@vivavaleria@eldritch.cafe on the mammooth site. Reading mostly wlw rom-coms, with the occasional exceptions. I try to rotate languages, but it isn't really easy to find queer romance books in other languages than English. Reviews and comments usually in the same language as the book.
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Bolivian-Argentiniantinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and …
Also it's pretty funny how all the conversations in this book are in English, French or Spanish, even though it's fucking EGYPT
Bolivian-Argentiniantinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and …
Is this really a romance plot between Inez and WHITFORD??? The alcoholic who's locking her up all the time, and threatening strangers with violence? Are the straights okay???
After the year from hell, Haf is ready to blow off steam at a Christmas …
You know I always love fake dating stories. But this one is a particularly good implementation of it. Cheers to this bunch of bisexual disasters!
So many amazing short stories! And they all had different ideas and interpretations of the two themes, and how to combine them. Loved every single one of them!
Alyson is a romantic, and sometimes it gets her into trouble. Like last summer, she …
Dickwads get wracked, and there's kissing girls! CW: sexual assault
Two queer teen bloodsuckers attending an elite vampire-only boarding school must go up against all …
Great story in a well-engineered universe with so many little aspects. If you like gay communist vampire revolutionaries schemeing their ways to overthrow the conservative vampires elites, this book is for you.
Two queer teen bloodsuckers attending an elite vampire-only boarding school must go up against all …
One thing I love about this book is Taylor's and Evangeline's enemies-with-benefits relationship. Like hatefucking your bully and nemesis every week is a totally normal thing that people just do. And no, it's not an enemies-to-lovers plot.
Will Tavares is the dream summer fling—he’s fun, affectionate, kind—but just when Ollie thinks he’s …
... but it didn't really stand out either, you know? Or maybe I'm just too old for coming-of-age stories.
At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but …
A horror-movie recreation camp that turns out too real? Check. A weirdo cult that murders people as a sacrifice? Check. Alphabet mafia? Check.
Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. And she's happy for all of them, truly. …
Everybody who's read 'Delilah Green Doesn't Care' or 'Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail' already knows that Iris Kelly is an absolute goddess. If you haven't read those, do that first, it's a trilogy.
Now imagine our beloved Iris in a goddamn Fake Dating plot! Yes okay, I see, the Fake Dating trope is quite common these days and it's always the same predictable main arc, but I love well-written Fake Dating stories, so let me enjoy this treat. And it is really WELL MADE.
AHB just doesn't disappoint, this book is entertaining and full of well working side arcs. Turns and twists that feel "just right", instead of easy choices. Mostly.
What I cannot really stomach is Iris moving to New York. For fuck's sake, Ms Blake, you moved Delilah from NY to Bright Falls and into the friends group just to move Iris away from them two books later?? How …
Everybody who's read 'Delilah Green Doesn't Care' or 'Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail' already knows that Iris Kelly is an absolute goddess. If you haven't read those, do that first, it's a trilogy.
Now imagine our beloved Iris in a goddamn Fake Dating plot! Yes okay, I see, the Fake Dating trope is quite common these days and it's always the same predictable main arc, but I love well-written Fake Dating stories, so let me enjoy this treat. And it is really WELL MADE.
AHB just doesn't disappoint, this book is entertaining and full of well working side arcs. Turns and twists that feel "just right", instead of easy choices. Mostly.
What I cannot really stomach is Iris moving to New York. For fuck's sake, Ms Blake, you moved Delilah from NY to Bright Falls and into the friends group just to move Iris away from them two books later?? How cruel is that D: And how in hell has Delilah become so soft that Astrid - Astrid! - is often more rad than her these days?
it's so sweet when authors reference each other in their book dedications
Ashley H. Blake in "Iris Kelly": "For Meryl and Brooke" Meryl Wilsner in "Cleat Cute": "For Ashley, and so"
Coincidence? I don't think so
A prophecy poisoned. A queendom at stake. A magic vial of tears holds their fates. …
All of this is some multi-layerey power play (which I like) with kissing girls (which I also like). But then again, most of it is about spirituality, prophesies, and birthright (which I don't like).
Un homme d'affaires douteux projette de transformer le portail spirituel, situé au cœur de la …
Allons-y, pour le première fois j'essaye de lire un livre en français D:
Margot Cooper doesn't do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so …
There were a handful of entertaining moments, but mostly it's just the old, overrated and overused trope where both girls think "too bad she just want's casual" instead of just talking to each other. Apart from all the petit-bourgeois stuff about weddings. Oh and apparently it's the third part of a trilogy, but the summary and backcover don't indicate that. What the fuck.
Just remembered this banger scene, where the characters fly from the US to Turkey on a private plane, but take an immediate stop in France for ... CUSTOMS!?!?
Sure, French customs totally cares about what you carry between two totally unrelated countries. Ms Bayron, have you ever been outside the US?