First up was Each Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun, which I learn for the September 2nd episode of All of the Books. It’s a sapphic romance set within the Camino path. I loved it, although Right here We Go Once more remains to be my favorite.
Then I picked up Lu and Ren’s Information to Geozoology by Angela Hsieh, a center grade fantasy graphic novel. It’s the proper e-book for Tea Dragon Society followers, which I positively rely myself as. The illustrations are so stunning that I instantly purchased a bunch of prints. It’s a comfortable story that additionally offers with grief and cultural divides between generations. Just like the Tea Dragon collection, it’s set in a queernorm world and has queer aspect characters. The ending appears to counsel the 2 ladies would possibly ultimately have a romantic relationship, however it may be learn both method.
The e-book I spent probably the most time with was To the Moon and Again by Eliana Ramage, which is a literary fiction title a few Cherokee younger girl attempting to turn out to be an astronaut. It’s such a considerate, heart-wrenching story about ambition, identification, household, belonging. Her faculty girlfriend actually steals the present. I’m apprehensive this can be overshadowed by Environment by Taylor Jenkins Reid, however I hope it finds the viewers it deserves.
I’m nearly achieved Insurgent within the Deep by Katee Robert, the third e-book within the Crimson Sails collection, and I’ll positively end it by the tip of August. This can be a romantasy collection that I discover is lots stronger within the romance division versus the fantasy points. Since that is the final e-book within the collection, it’s extra plot-heavy, which I haven’t been very taken with. Alternatively, it’s a polyamorous romance (M/F/NB) and there’s a scene with a… gadget… that I can’t say I’ve ever examine earlier than. I additionally respect how queernorm that is, with aspect characters utilizing a spread of pronouns, together with neopronouns.
I’ve so many books I need to learn in September that I hardly know the place to start out! First off, C.L. Clark has TWO new books that come out September thirtieth, together with the ultimate e-book within the Magic of the Misplaced trilogy, The Sovereign, which I’ve an ARC of and I’m SO EXCITED and likewise scared to learn it. Ought to I reread the primary two books first? I can’t resolve. I’m additionally trying ahead to studying Destiny’s Bane, her new sapphic fantasy novella.
After which there’s Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson (out October 7), the primary in a bisexual polyamorous gothic fantasy collection. I cherished A Dowry of Blood and An Training in Malice, so I’m trying ahead to this one. The premise is giving me Rocky Horror vibes, however that’s in all probability simply because they’re pressured to take shelter at a manor throughout a storm and discover themselves trapped with some eccentric folks.
There are such a lot of different thrilling queer books out in September, plus the books I’ve out from the library, together with Trans Historical past: A Graphic Novel and The River has Roots. After which there are the bodily ARCs I’ve piled up, just like the sapphic gothic This Vicious Starvation by Francesca Could and the sapphic cozy fantasy The Keeper of Magical Issues by Julie Leong (out October 14).
That’s solely scratching the floor of what I need to learn because the climate cools off, although, and who is aware of what’s going to distract me within the meantime!
