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We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart
4.0
Adding this to the lonely and horny girls playlist
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I was impressed with how smooth the transitions were between the coauthors but still found myself disappointed in the quality of the writing overall and I agree with many of the 3 star reviews BUT !!! There was still potential and this was exactly the sapphic rom com teenage me needed in her life! Maybe if I read this when I was younger I wouldn’t have commitment issues?? It healed my lovesick heart and for that I have to give it 5 stars
A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Didn’t hit me as hard as telegraph club but still a beautiful messy story of self discovery. Malinda lo knows how to capture the emotional queer experience. It felt like it dragged in places that the prior book didn’t and listening to the audio the voice actor for steph sounded like she was straining her voice and it took me out of it.
The Shadow of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Twas better than the first, lots of the same criticisms I had for the first book (kinda cheesy, character inconsistencies, overall rushed story) but I felt like the side characters in this one were more compelling and the political aspect was far more intriguing. Kinda popped off
The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
The avatarverse is for the sapphics!!! This was a bop, but it felt a bit too rushed and tooo many convenient plot moments for my liking. The writing was v good tho and didn’t feel like a cash grab. There were good ideas I just wanted it to be fleshed out more for how long this book was. I love kyoshi my earth queen 😭🥰🤭🫡😤
also the brutal murders tho ??? I loved it keep traumatizing them kids
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Child death
Minor: Homophobia
There was like a gentle reminder that some people were homophobic and that was just so funny to me like ??? What’s with the lore here LMAO just let the girlies be gay
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I’m still reeling over this. Understated in its melancholy. Captures the entanglement of sweet summer love and the hollowing of the soul in the wake of grief. The sad gay girls take another win 😔🫡
No But fr Nina are you good ??!!? Get some help
No But fr Nina are you good ??!!? Get some help
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Death of parent
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Okay yall this was not morally grey lesbians im sorry they tried but they were morally pretty pure or at least more pure than I would expect from an adult book. It’s very clear the two main characters were Malini and Priya but like… what’s the point of everyone else’s pov if you’re not gonna treat them like an ensemble cast ya know ?? I’m invested in the world and the 2 real main characters so imma read the sequel this just felt very much like a trial run BUT it had potential 🧐
Content Warnings
There’s like violent things but I don’t remember how violent, probably not that bad but look it up somewhere else before you read lol
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Yeah okay, maybe I don’t hate love.
While the romance in this book was beautiful and is what everyone came for, what really got to me was themes of family abandonment and loss and finding hope for queer people growing up in a time where we can find acceptance when many of our lineage couldn’t.
This book just hit different did it still have some of that cringy romance tropes I can’t help but roll my eyes at ? Yeah. Was the sci fi/fantasy ending absolute bullshit? Yeah. Did it pull on my ice cold bitter heartstrings? Absolutely.
While the romance in this book was beautiful and is what everyone came for, what really got to me was themes of family abandonment and loss and finding hope for queer people growing up in a time where we can find acceptance when many of our lineage couldn’t.
This book just hit different did it still have some of that cringy romance tropes I can’t help but roll my eyes at ? Yeah. Was the sci fi/fantasy ending absolute bullshit? Yeah. Did it pull on my ice cold bitter heartstrings? Absolutely.