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Ander and Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Loveless by Alice Oseman

emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Loved this one. As an aromantic asexual, this was such a relatable tale of self discovery and highlighted how important and full of love friendships can be. I felt so seen. 🥹

These Vengeful Wishes by Vanessa Montalban

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

These Vengeful Wishes was such a great read! Eerie vibes, a bit haunting, a lot relatable, a dash of achy, and a little bit of sweet to round it off! So many lines from this book really reflected my own experiences! And I loveeeee when women she their power and demand what is theirs! So, this one was a great read!

Recommended Reading by Paul Coccia

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This book was such a cute and cozy queer rom com! Bobby Ashton has his best summer ever all planned out, but it turns out the universe has other plans. While Bobby tries to pick up the pieces of his best summer ever, he may just find that he has exactly what he needs to have the best summer ever, even if it took some unexpected turns. This book made me laugh, squeal, and even ache. Definitely check it out!

From Best to Bested by M.N. Bennet

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I was in the mood for something dark and this one definitely delivered! The book was depraved, and kept me intrigued the entire time. I had my guesses to the plot, which I got mostly right, despite some details. What I didn’t see coming was the twist at the very end! Ugh, yessss need the nextttt!!

Dead Cowpokes Don't Wrangle: A Weird West Anthology by TK Jameson, Magnus Thorne, Claude Hamesh, Olive J. Kelley, Rain Corbyn, Sirius, Morgan Dante, A.A. Fairview, Tyler Battaglia, Shane Reid, mars adler, Wren V. Lothaire, H.S. Wolfe

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Villainous All the Way: A Sweet n Spicy Celebrations Collection by C. Rochelle

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was a collection of shorts in the Villainous Things and Villains In Space series. Every story was full of the villainous ridiculousness that we have come to know and love! A healthy mix of heart and hilarity to make the seasons brighter. I will never look at fried chicken dipped in hot sauce the same. I will never think about music the same. Honestly, I’ll just never BE the same. I was most looking forward to Luca and Erich’s story, and I adored it. I will have to say, honorable mention will go to V’s story. 👏🏻 Heck 👏🏻 yes 👏🏻 

There are so many things I want to scream about and highlight in these stories, but for fear of spoilers, my hands are cuffed and the gag is firmly in place. So how about you just read these shorts, and come and chat with me about them, hmm? Highly recommend reading all the villainous things books (5 including Rabble Endgame) AND Earth Boys Are Easy before diving into this collection. Each story does tell you where it is in the timeline right before the story starts, so that is incredibly helpful if you want to have an amuse-bouche in between the full course that is each book!

Gratification in Gluttony by Nik Knight

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Oh man, THIS BOOK. I was so excited for it simply because one of the MC’s is trans and is part of the nipple free crew, which I have recently become a part of. I knew I was going to adore this book before I even read it, but this surpassed even my high expectations. This is my favorite Nik Knight book so far, and that’s saying a lot because I have loved every last one of their books to date. Honestly, this might be my favorite book ever? At least top 5 😍😍😍

The way Nik handled not only the intricacies of a trans MC’s life, but intimacy, found family, the conscious disregard for societal gender norms, healing from toxic masculinity, and becoming vulnerable after pain? All while still making this book HILARIOUS. Incredible. I cannot wait to see what is next!!!! 🤩🤩🤩