Book Reviews & Recommendations
In Rachel Gillig’s One Dark Window, the mist-locked kingdom of Blunder breathes like a living thing, full of secrets, decay, and shadow. With lyrical prose and gothic undertones, Gillig crafts a story where the line between salvation and damnation blurs and where […]
Jennifer Dugan’s Some Girls Do is a heartfelt, beautifully written YA queer romance that explores what it means to live your truth in a world that often makes that difficult. Blending tenderness with tension, it tells the story of two very different […]
In The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood and Boyfriends, Jamie D’Amato breathes new life into the vampire trope with a mix of humor, vulnerability, and queer romance. Marketed as Heartstopper meets Buffy, this novel blends supernatural chaos with a heartfelt exploration of […]
Natalie Guerrero’s My Train Leaves at Three is a bold and emotional debut that captures the grit, rhythm, and ache of chasing a dream in New York City. It’s a coming-of-age story that hums with honesty and heat, following a woman caught […]
Hanako Footman’s Mongrel is a quietly devastating and beautifully wrought debut that examines what it means to exist between worlds. Told through three interconnected narratives spanning England and Japan, it explores the legacy of grief, shame, and longing that passes through generations […]
Margaret Owen’s Little Thieves takes the bones of The Goose Girl and rebuilds them into something clever, propulsive, and emotionally rich. This is a Germanic flavored fantasy with the pulse of a caper and the bite of a character study, anchored by […]
Arkady Martine follows her Hugo winning debut with a sequel that is bigger, stranger, and, in many ways, even more satisfying. A Desolation Called Peace expands the Teixcalaan saga from palace intrigue to the terrifying edge of known space, where a fleet […]
Samuel Burr’s The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers is a charming, bittersweet novel that celebrates eccentricity, love, and the lifelong quest to find where we belong. Combining gentle humor with heartfelt emotion, Burr weaves a story about a young man raised by an extraordinary […]
Mia McKenzie’s These Heathens is a vibrant, emotionally charged, and deeply human story that captures how one weekend can alter the course of a life forever. Set in 1960 Georgia, this novel unfolds through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Doris Steele, a small-town […]
Ann Aguirre’s cozy contemporary fantasy leans hard into found family, queer community, and second chances. It also pairs those warm vibes with a messy heroine and a beta hero who has adored her since childhood. Depending on your taste, that mix will […]