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The Feasting Virgin

The Feasting Virgin was a true delight. Georgia Kolias has written a little masterpiece. I read the whole thing in less than 24 hours and have spent the last few days letting the story sink in.

Here’s the plot –

Xeni is a thirty-eight-year old Greek virgin who has been praying for God to gift her with a baby; a virgin birth. She spends most of her days cooking delectable Greek meals from scratch and praying, that is until she meets a young American woman at the grocery store who is about t...

Finding Jessica Lambert

I couldn’t resist picking up the new Clare Ashton novel, Finding Jessica Lambert, after enjoying past works such as The Goodmans, Pennance, and After Mrs. Hamilton. There’s something about Ashton’s writing that really draws you in. For a novel that’s over 400 pages, it takes real talent to keep a reader hooked the entire time, and that was how I felt. Whenever I needed a break and wanted to put the book down, a few minutes later I would relent, and pick it right back up again, needing to see wha...

Heart of Silver Flame

This is the second book in the Sea and Stars trilogy, following The Fate of Stars, and it did not disappoint. I highly recommend giving it a read with your feet in the sand if possible. Seriously, I love how this trilogy is being rapid-released over the summer. When’s a better time to read about mermaids?

Here’s the plot –

Tallora has spent the last six months nursing a broken heart after Empress Dauriel returned her to the sea. What’s a lonely mermaid to do? Rumors have run wild that carr...

Home

After enjoying Song of the Sea last year, Alexander has been on my radar. So when a copy of Home fell into my lap, I was happy to give it a read. 

Here’s the plot –

After leaving her home town of Portland to pursue her dream job, Rowan finds herself stuck in Texas, away from friends, family, and the comfortable life she knew. While working as a grill chef for a new high scale restaurant, Rowan struggles to accept the change, that is, until she starts seeing Kate, the (literal) beef provider....

The Fate of Stars

Ive been eagerly awaiting the release of The Fate of Stars, the first book in the mermaid trilogy (Sea of Stars) that takes place in the same universe of Simpers Fallen Gods series, which is why I devoured it in roughly 24 hours.

Heres the plot-

While trying to save an overboard woman from drowning, Tallora is captured by Dauriel, the Solviran princess and is set to suffer a fate of exploitation. Mermaids are rare and Talloras presence in the kingdom causes a lot of buzz. Dauriel meant to...

Poptastic

I hope everyone is staying safe and sane while the world is on pandemic induced lockdown. I have been bouncing between spurts of reading and puzzling (though I am thoroughly sick of puzzles) during my down time. I had the pleasure of devouring Poptastic recently. Its a quick, novella-length, read that had me hooked.

Heres the plot-

Julia is floating through life pretty passively as she bounces between internet dates and performing the bare minimum to keep her job. Life is stagnant as she...

Lucas

Its been almost a year since I enjoyed Elna Holsts In The Palm (if you havent indulged on this masterpiece novella then I highly recommend doing so), and I have been greatly anticipating another book.Told with just as much craft and skill, Lucas is the queer Pride and Prejudice retelling/continuation weve all been waiting for. Admittedly, I had to skim through my old copy of P&P to stir my memory as it had been over ten years since my last reading. Do you remember Charlotte Lucas? Elizabeths...

This Is How You Lose the Time War

This was a fascinating read. A book that spans centuries in multiple dimensions as two lovers chase after one another on two opposite sides of a war. Such a creative idea and the deliverance did not disappoint. Told through breathtaking prose, it was easy to get swept away.

Red is a spy for the Agency, a technological advanced future, that appears to be in an everlasting time war against Garden, a singe vast consciousness embedded in organic matter, for their respected outcome. Neither future...

Nottingham

If you read my review of Thorn, you already know how much I enjoy a good fairytale retelling. Nottingham by Anna Burke did not disappoint, and I had high hopes after immensely enjoying Compass Rose last spring. 

Heres the plot-

After Robyn Fletchers brother is executed by the Sheriff of Nottingham for poaching, Robyn has few options as shes left to care for his widow and child. Food is sparse and the Sheriff has banned the town from buying Robyns arrows. Forced to break the law to survive,...

What’s next 2020…

Here is my second attempt at a personal post. I had one typed out a couple of weeks ago using the Notes app on my phone and accidentally erased the whole thing. Words, quite literally, keep escaping me. Id like to say Im done with Notes as this is not the first time Ive lost writing while using the app, but whats life without a little risk?

I want to recap my year in lesbian fiction and lay out my plans going forward for The Lesbian 52. Although Ive met my 2019 goal of reading and reviewing...