Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians by Laurel Beckley
CW: racial slights, mentioning of amputation
If you want a very cute fantasy novella featuring a joyous cast of LGBTQ+ people, Evie and the Pack-Horse Librarians should be your top choice.
Glorious Day by Skye Kilaen
See Kilaen’s website for content warnings.
A lot happened in this novella. I experienced a range of emotions such as concern, sadness, and joy throughout the read.
Still Not Over You by Jenny Frame & Carsen Taite & Ali Vali
I absolutely love the first novella My Forever Girl by Jenny Frame. Its tone is sad from the beginning yet we feel the immense love and caring between Braydon and Faith. Because of unfortunate circumstances, they are divorced and have been avoiding seeing each other for four years. But their friends invite them on a cruise and force them to share adjacent rooms for two weeks. Melancholy flowed relentlessly through the story as Bray and Faith work to forgive each other and, most importantly, themselves. Frame did not disappoint with this emotional butch-femme story and oh what I would give to have a full length novel of them!
By Design (By Design #1) by J.A. Armstrong
By Design is the kind of book that makes you wonder if you just read the same book as everyone else.