Thanks for Listening Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Molly Horan’s YA ace romance has a lovable stage manager narrator, careful asexual representation and a starred Kirkus review, but readers say the love story moves too fast.
Contemporary Lesbian Romance
Reviews of contemporary sapphic romance set in the here and now: workplace romances, rom-coms, small towns, big cities, fake dating and second chances. Each review rates the book, states the heat level and ending, and sums up what readers actually say. For a curated starting point, see contemporary lesbian romance: sapphic books reviewed.
Forward March Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Forward March by Skye Quinlan is a warm ace lesbian YA rom-com with standout asexual representation, held back by a crowded plot and a political storyline readers say never lands.
Whenever You’re Ready Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Rachel Runya Katz’s sapphic road trip through grief and Southern Jewish history has a five-star friendship at its heart and a romance readers say gets crowded out. Here’s what the evidence says.
The Dos and Donuts of Love Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A pun-packed sapphic YA baking show novel with a proud fat, queer, Bangladeshi Irish heroine, held back by a romance that waits in the wings until late.
Knit One, Girl Two Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A soft, closed-door Jewish sapphic novella about a yarn dyer and a painter. Readers love its kindness and craft detail, and almost all of them wish it were longer.
The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Sabina Khan’s YA debut sends a closeted Bengali American Muslim teen from Seattle to Bangladesh. Readers call it important and moving, and they also call the writing flat. Here’s what the evidence says.
Going Bicoastal Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Dahlia Adler’s Sliding Doors YA romance gives a bisexual Jewish teen two summers, one with a girl in New York and one with a boy in LA. Here’s what readers actually say about the split.
Tell Me How You Really Feel Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Aminah Mae Safi’s YA sapphic enemies-to-lovers romance has rich families and a fun filmmaking hook, but readers keep saying Rachel is just mean. Our evidence-led review.
I Can’t Think Straight Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Shamim Sarif’s London love story between a Palestinian bride-to-be and a shy British Indian writer is funny and warm, carried by its families, but head-hopping prose and a thin romance hold it back.
Planning Perfect Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Planning Perfect by Haley Neil is a warm, openly ace-spectrum YA wedding rom-com with real Jewish family texture, held back by a narrator many readers find hard to like and a romance that lands very late.