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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
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
Female Author / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Science Fiction / Standalone

Ascension – LGBT Book Review

When I first discovered and read this book I was starved of science-fiction with LGBTQ+ Protagonists. I enjoyed it in my whirl wind read through. But, now I have had…

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May 5, 2020
Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Author / Queer Reads / Series

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…

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April 28, 2020
Black Author / Fantasy / Own Voices / Queer Author / Standalone

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…

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April 14, 2020
Black Author / Fantasy / Own Voices / Queer Author / Standalone

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…

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April 7, 2020
Fantasy / Female Author / Queer Reads / Series

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…

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March 24, 2020
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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…

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March 17, 2020
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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,…

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February 14, 2020
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A Memory Called Empire – LGBT Book Review

WLW, Sci Fi On Wednesday I finally finished A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. This book has been sitting on my shelf and taunting me since I picked it up soon…

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February 14, 2020

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