Phoenix Extravagant – LGBT Book Review
Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. This tagline from the synopsis really drew me into Phoenix Extravagant and I love how consistent this…
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May 26, 2020
Gideon the Ninth – LGBT Book Review
So, I didn’t like Gideon the Ninth. It feels kind of sacrilegious to say because the reviews are overwhelmingly positive. But here I am, saying I did not enjoy Gideon…
May 12, 2020
Smoke and Shadows – LGBT Book Review
Smoke and Shadows is the first in a trilogy that follows Tony Foster, a young gay man trying to make his way in Vancouver's film scene while also dealing with…
April 28, 2020
A Taste of Honey – LGBT Book Review
Kai Ashante Wilson’s A Taste of Honey is an own voices fantasy novella that follows Aqib, fourth-cousin to the Olorumi royal family and the youngest child of the Master of…
April 14, 2020
The Deep – LGBT Book Review
Rivers Solomon’s The Deep imagines a world where mermaids are the descendants of the pregnant African slave women who were thrown overboard by slave owners. A really interesting concept to…
April 7, 2020
Upright Women Wanted – LGBT Book Review
Who doesn’t love an old west aesthetic? But what if that rough, desert setting is actually in the future? A future where conservative men's already tight hold on the world…
March 31, 2020
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow – LGBT Book Review
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow is Natasha Pulley’s third book, but the direct sequel to The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. The story picks up approximately four years after the events…
March 24, 2020
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street – LGBT Book Review
Oh boy, where do I begin with this? I loved Natasha Pulley’s second book, The Bedlam Stacks, it had a well-developed and interesting plot with characters that I, for the…
March 17, 2020
The Unspoken Name – LGBT Book Review
WLW, Fantasy Firstly, thank you Tor, for the e-galley in exchange for an honest review. The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood is an action-packed, high fantasy, coming-of-age story (orcs, necromancers, mages,…
February 14, 2020