Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 "No country for old shit boots." Orphaned Delilah Green had no desire to return to Bright Falls, Oregon, and her stepfamily. Nope, not ever. Her career as a photographer was finally taking off, and her life was in NYC. Until her sister Astrid calls and reminds … Continue reading Book Review: Delilah Green Doesn’t Care
Tag: sapphic romance
Book Review: Forward March by Skye Quinlan
Forward March by Skye Quinlan 🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 Harper McKinley is a band geek and damned proud of it. She's one of the best (and most dedicated) members of her private boarding school's band, and with her senior year in full swing, nothing is going to stop her from having a great time. Except her conservation Republican … Continue reading Book Review: Forward March by Skye Quinlan
10 Sapphic Romance Novels on my TBR
2022 is the year of contemporary sapphic romance. Because 2022 is also a year of conflicting cozy and chaos, some of these are new releases, some are backlist titles, and all are on my TBR. Blurbs are from Goodreads. YA TBR Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (June 2022) Amber McCloud’s dream is to become … Continue reading 10 Sapphic Romance Novels on my TBR
Mini Reviews: Like Other Girls and Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms
Today I'm posting about two fun YA books: Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin and Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier. Although both seem rather odd, being as one is a YA book about a closeted Oregon lesbian deciding to play football and the other is a graphic novel about two girls on … Continue reading Mini Reviews: Like Other Girls and Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: doxxing, racism and racial microaggressions, homophobia, threats of deportation, war Lily Hu, 17 years old and Chinese-American, knows she's different. That difference solidifies when she finds a book in a bodega about a woman loving another woman...it answers so many questions, but it … Continue reading Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Three Mini Reviews: All About School Dances!
I don't know what it was about April, but I somehow read not one, not two, but three books centering high school dances with queer leads. Okay, I do know what it was about—two of the books were ARCs and the third was an audiobook that came off hold in the library. While I immensely … Continue reading Three Mini Reviews: All About School Dances!
Book Review: How to Find a Princess
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Content Warning: alcoholic parent, reference to trauma (refugees fleeing by sea, descriptions of violence and murder, mentions of enslaved ancestors), PTSD, obsession/addiction, bullying Makeda Hicks just lost her job and her girlfriend all at once—all because she's too helpful, too selfless. Those aren't bad traits, right? … Continue reading Book Review: How to Find a Princess
Book Review: She Drives Me Crazy
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 After an epic loss on the basketball court to her ex-girlfriend and her new team, followed by an embarrassing fender bender with her enemy, Scottie needs a win. She needs something to get her groove back. Turns out her enemy (and head cheerleader) needs something too. Together, … Continue reading Book Review: She Drives Me Crazy
Three Mini Audiobook Reviews
Trying to catch up on my reviews. I don't want to get as behind as I was last year, while also giving myself permission to...just not write reviews for some things I read (longer than a couple sentences, anyway). But here are three mini romance reviews for audiobooks. Two I listened along with my wife … Continue reading Three Mini Audiobook Reviews
Book Review: Music From Another World
Music From Another World by Robin Talley 🌺🌺🌺/5 It's the summer of 1977 and a resurgence of conservatism is thrumming through the United States. Closeted lesbian Tammy has been caught up in the middle of it—her aunt and uncle are two of the ringleaders of the West Baptist Church advocating for a return to family … Continue reading Book Review: Music From Another World