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Wolfsong – LGBT Book Review

So, I made the mistake of looking at reviews before reading Wolfsong. Someone referred to Wolfsong as basically Twilight, but gay. And that statement influenced my whole experience with this…

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December 29, 2020
Female Author / Own Voices / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Romance / Series / Standalone

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics – LGBT Book Review

The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite was the first romance novel I have ever read. And well, I might now be a sapphic historical romance reader. At…

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December 15, 2020
Female Author / Horror / Queer Reads / Science Fiction / Standalone

The Luminous Dead – LGBT Book Review

Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling is a book that has finally gotten me back into reading horror. And let’s face it, every book is better when it has queer leads.…

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October 20, 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
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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
Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Series

The Perfect Assassin – LGBT Book Review

The Perfect Assassin is K. A. Doore’s first novel in the Chronicles of Ghadid trilogy set in a Sahara inspired fantasy world.  Amastan is an apprentice historian and a new…

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June 2, 2020
Fantasy / Own Voices / Queer Author / Trans Author

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
Female Author / Science Fiction / Standalone

Station Eleven – Review

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is a story, not truly of civilization’s downfall, or the effects of a pandemic. The book was too far removed from that story…

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May 19, 2020
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