Awry with Dandelions by J.S. Fields
A short but engaging adventure Ever since they can remember, Orin has shared their mind with Mette, who may or may not be real but takes a lot of space in their life. Mette and Orin have tried for years to separate but no amount of bitter potions or jumping off cliffs has proved effective. […]
Stay with Me by Lily X
A good start for a new sci-fi series Stay with Me is the first book in a new sci-fi series, New World, with four more already planned. In this first instalment, instead of the bot she ordered, Cedra gets a real live woman, fleeing an engagement she wants nothing to do with. I always have […]
Beyond Any Experience by Anne E. Terpstra
A wonderful debut novel I read a lot of books, and love a lot of books. I am constantly amazed at how far we’ve come, at how much the quality has risen in the twenty-five or thirty years since I started reading sapphic fiction. I mean no disrespect to anyone but some of the books […]
Down to a Science by Haley Cass
A very cute and nerdy friends-to-lovers novella A best-friends-to-lovers romance between a neurodivergent nerd and a hot firefighter? Yes, please. Ellie is an adorkable genius, a brilliant researcher in biomedical engineering at MIT, whose idea of being social is sitting at the bar in her favourite pub, working on her PhD. When she’s not hogging […]
The Flying Mermaid by Eule Grey
A unique Young Adult novella I love Eule Grey’s style and I don’t know if I can explain what I love about it. All sorts of words come to mind: poetic, peculiar, epic. All sorts of images too. Fairytales, the original ones, the dark, sometimes scary ones, not the Disney versions. Georges Méliès’ movies. Salvador […]
Queen by J. S. Fields
An exciting new series by the author of the Ardulum trilogy I’m never going to look at rabbits the same way. Nor beetles but I don’t look at beetles much, I’m squeamish that way. I love Fields’ Ardulum books but I’m not going to lie, I didn’t enjoy Foxfire in the Snow as much, and […]
Howl by Lucy Bexley
A cute and funny story to get in the mood for Pride Okay, I started laughing as soon as I read the first sentence and only stopped here and there to feel emotional. Lucy Bexley really writes adorable characters, and I just want them to be happy. Clementine left her parents’ diner in Maine in […]
In The Mirror by Lise Gold and Madeleine Taylor
An empowering romance on body positivity Edging is the name of the game. Both MCs know they’ll end up having sex. They both want it, they both know quickly the attraction is mutual. They also both keep stepping back when the other comes too close. There’s no real will they/won’t they suspense as the reader […]
I, Volcano by Eule Grey
A hard but hopeful and poetic story of love in wartime What we go through, the context in which we read stories informs the way we experience them. Reading this book while there’s a war raging a few hours from here, with families finding refuge in the village I live in and becoming part of […]