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A review by winter_is_reading
The Orchid and the Lion by Gabriel Hargrave
5.0
4.5 Stars. “Enemies to lovers trans and fem sex workers solve mysteries in a space station” is the coolest premise I’ve heard in a while. And it was both educational and riveting! I wish we could erase all the hype 50 Shades of Gray got, and point it at this book instead. It was written responsibly and beautifully.
I can’t believe this is Hargrave’s debut book! Book 2 can’t come soon enough.
I love so much about the book—the sci fi background, the trans love interest, the kaleidoscope of LGBTQ representation, the short fem Dorian Gray type being the dominant one, the plus size king, the sex work positivity—ugh! it’s just all exactly what I want more of in literature!
Spice: 5/5, seeing as it’s largely set in a space station brothel
I can’t believe this is Hargrave’s debut book! Book 2 can’t come soon enough.
I love so much about the book—the sci fi background, the trans love interest, the kaleidoscope of LGBTQ representation, the short fem Dorian Gray type being the dominant one, the plus size king, the sex work positivity—ugh! it’s just all exactly what I want more of in literature!
Spice: 5/5, seeing as it’s largely set in a space station brothel