Cool for the Summer Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Dahlia Adler’s bi YA summer romance gives a questioning heroine real care and a warm summer with Jasmine, but its love triangle runs on miscommunication. Our evidence-led review.
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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.
The Christmas Murder Game Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Alexandra Benedict’s snowbound Christmas puzzle mystery has a bisexual heroine and a clever twelve-day game, but almost no romance and a killer most readers guess early.
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.
Say Yes to the Cheerleader Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A sweet, low-stakes senior-year crush romance with no coming-out trauma — warm and gently funny, but held back by a thin cast and an abrupt ending.
Friday I’m in Love Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A Black bisexual teen throws herself a coming-out party in Camryn Garrett’s warm YA rom-com. Here is what 2,500+ readers say about the joy, the money story and the narrator who splits them.
The Afterward Review — Is It Worth Reading?
E.K. Johnston’s after-the-quest YA fantasy gives a knight and a thief a tender, happy-ending romance — but its split timeline loses many readers. Our evidence-led review.
The Dark Tide Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Alicia Jasinska’s YA sapphic dark fantasy has a gorgeous drowning city and a queen worth reading, but most readers say the enemies-to-lovers romance arrives before it’s earned.