Sunny Side Up Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Our review of Sunny Side Up by Missouri Vaun and VK Powell, a warm sapphic cozy mystery with a retiring police chief, a woman on the run and a town worth moving to.
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Returning to Love Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A married-couple second-chance romance with some of the most honest depression writing in sapphic fiction, held back by a long, repetitive middle and a reconciliation that happens mostly off the page. Best for: Readers who want a realistic story about mental illness inside a marriage, and who can forgive a slow middle, a lot … Read more
A Pirate’s Life for Tea Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A cheerful, pun-heavy river adventure that doubles the sapphic couples and improves on book one in readers’ eyes, held back by low stakes, a baggy middle, and a main couple who spend much of the book watching someone else’s romance. Best for: Readers who loved Kianthe and Reyna in book one, who want a … Read more
No Other Love Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A thoughtful, unusual romance about an established couple — a bookshop owner and her novelist wife, twenty years together — facing an infatuation, perimenopause and change. Readers praise its realism and emotional honesty; those who want a falling-in-love story, or can’t abide emotional cheating, may struggle. Best for: Readers in or curious about long-term … Read more
Half-Court Heat Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A steamy, emotional sequel that tests Lex and Eva’s new relationship with fame, distance and injury. Fans loved the realism and the heat; a sizeable group felt it was an unnecessary follow-up with a slow first half, a messy second half and an over-dramatic injury. Best for: Readers who loved Hoops & Heartstrings and … Read more
Girls Like Us Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Updated on October 9, 2026 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 for: Readers who loved Ruby and Morgan in Some Girls Do and want to see what happens after the … Read more
Year of the Mer Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Updated on October 9, 2026 Verdict: A genuinely original what-happens-after-the-fairy-tale premise with a furious, morally grey Black sapphic heir at its centre, let down by a slow, exposition-heavy first half and a cliffhanger ending. Best for: Readers who want dark political fantasy with a difficult protagonist, who can wait half a book for the plot … Read more
Witch of the Shadow Wood Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Updated on October 9, 2026 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 that jolts more readers than it rewards. Best for: Readers who want witchy found family, fairy-tale anger turned into … Read more
Even Though I Knew the End Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Updated on October 8, 2026 Verdict: A 1941 Chicago noir in which a magical detective has three days of soul left and a girlfriend she has not told — Nebula-winning, unbearably tender, and let down by the mystery it is nominally about. Best for: Readers who want an established sapphic couple rather than a courtship, … Read more