Homegrown Magic Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A cozy F/NB greenhouse romance with a sweet childhood-crush reunion and real heat, held back by secrecy-driven plotting and a villain family many readers found antisemitic.
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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.
We Set the Dark on Fire Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Tehlor Kay Mejia’s YA sapphic dystopia pairs sharp border politics with a forbidden romance between two wives of the same man. Here’s what 21,000 Goodreads ratings and the trade reviews say, and why you’ll want the sequel ready.
The Maiden and Her Monster Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A dark, folklore-rich sapphic golem retelling, held back by awkward prose and an unconvincing romance.
The End Crowns All Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A sapphic, ace-led retelling of the fall of Troy with two great heroines, held back by a very slow middle.
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.
Iron & Velvet Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A funny, queer urban fantasy mystery set in supernatural London, with a half-fae detective worth meeting, held back by a slow, info-heavy start and a romance that plays second fiddle to the case.
This Poison Heart Review: Is It Worth Reading?
Kalynn Bayron’s Medea retelling has wonderful moms and a gorgeous poison garden, but a slow first half, a thin sapphic romance and a hard cliffhanger. Here’s what readers say.
The Winter Duke Review: Is It Worth Reading?
A frozen-court political mystery with a genuinely fun sapphic marriage at its center, held back by a slow middle and a heroine a lot of readers wanted to shake. Our evidence-led review of Claire Eliza Bartlett’s YA standalone.
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.