Cute Mutants Book Tag

In honor of my friend SJ Whitby’s Cute Mutants Vol 4: The Sisterhood of Evil Mutants release TODAY, I am excited to share this book tag originated by El/Art (@inkandplasma), Andee (@mousereads), and Finn (@evidentlyb). You can read El’s original post here.

Also, if you haven’t read the series already, I highly recommend giving it a try. You can read my review of Cute Mutants Vol 1: Mutant Pride here.

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Dylan/Chatterbox: A book featuring a character that’s a little bit mean and a lot lovable.

I just finished Anna Burke’s Night Tide, an enemies-to-lovers adult sapphic romance, and it is now one of the best romance I’ve read even though the tropes aren’t the ones I particularly love. Lillian and Ivy are pretty horrible to each other, but as the story progressed, I soon find myself loving them both and cannot wait for them to get their happy ending. It is an intense, painful, and beautiful book, and my review is on Goodreads.

Dani/Marvellous: A book that caused you pain.

My favorite book ever, Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis, is the first one that comes to mind. I love the book and characters and everything about it to pieces, but it was also a painful read that left me crying even upon reread and suffer from my first book hangover ever. You can read my review here.

Alyse/Moodring: A book featuring monster girls.

I recently discovered the graphic novel series Montress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. The story centers around a young woman with a powerful monster living inside her and the storyline as well as illustrations are both gory and incredible. So far, I’ve only read the first volume Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening (my review on Goodreads), but I already know I need more of this Asian-centric series.

Emma/Goddess: A book featuring a superpower you’d love to have.

Superpowers are cool, but there are other skills I’d rather have. In the sapphic thriller Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter, the main character Natalya is both a professional cellist and a top assassin. Her musical talents and combat techniques are practically to die for. Read my short review on Goodreads for more details.

Lou/Glowstick: A book with great trans rep.

Sorrowland is the first book I’ve read by Rivers Solomon and I was completely blown away by the crafting of the story! While the word trans was never used in the book, one of the main characters is a Lakota winkte and she is such a force of nature. This book is inherently trans, breaking the concept of gender (the POV character is intersex and she raises her twin children genderless), and I am long overdue for a reread.

Bianca/Wraith: A book with a character you’d go to hell and back for.

Before you think the answer is Gideon or Harrow, no, it’s not. It’s Cam. I love a lot of the horrible and wonderful characters in Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth (and Harrow the Ninth), but I am completely smitten with Camilla the Sixth. She is the best warrior (no offense, Gideon) and heartbreakingly loyal.

Onimaru: A book with a character much cooler than you.

Given that I’m not a very cool person, I feel like this is a very low bar, but I am nevertheless going to mention characters who are objectively cool, too. One of my favorite adult sapphic romance ever is Nicole Disney’s The Clinch, which features two MMA rivals. Their relationship is fierce and their fighting skills are god-tier. You can read my review here.

Pillow: A book featuring your favorite fictional relationship.

Malinda Lo’s latest release Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a historical YA romance and everything about Lily and Kath’s love is so pure it makes me ache. This is one of my favorite reads this year and I cannot recommend it enough. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Emily Woo Zeller, who did an amazing job, and even though I only read it last month, I cannot wait for a reread. Because I love it so much, I wrote a bilingual review (English and Traditional Chinese) for this book.

Batty: A book with a secondary character you can’t help but love.

I almost put G Benson’s The Thing About Tilly in Lou/Glowstick prompt because of this secondary character I adore. The main romance is incredibly frustrating in the first half (my thoughts on Goodreads) but Sean, their best friend, is amazing throughout and I wish there was a whole book about him and his queerplatonic partner Cal.

Pear: A book with a family dynamic you love.

The lovely found family in Tillie Walden’s graphic novel On a Sunbeam is one that I will always treasure. Not only is the art beautiful, the relationships between the characters are precious as well. You can read this wonderful work at onasunbeam.com.

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