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.
Friends-to-Lovers
Sapphic friends-to-lovers romance: best friends, roommates, childhood friends and the slow realisation that this is more. Each review rates the book, states the heat and ending, and sums up what readers say. For a shortlist, see friends-to-lovers lesbian romance, reviewed.
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.
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.
Straight Girl in My Bed Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A one bed, friends to lovers wedding romance with a great premise and real heat, let down by continuity errors and a loud reader suspicion that it was AI-generated.
Melt With You Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Jennifer Dugan’s YA ice cream truck road trip has a lovely premise and a Booklist star, but readers keep tripping over its miscommunication plot. Here’s what the evidence says.
Decking the Halls Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Our evidence-led review of Decking the Halls by Hildred Billings, a spicy small-town sapphic Christmas novella about falling for your ex’s twin sister.
Party Favors Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Our review of Party Favors by Erin McLellan, a very explicit sapphic New Year’s novella about online best friends sharing one bed: what readers love, what they skim, and who it’s for.
Blue Rose Red Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A tender ownvoices sapphic YA romance with an autistic heroine and sweet heat, rated almost entirely by a launch circle close to the author.
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Sara Farizan’s 2014 Iranian American coming-out YA has a narrator readers adore and a loud minority report on how it treats bisexuality. Our evidence-led review.
Ruinsong Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Ruinsong pairs an original song-magic system and a morally serious heroine with a slow middle and a rushed ending. Our evidence-led review of Julia Ember’s standalone sapphic YA dark fantasy.