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A Queer P&P Retelling

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

January 14, 2025 by Tracy 2 Comments

Is that not a gorgeous cover? This was a sweet, queer, YA retelling of Pride and Prejudice, though as a straight, cis woman, it’s easy for me to call it sweet. I imagine it would be much heavier emotionally for members of the LGBTQ+ community, especially those who are trans or nonbinary. Instead of Elizabeth Bennet, we have Oliver Bennet. Only a handful of people know that he is trans, which means most family members, friends, and acquaintances are constantly deadnaming him and referring to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Gabe Cole Novoa, LGBTQ, queer retelling

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Gabe Cole Novoa, LGBTQ, queer retelling ·
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A queer retelling of Pretty Woman

Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore

March 25, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Steven Salvatore described his adult romance debut, Boyfriend Subscription, as a queer retelling of Pretty Woman. I love a queer retelling, but Pretty Woman was never one of my favorite movies. I never believed that Richard Gere’s character was going to value Julia Robert’s character beyond the end of the movie. Once the glow of the new relationship wore off, I was pretty sure he was going to hold having been a sex worker against her. Salvatore takes care of that issue by making Cole, the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Boyfriend Subscription, NetGalley, Pretty Woman, queer retelling, Steven Salvatore

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:23 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Boyfriend Subscription, NetGalley, Pretty Woman, queer retelling, Steven Salvatore ·
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“I never stopped trying to save you, so don’t you fucking dare stop trying to save yourself.”

A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables #1) by Alix E. Harrow

February 12, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

A Spindle Splintered is a queer retelling of the Sleeping Beauty fairytale, playing on the variations that exist and adding one of its own. The basic story has been around for almost seven hundred years and has flown through the hands of Basile, Perrault, and Grimm, and that’s before we get into the hundreds of adaptations so what’s another? Harrow brings her own lens to this, and imbues her lead, Zinnia Grey, with a wonderfully clear voice. It is so realistic that I initially thought […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: a spindle splintered, alix e harrow, fairy tale retelling, fractured fable, novella, queer retelling, read harder challenge, sleeping beauty

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: a spindle splintered, alix e harrow, fairy tale retelling, fractured fable, novella, queer retelling, read harder challenge, sleeping beauty ·
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