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Queer fantasy novella feat. shape-shifting, mammoths.

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

March 19, 2025 by Fiat.Luxury 1 Comment

This was a delightful novella, surprisingly rich for its 100 pages! Here’s the summary: Cleric Chih is a cleric in an order whose mission is to record history accurately. They are traveling via mammoth (!) with a guide, Si-yu, but are attacked and trapped en route by three wild – and hungry – tiger sisters who are also shape-shifters (!) To stall their captors, they propose to tell the human version of the story about the tiger Ho Thi Tao and the human scholar Dieu. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Nghi Vo, queer, shape shifter, when the tiger came down the mountain

Fiat.Luxury's CBR17 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Nghi Vo, queer, shape shifter, when the tiger came down the mountain ·
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New Cool Book Alert: The Thorn Key

The Thorn Key by Jeana Jorgensen

March 6, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

The very cool Jeana Jorgensen – folklorist, professor, dancer, and sex educator – has published a gorgeous collection of her fairy tale themed poetry in her new book The Thorn Key! I love Jeana’s academic work. Her books Fairy Tales 101 and Folklore 101 are amazing introductions to both studies, teaching its readers a TON in a way that is fun and conversational. I should have reviewed those here LOL! If you have been interested in learning more about the history and study of fairy […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Fairy Tales, feminist, Jeana Jorgensen, poetry, queer, queer author, Quick read, women's issues

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Fairy Tales, feminist, Jeana Jorgensen, poetry, queer, queer author, Quick read, women's issues ·
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Cover of Nav’s FoolprGuide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis . In the illustration, a young white woman with long brown hair and glasses, wearing a pink and red strawberry print dress faces a young black woman with short curly brown hair, longish on top with a fade on the side. They are smiling at each other. Between them is a corgi.

A warm squishy hug!

Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis

February 7, 2025 by LB 1 Comment

[Nav’s Foolproof Guide releases April 29, 2025] I’ve been following Jessica Lewis’ books since her debut, and I was so excited to see what she’d do with a romance. Suffice to say I was not disappointed! Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love feels like a warm squishy hug and builds the tension between Nav and Gia so wonderfully. Nav doesn’t believe in love, especially not anything lasting after her mom left “for space” three years earlier, but her best friend Hallie loves to fall […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: contemporary, friendship, Jessica Lewis, lesbian, queer, Romance, romcom, sapphic

LB's CBR17 Review No:3 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: contemporary, friendship, Jessica Lewis, lesbian, queer, Romance, romcom, sapphic ·
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“But perhaps that’s the point: the trials and tribulations of life weigh heavily upon us, but we find people to help lighten the load.”

Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles #2) by TJ Klune

December 30, 2024 by cheerbrarian 6 Comments

THIS IS IT. I’M DOING IT. MY 52ND BOOK REVIEW OF 2024 BABYYYYYYYYY. And what a delightful tome to end it on!  I have been eager to read the 2nd in this series since it came out, but of course the holds list at the library is five-ever deep. And then, I walk in two weeks ago and TAH DAH it’s on the hot picks shelf, where they put out 1 or 2 copies of new books that you can check out, for one less […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: antichrist, Lbgtq, magic, magical realism, orphans, queer, sequel, somewhere beyond the sea, superpowers, TJ Klune

cheerbrarian's CBR16 Review No:50 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: antichrist, Lbgtq, magic, magical realism, orphans, queer, sequel, somewhere beyond the sea, superpowers, TJ Klune ·
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The best fantasy has dragons

The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond

The Bloodless Princes by Charlotte Bond

December 18, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

I came across The Fireborne Blade at the library, and between it being a novella (tis the season (IYKYK) lol) and having a dragon on the cover, I took a closer look. I’m so glad I picked this up, and between picking it up and starting it, I swung by the library again and happened to see the sequel, The Bloodless Princes (it was one of those “why is this look familiar? Oh! Same series!” moments). The Fireborne Blade does a lot of typical dragon […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #fantasy, Charlotte bond, dragons, here there be dragons, novella, queer, sapphic, the bloodless princes, the Fireborne blade, Tordotcom

LB's CBR16 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #fantasy, Charlotte bond, dragons, here there be dragons, novella, queer, sapphic, the bloodless princes, the Fireborne blade, Tordotcom ·
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A cozy paranormal romance for the holidays~

Clara, Darling by Chace Verity

December 6, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

Chace Verity is one of my absolute fave authors, and they’ve held that title since their debut, Team Phison, so any time they have a new release I get all excited. Clara, Darling is a holiday (Christmas) novella, but unlike Verity’s previous Christmas story (Team Phison Forever), this has much less family trauma and is almost dream-like in its story tell. Sadie has been married to Alvin for ten years, but in all that time she’s never forgotten her best friend and first love, Clara. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, History, Romance, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: 1930s, 1930s New York, Chace Verity, Clara Darling, historical fiction, historical romance, indie, new york, queer, sapphic, self published

LB's CBR16 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, History, Romance, Speculative Fiction · Tags: 1930s, 1930s New York, Chace Verity, Clara Darling, historical fiction, historical romance, indie, new york, queer, sapphic, self published ·
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