Crier’s War Review — Is It Worth Reading?
A 3.9/5 evidence review of Crier’s War by Nina Varela — the definitive sapphic enemies-to-lovers premise, and the chemistry complaint 22% of readers keep raising.
Young Adult
Smash or Pass Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Updated on October 5, 2026 Verdict: A tender, closed-door YA summer-camp romance with some of the most specific autistic masking representation in sapphic fiction this year, held back by a compressed final act and a love interest who stays more sketched than drawn. Best for: Teen readers and adults who read YA for the feelings, … Read more
Immortal Game by Allison Saft — Release Date, Reception & What to Know
Updated on October 5, 2026 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. Status: Out now. Immortal Game was published on August 4, 2026 by Wednesday Books in the US and Hachette Children’s Group in the UK. This page … Read more
She Drives Me Crazy Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: The best-executed sapphic YA rom-com of its generation — quippy, warm, genuinely funny, and built on a fake-dating premise that a loud minority of readers think the book never properly answers for. Best for: Readers who want a fast, feel-good high-school rom-com with real emotional work underneath, and who can accept a heroine who … Read more
Forget Me Not Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A sapphic YA amnesia romance with near-unanimous emotional force and a small-town Pennsylvania setting of real specificity, let down by an ending that arrives too fast. Best for: Readers who want a closed-door queer love story built on longing rather than heat, and who can forgive a resolution that ties itself off in a … Read more
She Gets the Girl Review — Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: A Pittsburgh-set young adult sapphic rom-com with unusually strong character work and closed-door heat, undercut by an ending that arrives the moment the romance does. Best for: Readers who want queer joy without a coming-out plot, and who care more about two well-drawn girls working themselves out than about heat or a tidy epilogue. … Read more
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating Review | Adiba Jaigirdar | Is It Worth Reading?
Verdict: An award-winning Irish-Bengali YA with some of the warmest Muslim family writing in the genre, undercut by an ending that lets the people who caused the harm walk away from it. Best for: Readers who want cultural specificity, biphobia written from the inside and a closed-door teen romance, and who can accept a book … Read more