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Rosewater by Liv Little

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
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5.0

Neon Roses follows Eluned over three transformational years in the 1980s from the pickets of the Welsh miners strike to the lesbian nightclubs of London. Against a bleak backdrop of rising Thatcherism and unrest, Dawson shares a story brimming with life, love, hope, and curiosity. 
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Lavash at First Sight by Taleen Voskuni

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
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  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

A lighthearted romance centered around food and Armenian culture. I struggled with insta-love and not feeling connected to the mcs relationship, but the story was enjoyable. 
A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
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  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Finally, historical representation for really horny queer people.

An exceptionally well researched historical romance between a trans man painter and a cis female botanist on a bicycle race through victorian england. Transness and sexuality in the time period is beautifully explored alongside a sweeping romance. 
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Not Just Gal Pals by Elizabeth Luly

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lighthearted medium-paced
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3.75

Grab a pumpkin spice treat and cuddle up for this sapphic cozy autumn hallmark movie of a book. Seasonal, cute and, doesn’t have the third act miscommunication breakup.  
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Pumpkin Spice and Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford, K. Elle Morrison

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
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2.0

The hunt for the perfect witchy lesbian romcom continues. 
Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn

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dark funny slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Reading Perfume & Pain felt like watching the L word for the first time. Fun, gossipy, pulpy novel about a problematic lesbian author struggling through her 30s. 

Both of Dorn’s novels have narrators that hold hatred for butch/masculine lesbians, which makes me cringe when reading, but this is a book meant to make the reader cringe, and it does serve the greater narrative of an unwell, self-centered but also self-loathing lesbian.
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This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin

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4.0

give me more lesbian witch romances xoxo
The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
I really wanted to like this book. On paper, it looks like everything I love to read: witches, sapphic love story, familial love, cozy plot… Unfortunately, this one did not live up to my expectations. I gave reading it a few different tries, but the writing is so heavy with juvenile purple prose that it kept me from connecting with the characters or plot. The plot moves very slowly, and I DNF’d around the 50% mark because I was too underwhelmed to make myself continue. 

I really enjoyed the concept of this book, I just wish it was structured differently. I would be interested in trying another book by this author as their style matures. 

Thank you to NetGalley and Redhook Books for this ARC. 
Wild Things by Laura Kay

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
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  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75