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I really liked Wilsner's other romances, so I am disappointed to say this one is not doing it for me. It's told in third person present tense and there's a lot of internal monologuing, and that combination killed my desire to keep reading. I made it half way through but I never felt an affinity for or interest in the characters. There were already a few steamy sex scenes, but it's hard to appreciate them if you don't care about the characters.

This book had all the elements of a YA romance I would love, but for some inexplicable reason never clicked for me, the characters in particular. It has two sporty teen lesbians, who are enemies, dealing with getting over their toxic exes, and who fake date. I just didn't care about them. I kept waiting for these girls to win me over but it never happened. I loved Quindlen's first book, so I'm genuinely puzzled about what didn't work for me.

Oof this is a well done, fascinating mystery, but there is some disturbing content FYI: a serial child molester and incest perpetrator. The murder victim is a lesbian sex worker too. Anyone picking this up should be prepared. Also: an 80s dyke bar setting where Kate's personal and professional selves are in awkward proximity. The killer, holy shit what a sad twist. A few missteps here again re: race and sex work. Fantastic #audiobook narration!

Although I wasn't sure about this book at first, I ended up really liking as well as admiring it. It's a groundbreaking mystery with a lesbian detective protagonist, published and set in 1984. It feels like a slice of 80s L.A. life. Virulent corporate racism and sexism are front and centre in the investigation. Forrest's characterization is sharp as a knife and deeply uninterested in flat or stock characters. I've already started the second book!

An outstanding contemporary #YA #audiobook about a lesbian teen, Saoirse. She meets Ruby, a girl staying in her Irish town and rom com aficionado Ruby convinces Saoirse to embark on a tour of rom com tropes. Saoirse is determined to keep the relationship not serious. Why? A recent BFF-turned-girlfriend break-up, a resulting friend breakup, and, most of all, her mom living in a care home because of early onset dementia that Saoirse might inherit.

Got a batch of Bella Books in the mail today!

The finale to Katherine V Forrest's longstanding lesbian mystery series!

A queer fantasy romance with a love triangle!

And a hockey romance featuring the Canadian women's hockey team! I read a review that said it was too "anti-American" which was basically an endorsement to me haha. I know nothing about hockey despite Canadian stereotypes though so hopefully this book can teach me a thing or 2!

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A hi-lo #YA Cinderella retelling about a teen girl, Ash, whose mom died recently. She's living with her (clueless) stepdad and (evil) stepsiblings. Ash is great at coding, and she makes an app called SendLove where girls being bullied online can get support. There she meets Charming. They fall in love. But Ash doesn't trust Char will like the real her. A heartfelt story about a teen with precarious housing, coming out, and being resilient.

A wonderful, vulnerable memoir about lesbian comedian Cameron Esposito's life so far. I found learning about her super Catholic upbringing and how she figured out she was gay in (a super Catholic) college fascinating. She doesn't withhold details that make her look bad (cheating when she didn't knowing how to end her first queer relationship, voting for Goerge W Bush when she was pro-life). Warm, conversational, and laugh out loud funny.