Girl, Serpent, Thorn Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A poisonous princess, a captive div and a sapphic ending: Melissa Bashardoust’s Persian-myth fairy tale has a great heroine and a rich world, held back by twists you can see coming.
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The Rabbi Who Prayed with Fire Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A warm community mystery with a queer woman rabbi as its sleuth, held back by flat characters and a simple puzzle.
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A lyrical coming-of-age novel about a queer Pakistani Muslim girl in 1980s Queens, held back by slow pacing and an abrupt ending.
Zara Hossain Is Here Review: Is It Worth Reading?
An urgent YA novel about a queer Pakistani Muslim teen and her family facing a hate crime, held back by simple writing.
Arden Grey Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A quiet YA coming-of-age novel about an ace-questioning sapphic teen learning to spot abusive relationships.
The Summer Love Strategy Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A warm, very queer YA friends-to-lovers summer romance, held back by flat writing.
Love Points to You Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A light YA ace rom-com with two aspec leads and a game-design hook, undercut by an exhausting heroine.
Keeper of the Dawn Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A short ace fantasy with a sweet, sex-free romance, cramped by a novella trying to cover four years of story.
The Cybernetic Tea Shop Review: Is It Worth Reading?
An asexual repair tech, a two-hundred-year-old robot and a failing Seattle tea shop. Our evidence-led review of Meredith Katz’s tender sapphic sci-fi novella, and why readers keep wishing it were longer.
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.