Tag: Queer
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SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by John Wiswell (BOOK REVIEW)
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell is a delightfully gory asexual monster romance, but it is also so much more than that. ... -
THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by Simon Jimenez (BOOK REVIEW)
If you’re looking for a story in the same vein as Princess Mononoke but with giggling, psychic tortoises, horrifically cruel antagonists, and a uniquely developed queer ... -
THE JASMINE THRONE by Tasha Suri (BOOK REVIEW)
For a while now, there has been one book that has cropped up in book hauls, monthly reading wrap-ups, best books of the year lists and ... -
THE DEATH I GAME HIM by Em X. Liu (BOOK REVIEW)
“Hayden does not remember when he first realized he is going to die.” Em X. Liu is a writer and biochemistry graduate who is fascinated by ... -
A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY by Trip Galey (BOOK REVIEW)
Ladies’ fingers, pale and cold, nestled among jars of grass-green eyes. Twists of hair in all colours of autumn leaves hung like shimmering vines in a ... -
A RESTLESS TRUTH by Freya Marske (BOOK REVIEW)
A Restless Truth is Freya Marske’s much anticipated sequel to her queer historical fantasy, A Marvellous Light. The story picks up not long after the events of ... -
A MARVELLOUS LIGHT by Freya Marske (BOOK REVIEW)
A Marvellous Light is Australian author Freya Marske’s debut novel of Edwardian magicians. It’s a beautiful story of self-discovery, featuring sumptuous prose, that I burned through in ... -
HEART OF STONE by Johannes T Evans (BOOK REVIEW)
The year is 1764, and following a glowing recommendation from his last employer, Henry Coffey, vampire, takes on a new personal secretary: young Theophilus Essex. The ... -
KINSHIP AND KINDNESS by Kara Jorgensen (BOOK REVIEW)
Content warnings: (from the author) sexual content, violence, ableism (including internalized), foreshortened future/PTSD, epileptic seizures, remembered child abuse, remembered death of a lover. I’d also add ... -
A DECEPTIVE ALLIANCE by Sydney Blackburn (BOOK REVIEW)
This book is so sweet. I’m always trying to fill a particular gap on my shelves: light-hearted, character-centric fantasy that just makes you smile. Oh, and ...