This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A bright, funny YA magical mystery with two Black lesbian leads and a genuinely well-hidden culprit, undercut by a fake-dating romance that too many readers say never quite stops feeling … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: An honest, character-first YA sequel about a first-year long-distance relationship that feels true to that age, undercut by a miscommunication engine that frustrates a large share of its readers. Best … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A funny, folklore-soaked quest through Iron Age Britain with a goddess of death who is terrible at being human, undercut by a thin second lead and an ending that romance … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: An atmospheric, folklore-soaked gothic mystery with a well-loved central partnership and a scene-stealing supporting cast, held back by a slow, crowded middle and a sapphic romance that stays quieter than … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A lush, fiercely voiced reclamation of Egypt’s last pharaoh with genuine emotional weight and a superb audiobook, undercut by a narrator who foreshadows everything and a queer thread far quieter … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A feminist sapphic Hansel and Gretel with a beloved found family and a genuinely satisfying revenge arc, held back by a romance that starts already finished and a past-present structure … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A sharp, funny literary mystery about a dating-app detective agency, with a narrator critics adored and a Chinese American family that readers love, undercut by a mystery that loses its … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A historically important 1989 lesbian whodunit with a likeable sleuth and a sharp eye for campus bigotry, let down by stiff dialogue, a crowded cast and a reveal that even its first trade review … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A YA sapphic soccer rivals-to-lovers romance built on real forced teamwork instead of manufactured tension, held back by a single POV that leaves its own love interest thin. Best for: … Read more
This post contains affiliate links, including Amazon and Libro.fm. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A 200-page epistolary love story between rival time agents that swept every novella award of its year, undercut by prose so dense that a large minority of readers cannot find … Read more