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I keep trying to organize my thoughts on this series into something coherent but I really should just accept the fact that that is not going to happen. I love this series so much! As a kid, I was OBSESSED with the X-Men movies and as I got older I realized it was because it was all a thinly veiled metaphor for being queer. So the fact that this series is basically X-Men but 1000% more queer gives me life and is why I refuse to shut up about how much I love this series.

I am extremely excited to see how this series keeps evolving and growing. Serious shit happens with serious consequences and it feels like the characters are realistically dealing with that trauma. But interspersed throughout this pretty series story arc are these beautiful fluffy moments.

So yes, it will surprise no one that I HIGHLY recommend this series and I just really need more people to read about these wonderful queer mutants!

Rep: gender fluid MC, pan, lesbian, ace, bi, trans

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Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

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dark mysterious 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

This book was so engrossing I was literally inventing projects so I could listen to more of this story unfold. The story is told by a rather cheeky narrator and is a fascinating web of interlocking stories both past and present. The story within a story structure kept me on my toes the whole way through.

This book was eerie, intricate, and very very queer. There wasn't a minute of this book that I wasn't eager to learn more of the slowly unfolding mystery that was Brookhants. This book had me questioning everything in an effort to figure out what was real and what was fabricated. I listened to the audiobook of this one and the narrator, Xe Sands, delivered the cheeky storytelling of the narrator in such a fantastic and engrossing way.

I would most definitely recommend this one if you're into queer mysteries that delicately walk that line between mystery and straight-up horror.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈/5

Rep: lesbian, gay, bi, queer

CW: death, gore, alcoholism (mentioned), suicide, homophobia, fatphobia, assault (attempted rape), murder, drowning, forced outing

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow. This book was a twisting, turning adventure that I had no idea how it was going to end. It had A LOT going on with a sci-fi adventure through the multiverse, social commentary, conspiracy, and a low key sapphic love story through it all.

I really enjoyed so many elements of this story, and I never really knew what was going to happen next. Every part of this book felt like a slightly different story with new villains but it was all woven together so wonderfully.

There were also some elements of Cara's past and her deaths on other worlds, that were some of the most disturbing things I've read. Thankfully there wasn't enormous detail on all the myriad of ways she dies as a child but the overwhelming result of almost 400 deaths on other worlds is something that's hard to sit with.

This book is going to stay with me for a while and I definitely recommend it but you should definitely check the content warnings before diving into this one because there are some really intense moments.

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Rep: Black MC, bi/pan MC, Asian-American, non-binary

CW: violence, graphic descriptions of physical domestic abuse, death, panic attacks, misogyny

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rainbowreadsbooks's reviews 380 reviews

rainbowreadsbooks's reviews
380 reviews