There’s Always Next Year (publication day December 2, 2025) by George M. Johnson and Leah Johnson (You Should See Me in a Crown, Rise to the Sun) is a cute, dual point of view queer double romance featuring cousins Dominique and Andy, who grew up together in a small town in Indiana. Dominique became aContinue reading “There’s Always Next Year”
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It Had to be Him
I so enjoyed listening to It Had to be Him (September 2, 2025) by Adib Khorram that I am certain to purchase it in print to have it for my very own. It is that rare gem, a spicy M/M queer romance that is also fat-positive! I should have expected it from Khorram, whose DariusContinue reading “It Had to be Him”
Ready to Score
Ready to Score by Jodie Slaughter (publication day June 3, 2025) immersed me in southern high school football like I never expected in a sapphic romance! Jade Dunn, math teacher and first black woman assistant football coach in their small South Carolina town, has the feeling that the head coach is going to retire, andContinue reading “Ready to Score”
And They Were Roommates
And They Were Roommates (Publication Day 5/27/25) is Page Powars’s second published book, and is set at the Saint Valentine’s Academy for Boys, an exclusive boarding school that promises that those who excel there have their pick of Ivies. Charlie is going as a scholarship student, the same as his Mom, who went to theContinue reading “And They Were Roommates”
On Her Terms
On Her Terms (publication date February 25, 2025) by Amy Spalding is the third book in her Out in Hollywood series, but could easily be read as a standalone. I found it to be a cute sapphic romance between the “baby gay” bisexual, plus-sized Clementine and experienced queer Chloe. Clementine meets Chloe on her firstContinue reading “On Her Terms”
I Think They Love You
I Think They Love You (pub. date January 28, 2025) is Julian Winters’ adult rom-com debut, and it’s lovely. Winters has written many YA novels, including Right Where I Left You, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and several others that I need to get to. Told from the perspective of Denz, whose Instagram is “notthatdenzel” andContinue reading “I Think They Love You”
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School (2022) by Sonora Reyes is a deserving award-winning (Lambda, National Book Award finalist, Goodreads Choice, among others) young adult book centering on Yamilet Flores and her brother Cesar. They are transferring to Catholic school because Cesar kept getting jumped at their public school, but Yami will have to findContinue reading “The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School”
The Guncle Abroad
I was very excited to listen to The Guncle Abroad (2024), by Steven Rowley, which was read by the author, as The Guncle had been. I enjoyed it much more than the first book with Patrick, Maisie, and Grant, as Rowley avoided most of the anti-fat bias that had sadly been peppered throughout The Guncle.Continue reading “The Guncle Abroad”
Season of Love
I don’t know why Season of Love (2022) by Helena Greer sat on my physical TBR shelf for a year, because I was so enthralled by this sapphic romance set at a Christmas tree farm run by a Jewish family. Miriam is an artist with an Instagram following, who spent summers growing up at herContinue reading “Season of Love”
The Manor House Governess
The Manor House Governess (pub. November 7, 2023) by C.A. Castle is a unicorn–a novel that feels like a classic with the writing, the setting and the plot, but is supremely modern with its genderfluid protagonist named Brontë–shortened to Bron. Orphaned young, Bron lives at boarding school, where they don’t fit in with the otherContinue reading “The Manor House Governess”
Reading While Fat 