Unbound by Midnight Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Unbound by Midnight by Amanda Austen book cover

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A charming sapphic Cinderella with noticeably better prose than its 3.11 average suggests, held back by a novella length that leaves almost every idea in it underdeveloped. Best for: Readers who want a pretty, … Read more

Treasured Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Treasured by Poppy Woods book cover

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A dragon-shifter Beauty and the Beast retelling with a warm premise and a princess worth rooting for, undercut by a page count too short to develop the romance it sets up. Best for: Readers … Read more

The Rogue Crown Review — Is It Worth Reading?

The Rogue Crown by A.K. Mulford book cover

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 bodyguard romantasy that finally gives the series’ best supporting character her own book and a sapphic love story real room to breathe, held back by a murder investigation that … Read more

Blood Marks Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Blood Marks by Ruby Scott book cover

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A genuinely fresh Scottish-folklore vampire premise and a superb gothic opening, held back by heavy repetition and a structural break that turns the back half into a different book. Best for: Readers who want … Read more

The Orc and Her Bride Review — Is It Worth Reading?

The Orc and Her Bride by Lila Gwynn book cover

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 short, warm orc-and-elf arranged-marriage romance built around one of the most beloved heroines in indie sapphic fantasy, undercut by a co-lead a large minority of readers never forgive. Best … Read more

Woodborn Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Woodborn by Heather Nix book cover

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A sprawling, genuinely inhabited sapphic high fantasy with a strong multi-POV cast and real content weight, held back by a romance that arrives late and a first book that does not resolve. Best for: … Read more

Providence Girls Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Providence Girls by Morgan Dante book cover

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 tender, formally ambitious sapphic cosmic horror romance with some of the most striking prose in indie sapphic fiction, undercut by two narrators who sound like the same person. Best … Read more

The Woman from the Waves Review — Is It Worth Reading?

The Woman from the Waves by Roslyn Sinclair book cover

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 564-page Scottish sea-myth romance between an ex-nun and the creature who planned to eat her, with enormous yearning and the best prose of Sinclair’s career — undercut by a … Read more

Of Tides and Snow Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Of Tides and Snow by Darva Green book cover

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 sapphic Snow White retelling relocated to a pirate ship, with a genuinely charged captain-and-captive dynamic and 5/5 heat, undercut by a final act that resolves half its plot in … Read more

Of Iron and Gold Review — Is It Worth Reading?

Of Iron and Gold by Lexa Luthor book cover

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. Verdict: A short, top-band F/F omegaverse romance built on a genuinely good moral dilemma, undercut by a plot too thin to fill the court-intrigue premise it sets up. Best for: Readers who already know what … Read more