Avery Curran’s Spoiled Milk is a gothic tale of a girls’ boarding school in 1928. After the tragic death of golden girl Violet, Emily, Violet’s best friend, knows this was no accident. Emily is desperate to prove she was murdered, so she enlists the help of the other girls in her year, including even prim and properRead More
Two Worlds Collide: Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by CB Lee
CB Lee’s Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe, as the title suggests, takes place in two worlds, both very different yet full of similarities. In one, overachiever Brenda has developed a 19-step plan to use science to save the world from climate change. In the other, Chosen One Kat just wants to forget about the prophecy thatRead More
Tennis Soulmates: Backhanded Compliments by Katie Chandler Review
While the cover of Katie Chandler’s Backhanded Compliments suggests an ordinary tennis romance, a quick glance at the blurb reveals a twist. When professional tennis players Luca and Juliette shake hands after their first match against each other, they both feel a connection, specifically that of their soulmarks, revealing they are each other’s soulmates. Yes, that’s right—thisRead More
A Fictional Account of a (Maybe) Real Pirate: The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
Briony Cameron’s The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye takes the story of the legendary pirate Jacquotte Delahaye and imagines her rise to captain of a fleet of over a hundred pirates. While her existence is debated, her legacy nonetheless makes for a fascinating story, one that deserves to be shared as widely as any other historical (or semi-historical)Read More
Reaching Across Generations: Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto
In Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Next Time Will Be Our Turn, sixteen-year-old Izzy is shocked, along with the rest of her family, when her glamorous grandmother, Magnolia, walks into the family’s New Year’s celebration with a woman on her arm. In the midst of the fallout from this shocking revelation, Magnolia sits Izzy down to share herRead More
Girls Gangs with Fire Magic: When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee
Wen-yi Lee’s debut, The Dark We Know, a YA horror, was one of my favorite books of last year. So, when I learned she had an adult fantasy coming out, I was already excited, but the premise of a lesbian girl gang in 1970s Singapore (with magic!) made this one of my most anticipated releases ofRead More
A Gentle Queer Awakening: Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie
Racquel Marie’s Ophelia After All follows high school senior Ophelia Rojas, a boy-crazy rose gardener. With prom and the end of high school swiftly approaching, Ophelia is reluctant to let anything else change, least of all her understanding of who she has always thought she is, but when she finds herself crushing on her classmate Talia Sanchez,Read More
A Bisexual Tudor Retelling Fantasy Series: Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race
Holly Race’s Six Wild Crowns is a fantasy retelling of Henry VIII’s six wives, specifically focusing on the second and third wives, Anne Boleyn and Jane Seymour. In Race’s retelling, it was decreed by a god that the king of Elben must have six wives in order to keep the kingdom strong and protected, and Boleyn isRead More
Remember to Remember the Yellowjackets: Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth Review
Emily M. Danforth’s Plain Bad Heroines is a dual-timeline horror that follows the mysterious happenings of Brookhants School for Girls. In 1902, two teenage girls fell in love, both with each other and with the scandalous writing of Mary MacLane, only to die tragically with the book by their side. More mysterious deaths follow, until the schoolRead More
Zombies, OCD, and Finding Good Where You Can: If We Survive This by Racquel Marie Review
Racquel Marie’s If We Survive This is in some ways a familiar story. Set in an alternate present where rabies has mutated into what is ultimately a zombie-fying disease, society has collapsed into an apocalyptic wasteland. Following the disappearance of their father, Flora and her brother, Cain, decide to follow him up to the cabin they vacationedRead More
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