Skip to content
Book of the Gay

Book Reviews and Media Critiques from a Queer Person

  • Queer Reads
  • About Me
  • Resources
  • Links
Menu Close
  • Queer Reads
  • About Me
  • Resources
  • Links
Horror / List / Queer Reads

Creepy Queer Reads for all Your Halloween Needs

When I was 13 I was super into horror books and thrillers. But as I got older anxiety kicked in and suddenly those books were much more horrifying than before.…

0 Comments
October 16, 2020
Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Reads / Series

Black Sun – LGBT Book Review

Huge thanks to Saga Press and Netgalley for an e-arc of Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. Black Sun is…

0 Comments
October 13, 2020
Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Reads / Series

The Obsidian Tower – LGBT Books Review

The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso is the debut novel of a new fantasy series. The book follows Ryx, the granddaughter of a ruler of Vaskandar, who is afflicted with…

0 Comments
October 6, 2020
NB Author / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Standalone

Red, White, and Royal Blue – LGBT Book Review

Soooooooo, this is an extremely unpopular opinion, but I didn’t enjoy Red, White & Royal Blue. This is a book that made me feel justified in not reading contemporary romance/NA…

0 Comments
September 8, 2020
Black Author / Female Author / Queer Reads / Science Fiction / Series

Escaping Exodus – LGBT Book Review

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden is a weird book. It’s also a really good book; the two terms aren’t mutually exclusive. Just be aware the tentacles might be going in…

0 Comments
September 1, 2020
Dark Fantasy / Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Reads / Series

The Broken Heavens – LGBT Book Review

The Broken Heavens is Kameron Hurley’s third and final installment in The Worldbreaker Saga. After a one year time skip from the events from Empire Ascendant, The Broken Heavens is…

0 Comments
August 25, 2020
Dark Fantasy / Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Reads / Series

Empire Ascendant – LGBT Book Review

Empire Ascendant is the second book of Kameron Hurley’s Worldbreaker Saga. I’ll be honest, I can never remember what events take place in the second book of a trilogy, the…

0 Comments
August 18, 2020
Dark Fantasy / Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Reads / Series

The Mirror Empire – LGBT Book Review

My absolutely favourite review of The Mirror Empire (favourite because it’s just….such white cis man who is scared of of feminist, diverse fantasy type of review) says it is a…

0 Comments
August 11, 2020
Female Author / Queer Reads / Science Fiction / Standalone

The Stars are Legion – LGBT Book Review

I read The Stars are Legion immediately after The Light Brigade, and it was kind of a letdown for me. I didn’t really resonate with either of the POV characters…

0 Comments
July 7, 2020
Female Author / Queer Reads / Science Fiction / Standalone

The Light Brigade – LGBT Book Review

"We kept going. Because that's what war is. You keep going until it's over. Or you're dead." I read this book ages ago, but it’s taken me a while to…

0 Comments
June 30, 2020
← Newer Posts
Older Posts →

Recent Posts

  • 2021 Reading Wrap-Up
  • 60 Queer (Adult) Books by Asian Authors
  • The Helm of Midnight – LGBT Book Review
  • Sarahland – LGBT Book Review
  • The Unbroken – LGBT Book Review

Categories

  • Asian Author
  • Black Author
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Fantasy
  • Female Author
  • Horror
  • Indigenous Author
  • List
  • NB Author
  • Not Recommended
  • Own Voices
  • Queer Author
  • Queer Reads
  • Romance
  • Science Fiction
  • Series
  • Short Stories
  • Standalone
  • Thriller
  • Trans Author
  • Uncategorized
  • Urban Fantasy

Instagram

Copyright - OceanWP Theme by Nick