Fave Fat Rep I Read in 2019

Continuing the tradition from 2017 and 2018, this post lists my favorite books with fat representation that I read in 2019. (Not all of them were published in 2019, of course.) It definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but there is a smattering of paranormal romance, young adult fiction and speculative fiction as well. …

Review of Brazen and the Beast

Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean. Avon. 2019. Note: I do not recommend this book to trans and non-binary readers. I would suggest that fat readers approach this book with caution.  Content Warnings for the review: References MC's trauma history. References misogyny in the story. Describes a crossdressing scene and gender reveal moment that …

Review of Proper English

Proper English by KJ Charles. 2019. This is the first f/f romance that I have read by KJ Charles. I think it may be the first she has written? It's a prequel to an already established series, the England series, which has been on my TBR for a while as the next book has a …

Double Review: Every New Year and Grand Theft N.Y.E.

Every New Year by Katrina Jackson. 2019. & Grand Theft N.Y.E, by Katrina Jackson. 2019. Katrina Jackson has given romance readers not one but two New Years romances to close out 2019 and they are both wonderful! Every New Year is an angsty friends to lovers billionaire romance full of pining and heat, and I …

Review of Frostbite

Frostbite by J. Emery. 2019. I really enjoyed this vampire/monster hunter snowed in New Years m/m romance! It's full of tropetastic goodness, lovely chemistry, and hits the enemies to lovers aspect just right. I fell really hard for queer fem vampire Ezra in his heels and poutiness, and I also adored the monster hunter Morgan …

#PrideLibrary19 Day 6: Green books

I thought I’d do a recommendation list for day 6, which focuses on green covers. All the books on this list are queer; I tried to have a bit of a cross-section, identity-wise. This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary queer fiction, esp romance, but also includes historical romance, speculative fiction, YA fiction, litfic, …

#PrideLibrary19 Day 2: Pink Books

I thought I'd do a recommendation list for day 2, which focuses on pink covers. All the books on this list are queer; I tried to have a bit of a cross-section, identity-wise. This list definitely shows my bias towards contemporary romance, but also includes fantasy, children's literature, YA romance, romsusp, and poetry. I link …

#RomBkLove: Geek Romances

This post is part of #RomBkLove, a month-long Twitter event where folks share their recs for romances that fit particular themes. For the purposes of this post, geek romance is a romance that centers characters who are enthusiasts of something, be it a special interest, a hobby, a subject, a fandom. "geeks are fans of their subjects, …

Review of Team Phison Forever

Team Phison Forever by Chace Verity. 2019. Content Warnings for review: discussion of abusive family, familial estrangement, depression Team Phison Forever gave me so many feelings. It was rather different, and substantially more angsty when compared to Team Phison, which I also really enjoyed, as a fluffy cozy grumpy/sunshine geek foodie romance between two queer …

Alpha Recs: F

Recently, the wonderful Dahlia Adler did a thread on Twitter where she recommended five good books for each letter in the alphabet. She suggested I might do a similar set of recs, and that sounded like a lot of fun to me, so I have decided to do a weekly series of alphabet-based book recommendations. Here is …