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Fun & Delightful Black Sapphic Romance

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

April 25, 2024 by LB 1 Comment

I feel like I’ve been waiting for this book forever, so as soon as I got approved for an arc I had to immediately jump in. And I am so glad I did! I’ve loved Chencia’s books since I read Wolves of West Texas, and seeing her story-telling grow and develop is just amazing. A Little Kissing Between Friends is such a delight of a book and had me laughing constantly. The friendship between Jucee and Cyn is so wonderful, and I also love how […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: bisexual, Black romance, Chencia C. Higgins, chosen family, contemporary, Contemporary Romance, lesbian, queer, Romance, sapphic romance, sex worker, single parent

LB's CBR16 Review No:2 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Romance · Tags: bisexual, Black romance, Chencia C. Higgins, chosen family, contemporary, Contemporary Romance, lesbian, queer, Romance, sapphic romance, sex worker, single parent ·
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“What?” Noelle protested. “You’re still my person. And Miriam is your person, and now somehow I’m Cole’s person. We’re all just each other’s people.”

Season of Love by Helena Greer

December 11, 2022 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

Season of Love would not have made its way to my holiday season reading if not for emmalita’s lovely gifting of it to me, but it does check several boxes for my recent reading input: it is a queer romance which unpacks big emotions, specifically grief and trauma responses. Season of Love is also a very Jewish story told around several holidays, including Christmas. It also made Buzzfeed’s list of most anticipated LGBTQ romances of 2022 and the books I’ve read from that list (Love […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: excellent supporting cast, f/f romance, Helena Greer, holiday romance, jewish culture, sapphic romance, Season of Love, trauma

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:79 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: excellent supporting cast, f/f romance, Helena Greer, holiday romance, jewish culture, sapphic romance, Season of Love, trauma ·
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Farewell Katia, See You As Soon As You Publish The Next One

Just Might Work by Katia Rose

November 30, 2022 by Abi 1 Comment

And so, my journey through the sapphic romances of Katia Rose comes to an end. Originally this review of Just Might Work was going to be “Oh hey so this one has the best smut of the lot” but then I read Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner and frankly that blew everyone out of the water in the smut department, so with all due respect to the smut, I will be forced to talk about the way in which I liked the characters, very much […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: catching feelings, enemies to lovers, fake dating, Katia Rose, LGBTQ author, LGBTQ romance, non-binary character, sapphic romance, they were roommates, transgender, transgender characters

Abi's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: catching feelings, enemies to lovers, fake dating, Katia Rose, LGBTQ author, LGBTQ romance, non-binary character, sapphic romance, they were roommates, transgender, transgender characters ·
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*slaps roof* This Thing Can Fit So Much Gay Sex In It

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

November 30, 2022 by Abi 1 Comment

Somewhere midway through the chapter two “Oh no my friend brought me to breakfast with my one night stand from last night and it’s her mom” scene of Mistakes Were Made I realised that Meryl Wilsner had sucked me in for the ride. It was truly an outstanding entry in the awkward reunion genre, a little awkward, a little sexy, a little funny. It set the tone for the rest of the book, and it was enough to get me over my general mistrust of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: age gap romance, car sex, cassie can have a little flash of dysphoria - as a treat, LGBTQ romance, like the author called it 8 and a half sex scenes or something, lots and lots of sex, Meryl Wilsner, non-binary author, sapphic romance, shower sex, so much so much smut

Abi's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: age gap romance, car sex, cassie can have a little flash of dysphoria - as a treat, LGBTQ romance, like the author called it 8 and a half sex scenes or something, lots and lots of sex, Meryl Wilsner, non-binary author, sapphic romance, shower sex, so much so much smut ·
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You have a deeply strange soul, and it’s pretty incredible

Season of Love by Helena Greer

August 20, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Do you like the idea of those Christmas movies where someone returns to a small town and finds the Spirit of Christmas, but you wish they were gayer and Jewish? Helena Greer’s Season of Love is for you. Season of Love is also for you if you ever wanted to read about a Jewish family trying to save the family Christmas tree farm while grappling with grief and trauma, but in a way that leaves you feeling like someone just handed you the best cup […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, closed door romance, Helena Greer, Lifetime movie but make it gay, NetGalley, sapphic romance, Season of Love

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:89 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, closed door romance, Helena Greer, Lifetime movie but make it gay, NetGalley, sapphic romance, Season of Love ·
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Hallmark, But Make it Gay

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

July 21, 2022 by Abi 5 Comments

Sometimes you start a book and within a few pages know the pretty much all of the emotional beats of where it’s going. And sometimes that doesn’t slightly matter, you’re going to have so much fun along the way that you won’t care. A member of the romantic subgenre I saw coined on TikTok recently “Romance books with two cartoon illustration characters on the cover”, I was in love with Delilah Green from the moment I saw her on the front. What can I say, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Ashley Herring Blake, bisexual, lesbian, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, making me say "women" like I'm Jo March, sapphic, sapphic romance

Abi's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Ashley Herring Blake, bisexual, lesbian, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, making me say "women" like I'm Jo March, sapphic, sapphic romance ·
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