• Book Reviews,  Fiction

    Princess of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews

    5th February 2020
    Cover of Princess of Dorsa (Eliza Andrews)

    Princess of Dorsa (The Chronicles of Dorsa #1) by Eliza Andrews

    • Publisher: Eliza Andrews, 2018
    • Language: English
    • Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 589 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

    A book that leaves me a puddle from my own sheer emotion is always a good book.

    I haven’t read fantasy in a couple of months and Princess of Dorsa has made me want to find all the fantasy books with strong, queer, female leads and read them. While I would not say it is perfectly written (an example, and sole example to date, of a perfectly written fantasy is Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn), the overall story is amazing and I love it for igniting all kinds of emotions within me.

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  • Book Reviews,  Nonfiction

    Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness

    17th December 2019
    Audiobook cover of Jonathan Van Ness's Over the Top with 5 JVNs in different poses.

    Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

    Trigger warning: this book contains discussions on sexual abuse and addiction issues.

    JVN, thank you for being so honest with the readers in this incredible memoir (and for being the beautiful human you are).

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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

    24th September 2018
    Cover of Autoboyography (Christina Lauren)

    Autoboyography by Christina Lauren, read by Deacon Lee & Kyle Mason

    Autoboyography is a very cute and sweet story between a bisexual high school senior, Tanner, and a Mormon Brother, Sebastian. It is the sort of book that provides hope for readers, especially young and queer ones, but, sadly, does not reflect the real world. The overall story is a dream too good to be true. Maybe that is part of the reason why it was enjoyable: you get things you don’t get out of life. Deacon did a great job at narrating, too, even though he didn’t sound much like a high schooler. He gave this story a calmness that makes it even more soothing to listen to. Also, I finished the book in two days. That is approximately two sittings, which is weirdly fast for me.

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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

    22nd June 2018
    Cover of How to Make a Wish (Ashley Herring Blake)

    How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

    In short, this book is about wounded characters doing their best to heal each other with love. Ashley captures every possible emotion for the readers to experience: we get annoyed at how incompetent Maggie is, astonished by Grace’s unrequited love for her mother, compassionate towards the recovering Eva, warmed by Luca’s forever-loving family, etc.

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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    Starting from Scratch by Jay Northcote

    12th June 2018
    Cover of Starting from Scratch (Jay Northcote)

    Starting from Scratch (Housemates #5) by Jay Northcote

    accurate trans portrayal, hot sex, awesome people

    Most people were obsessed with genitals. Gay guys were all about the dick and straight guys were all about tits and pussy. It was something you took for granted, a fact of life, until you realised you were trans and then suddenly began to see gender through a totally different lens. Definitions of masculinity and femininity became more flexible, less rigid, and not so focused on body parts.

    This is my first attempt to read a sort-of-erotic M/M romance fiction, and also a first novel with a trans lead.

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