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Silver in the Wood – LGBT Book Review

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh is the first book in a lush and mossy duology surrounding the Wild Man of Greenhollow Wood. Tobias Finch lives hidden away in…

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November 18, 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…

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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…

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October 6, 2020
Fantasy / Female Author / Own Voices / Series

The Bone Shard Daughter – Book Review

Thank you to Netgalley and the Orbit team for approving me for an e-arc in exchange for review! The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart is the first book in…

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September 29, 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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August 11, 2020
Female Author / Queer Reads / Science Fiction / Series

Unconquerable Sun – LGBT Book Review

Unconquerable Sun hooked me on the premise of a genderbent Alexander the Great. And with further research, Kate Elliot confirmed that it was sapphic. And while the sapphic elements were…

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June 23, 2020
Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Series

The Unconquered City – LGBT Book Review

I received an ARC from Tor and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  Remember when I said that The Impossible Contract upped the emotional game for me. Well The…

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June 16, 2020
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