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You’re the right kind of sinner to release my inner fantasy.

Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang

September 26, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“I don’t have to sleep with him on our Honeymoon,” Lauren says. “They actually encourage you to just spend the night, like, kissing. Talking about vulnerable stuff you wouldn’t want to discuss on-camera.” “Right. And there’s a lot of vulnerable stuff you need to tell him,” Damian says. “For instance, you need to tell him you don’t like guys.” ― Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, Here for the Wrong Reasons She didn’t see rampant homophobia so much as she never saw a happy gay future […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Annabel Paulsen, Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, Bachelor, cbr16bingo, closets, cowgirl, femininity, horses, Instagram, lesbian author, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA+ characters, Lydia Wang, performative femininity, queer authors, queer romance, reality TV, sapphic romance

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:76 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Annabel Paulsen, Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, Bachelor, cbr16bingo, closets, cowgirl, femininity, horses, Instagram, lesbian author, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA+ characters, Lydia Wang, performative femininity, queer authors, queer romance, reality TV, sapphic romance ·
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Tea and Books with some magic and dragons and soldiers

Can't Spell treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

May 26, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea very much matches the label on the front cover “cozy fantasy steeped in love”. It’s not exactly a romance though, since the main couple is already established at the start, and they actually seem to have a healthy communication dynamic (which it feels like most standard romances must avoid). Unless the love is actually the couple everyone knows are into each other but they refuse to admit it themselves, or maybe it’s the young teenage first love thing that gets […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, adventure, Can't Spell Treason Without Tea, cozy fantasy, Legends & Lattes, Rebecca Thorne, sapphic romance

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:27 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, adventure, Can't Spell Treason Without Tea, cozy fantasy, Legends & Lattes, Rebecca Thorne, sapphic romance ·
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Fun & Delightful Black Sapphic Romance

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

April 25, 2024 by LB 1 Comment

I feel like I’ve been waiting for this book forever, so as soon as I got approved for an arc I had to immediately jump in. And I am so glad I did! I’ve loved Chencia’s books since I read Wolves of West Texas, and seeing her story-telling grow and develop is just amazing. A Little Kissing Between Friends is such a delight of a book and had me laughing constantly. The friendship between Jucee and Cyn is so wonderful, and I also love how […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: bisexual, Black romance, Chencia C. Higgins, chosen family, contemporary, Contemporary Romance, lesbian, queer, Romance, sapphic romance, sex worker, single parent

LB's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Romance · Tags: bisexual, Black romance, Chencia C. Higgins, chosen family, contemporary, Contemporary Romance, lesbian, queer, Romance, sapphic romance, sex worker, single parent ·
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“What?” Noelle protested. “You’re still my person. And Miriam is your person, and now somehow I’m Cole’s person. We’re all just each other’s people.”

Season of Love by Helena Greer

December 11, 2022 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

Season of Love would not have made its way to my holiday season reading if not for emmalita’s lovely gifting of it to me, but it does check several boxes for my recent reading input: it is a queer romance which unpacks big emotions, specifically grief and trauma responses. Season of Love is also a very Jewish story told around several holidays, including Christmas. It also made Buzzfeed’s list of most anticipated LGBTQ romances of 2022 and the books I’ve read from that list (Love […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: excellent supporting cast, f/f romance, Helena Greer, holiday romance, jewish culture, sapphic romance, Season of Love, trauma

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: excellent supporting cast, f/f romance, Helena Greer, holiday romance, jewish culture, sapphic romance, Season of Love, trauma ·
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Farewell Katia, See You As Soon As You Publish The Next One

Just Might Work by Katia Rose

November 30, 2022 by Abi 1 Comment

And so, my journey through the sapphic romances of Katia Rose comes to an end. Originally this review of Just Might Work was going to be “Oh hey so this one has the best smut of the lot” but then I read Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner and frankly that blew everyone out of the water in the smut department, so with all due respect to the smut, I will be forced to talk about the way in which I liked the characters, very much […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: catching feelings, enemies to lovers, fake dating, Katia Rose, LGBTQ author, LGBTQ romance, non-binary character, sapphic romance, they were roommates, transgender, transgender characters

Abi's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: catching feelings, enemies to lovers, fake dating, Katia Rose, LGBTQ author, LGBTQ romance, non-binary character, sapphic romance, they were roommates, transgender, transgender characters ·
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*slaps roof* This Thing Can Fit So Much Gay Sex In It

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

November 30, 2022 by Abi 1 Comment

Somewhere midway through the chapter two “Oh no my friend brought me to breakfast with my one night stand from last night and it’s her mom” scene of Mistakes Were Made I realised that Meryl Wilsner had sucked me in for the ride. It was truly an outstanding entry in the awkward reunion genre, a little awkward, a little sexy, a little funny. It set the tone for the rest of the book, and it was enough to get me over my general mistrust of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: age gap romance, car sex, cassie can have a little flash of dysphoria - as a treat, LGBTQ romance, like the author called it 8 and a half sex scenes or something, lots and lots of sex, Meryl Wilsner, non-binary author, sapphic romance, shower sex, so much so much smut

Abi's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: age gap romance, car sex, cassie can have a little flash of dysphoria - as a treat, LGBTQ romance, like the author called it 8 and a half sex scenes or something, lots and lots of sex, Meryl Wilsner, non-binary author, sapphic romance, shower sex, so much so much smut ·
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