central plot of the novel focuses on Laina, who receives news one morning that herRead More
Rachel reviews Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link A dark, haunting, gothic novel, Emily M. Danforth’s Plain Bad Heroines (2020) is a delightfully dark queer book with a complex and fun premise that was right up my alley. Set across two separate timelines, the first begins in 1902 Rhode Island at the Brookhants School for Girls. Two students,Read More
Meagan Kimberly reviews Grimmer Intentions by Jodi Hutchins
This is the second in the Tales from the Grim series. I picked it up not realizing it was the second book, so I recommend reading the first, because it felt like much of the story’s background was missing without it. Although readers can pick up on who the characters are from the previous bookRead More
Rachel reviews The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Amazon Affiliate Link | Bookshop.org Affiliate Link Since reading Alix E. Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January last summer, I have been anxiously awaiting the publication of The Once and Future Witches. I finally got to read it over the holidays at the end of last year, and it did not disappoint! Set inRead More