Oscar is a grouch. That’s a well-established fact among his tight-knit friend group, and they love him anyway. Jack is an ass. Jack, who’s always ready with a sly insult, who can’t have a conversation without arguing, and who Oscar may or may not have hooked up with on a strict no-commitment, one-time-only basis. Even … Continue reading Review: The Hate Project by Kris Ripper
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ARC Review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, … Continue reading ARC Review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
ARC Review: Role Model (Game Changers #5) by Rachel Reid
Troy Barrett has been freshly traded to Ottawa after calling out Dallas Kent during a team practice. He wants to be a better person, and the weird, scrappy energy of the struggling Ottawa team seems like the place to...well. It seems like the only place that will have Troy right now. Fortunately the Ottawa team … Continue reading ARC Review: Role Model (Game Changers #5) by Rachel Reid
Review: Subtle Blood by KJ Charles
Will Darling is all right. His business is doing well, and so is his illicit relationship with Kim Secretan--disgraced aristocrat, ex-spy, amateur book-dealer. It’s starting to feel like he’s got his life under control. And then a brutal murder in a gentleman’s club plunges them back into the shadow world of crime, deception, and the … Continue reading Review: Subtle Blood by KJ Charles
Queer SciFi Books I Want To Read
Hi all! For years, I have been adamant that I hate science fiction novels. I just could never get into them, no matter how intriguing I find space and aliens, and all the classic scifi tropes. I probably dislike the genre so much because there's so much action involved and I really dislike action scenes … Continue reading Queer SciFi Books I Want To Read
ARC Review: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates … Continue reading ARC Review: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
ARC Review: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
Under the Whispering Door is a contemporary fantasy with TJ Klune's signature "quirk and charm" (PW) about a ghost who refuses to cross over and the ferryman he falls in love with... When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead. Instead of leading him directly … Continue reading ARC Review: Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
ARC Review: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
While the Iskat Empire has long dominated the system through treaties and political alliances, several planets, including Thea, have begun to chafe under Iskat's rule. When tragedy befalls Imperial Prince Taam, his Thean widower, Jainan, is rushed into an arranged marriage with Taam's cousin, the disreputable Kiem, in a bid to keep the rising hostilities … Continue reading ARC Review: Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Review: The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles
Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that nobody looks behind their pretty faces. Until Robin sets his sights on Sir John Hartlebury’s heiress niece. The notoriously graceless baronet isn’t impressed by good looks, or fooled by false charm. He’s sure Robin is a liar—a fortune … Continue reading Review: The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles
ARC Review: A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
A lyrical and dreamy reimagining of Dracula’s brides, A Dowry of Blood is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation. Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving … Continue reading ARC Review: A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson