Tag Archives: lesbian books

Review of “Mistress Moderately Fair”, historical f/f romance between actress and playwright

Posted on April 17, 2017 by

This review originally appeared in The Lesbrary The English Restoration, i.e. when Charles Stuart II returned to England to take his father’s throne back from the Puritans, fascinates me for being a renaissance of both art and hedonism. Theaters opened … Continue reading →

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Poppy Jenkins: lesbian romance with classic feel in picturesque Welsh village

Posted on September 14, 2016 by

One of the most demeaning effects homophobia has had on me is to try to convince me, from a young age, that we in the LGBT umbrella were cut off from the sweeter, more innocent sides of the human experience. Poppy Jenkins … Continue reading →

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Roses on cleavage and lace-wearing kittens, these are a few of my favorite things

Posted on May 10, 2016 by

Out on Good Behavior is the story of how a life-embracing, blue-haired art student with roses tattooed on her cleavage and piercings you can’t see in class falls, hard, for her best friend’s cute blonde roommate, a sweet girl who doesn’t drink … Continue reading →

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Sweet f/f sci-fi between android & repairwoman

Posted on April 13, 2016 by

Man, I would give The  Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz six stars if I could. It’s a quick, emotional, uplifting f/f romance between an outmoded android and a robot repair tech, with an ending that reminds me of sunlight breaking through the … Continue reading →

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The Mystic Marriage: 19th century lesbian scientists creating magic rocks

Posted on April 7, 2016 by

The Mystic Marriage is the story of a proud, emotionally closed-off, initially friendless and basically penniless young woman, Antuniet, struggling to redeem her family’s honor after her brother [insert spoilers for Daughter of Mystery.] There are three subplots in the book: … Continue reading →

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Review: ASCENSION, queer sci-fi starring Black lesbian mechanic who stows away on starship

Posted on March 3, 2016 by

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi is an incredible book full of facets I never imagined from just the blurb. I’m growing increasingly dissatisfied with blurbs lately; this marks the third book that took me forever to read because the back jacket made … Continue reading →

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Super cute paranormal lesbian rom-com: “Good Enough to Eat”

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

STINKING CUTE. Okay, what’s cuter than kittens? A paranormal lesbian rom-com about two different kinds of supernatural women totally crushing on each other and flirting but afraid to tell each other they’re not human because they assume–naturally–that the other one’s … Continue reading →

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