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.
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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.
If You Could Be Mine Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Sara Farizan’s Lambda-winning debut sets a forbidden first love in Tehran. Our evidence-led review: a vital premise and setting, held back by a thin, one-sided romance and a bittersweet ending.
Blue Rose Red Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A tender ownvoices sapphic YA romance with an autistic heroine and sweet heat, rated almost entirely by a launch circle close to the author.
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Sara Farizan’s 2014 Iranian American coming-out YA has a narrator readers adore and a loud minority report on how it treats bisexuality. Our evidence-led review.
Ruinsong Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Ruinsong pairs an original song-magic system and a morally serious heroine with a slow middle and a rushed ending. Our evidence-led review of Julia Ember’s standalone sapphic YA dark fantasy.
Life, Love, and Other Messes Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A compassionate, honest novel about a writer managing mental illness and falling for her neighbor — but the romance is a subplot, Lisa stays thin and the ending is rushed.
Make My Wish Come True Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A cosy sapphic YA Christmas fake-dating romance with a lovable town and a Hanukkah party, held back by 18-year-old leads who read like 25 and a heroine many readers struggle to forgive.
A Swedish Christmas Fairy Tale Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A gentle, closed-door sapphic Christmas romance with a lovely Swedish setting, held back by a heroine many readers find too childlike and an ending that stops rather than lands.