Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
Hmm unfortunately I think this novel is better as very enjoyable lesson in non-binary pronoun usage than a non-caveat-ed romance novel. But that is for me, because aside from queer rep (which we always love to see! More of it! Everywhere! All the time!) there's a lot of tropes here that I don't … [Read more]
A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare
I read this, along with what feels like every other Tessa Dare book that people (Malin!) recommended, in a short span of time when I was sitting in India, where I had ended up after a very confusing day when we all thought my grandmother was going to pass away (she wasn't! she is all fine! it was a … [Read more]
Auberon by James S.A. Corey
These books are just a hair too short to really get your mind into the Expanse mode. They're almost best read rapidly after finishing the novel that directly precedes it, so that you're already 'there' and don't waste any time. In that sense, I read it in the wrong order, because I didn't realize … [Read more]
Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey
A quick story from my childhood: when I was a kid, right after I saw Pokemon: the First Movie, I was super taken with the story of Mewtwo. Now, I think anyone with half a heart can empathize with Mewtwo, who was basically minding his own business with his clone friends before they all DIED and … [Read more]
Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall
I realize there's an entire subgenre of queer m/m-focus literature set in Ye Olde Times that has a soupçon of reality (like, there have always been queer people but there's no Edwardian timeline in which they were openly walking about and getting married), some very specific tropes for characters … [Read more]
The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas
Real talk: after reading this, I'm waiting for the Lady Sherlock spin-off/novella which is nothing but Lord Ingram and Charlotte getting it on. Real-er talk: no, I can't think of anything BUT getting to see Charlotte explore all of her uninhibited Victorian/Edwardian fantasies. That being … [Read more]
