Tag: queer characters
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REVIEW: Here’s To Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Now available in paperback, Here’s to Us reunites #1 New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda) and Adam Silvera (They Both Die at the End) to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, two very different boys readers first fell for in the blockbuster What If It’s Us. Ben survived…
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Release Blitz, Excerpt, Review! This is Not A Horror Movie by Sara Dobie Bauer
RELEASE BLITZ Book Title: This is Not a Horror Movie Author: Sara Dobie Bauer Publisher: Self-published Cover Artist: Natasha Snow Designs Release Date: May 13, 2021 Genres: m/m new adult, gay paranormal romance, LGBTQ, romantic comedy Trope: Friends to lovers Themes: non-explicit, humorous, teens, Florida, summer vacation, hauntings, evil spirits Heat Rating: 2 flames Warnings: Scenes of…
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REVIEW: He See You When You’re Sleeping by Sara Dobie Bauer
The Official Description: We met when you were just a child, but you’re a man now and need my protection. With Christmas Eve approaching, I’ll watch over you. Whether you know it or not. Because no one is allowed to hurt you. No one but me. At 20K words, He Sees You When You’re Sleeping…
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REVIEW: Lava Red, Feather Blue by Molly Ringle
The Official Description: Awakening the handsome prince is supposed to end the fairy tale, not begin it. But the Highvalley witches have rarely done things the way they’re supposed to. On the north Pacific island of Eidolonia, hidden from the world by enchantments, Prince Larkin has lain in a magical sleep since 1799 as one…
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REVIEW: White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton
The Official Description: Guthrie was a good place to be from, but it wasn’t a great place to live, not when you were like Adam, in all the ways Adam was like Adam. Adam Binder hasn’t spoken to his brother in years, not since Bobby had him committed to a psych ward for hearing voices. When…
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AUDIOBOOK: The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai
The Official Description: In this visionary novel by Larissa Lai – her first in sixteen years–a community of pathonogenic women, sent into exile by the male-dominated Salt Water City, goes to war against disease, technology, and powerful men that threaten them with extinction. Kirilow is a doctor apprentice whose lover Peristrophe is a “starfish,” a…
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REVIEW: The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos
The Official Description: A magic-infused YA novel about friendship, first love, and feeling out of place that will bewitch fans of Rainbow Rowell and Maggie Stiefvater. Living in a small town where magic is frowned upon, Sam needs his friends James and Delia—and their time together in their school’s magic club—to see him through to…
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REVIEW: 2037: The End of Tolerance by Luke Mauerman
The Official Description: When gay becomes illegal: 2037 is a bold look at a future world gone mad, where men and women are jailed for being gay or simply being different. Join Stephe Stafford as he becomes embroiled in the conflict and, while hoping to preserve his sanity, tries to fight back. Set in the…
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REVIEW: When You Get The Chance by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson
The Official Description: Follow cousins on a road trip to Pride as they dive into family secrets and friendships in this contemporary YA novel — perfect for fans of David Levithan and Becky Albertalli. As kids, Mark and his cousin Talia spent many happy summers together at the family cottage in Ontario, but a fight…
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REVIEW: Testament by Jose Nateras
The Official Description: Gabe Espinosa, is trying to dig himself out of the darkness. Struggling with the emotional fallout of a breakup with his ex-boyfriend, Gabe returns to his job at The Rosebriar Room; the fine dining restaurant at the historic Sentinel Club Chicago Hotel. Already haunted by the ghosts of his severed relationship, he’s…
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REVIEW: Beware Mohawks Bearing Gifts by SA Collins
The Official Description: It’s 1847, New York. William Matthias Hallett is a fashionable dandy of the Manhattan social set. His life is laid out before him: a world of soirees, riches, and luxury. Yet all he wants to do is find an adventure so deliciously wicked that it will satiate his soul for an eternity. Disguised…
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REVIEW: Comes The Dark by P.A. Turner
The Official Description: Comes the Dark exposes a corrupt politician’s shadowy world of human depravity. In possession of information which could blow that shadowy world apart, 18-year-old Kyle escapes a life of abuse and goes on the run. One step ahead of his pursuers, he flees the harsh realities of Glasgow’s homeless underworld, to the…
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