book review
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Book review: Alice Oseman – Loveless
One of the big struggles when you’re trying to find books covering all the letters of LGBTQIA+ is finding books that match the A. And I. Honestly, this is a call to action: if anyone has any book recommendations concerning Inter representation, drop them in the comments or send me an email. Anyway, on the hunt for books representing aro/ace characters, I came across Alice Oseman’s novel Loveless. I hadn’t read any Alice Oseman books before, and I haven’t even watched the Heartstopper Netflix series, mostly because I used to be in a bubble where it was hyped so much that a typical thing happened that I observe in myself when I…
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Book Review: Vitor Martins – Here the Whole Time
This time I’m not cramming in my long-term memory to say a few words about a book I’ve read about a year ago. Instead, I’m reviewing a freshly read queer romance that was a delightful, easy and fast read – and super heartwarming. Vitor Martins‘ „Here the Whole Time“ is a young adult own voice story about two boys falling for each other – and their struggles. Short info: MLM, gay protagonists, bisexual & lesbian side characters, WLW side couple, gay author, Brazilian author Hint: I’ve read the German translation „Fünfzehn Tage sind für immer“, published by ONE
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Book review: Aiden Thomas – Cemetery Boys
It’s pride month ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 No better way to celebrate that than by advertising some queer books. I decided to use this time of the year for recommending some of the books I’ve read but either forgot or didn’t find the time / energy to review. Because there are indeed a few books that deserve a recommendation. One of those books is Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. I’d easily call this one of the best queer books I’ve ever read and I’ll let you know why. Trans masc protagonist, MLM romance, trans author (Latinx) Hint: I’ve read the German translation published by Dragonfly as „Yadriel & Julian – Cemetery Boys)
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Book Review: Matti Laaksonen – Nach dem Sturm die Stille
Before I start talking about the book, here’s an important note: I’m writing this review in English, but the book is only available in German. German? Matti Laaksonen? Yes, German. Despite the Finnish (pen?) name, Matti is a German author and unfortunately the books are only available in German. I’ve discovered Matti on Threads because we’re kinda in the same bubble – we both share a taste in music, in Finland and, obviously, my reading interests align with Matti’s writing. Queer YA romance? I’m all in for it. Even more so if the author is a queer nonbinary person with Annisokay songs in their writing playlist. I’ve had Matti’s books…
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Book review: Sophie Gonzales – The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist
I used to write fanfiction, I used to read fanfiction, I used to love fanfiction. Sophie Gonzales‘ novel The Perfect Guy Doesn’t Exist does not only scream fanfiction – writing fanfiction is an integral part of the plot. So when I found this book at the bookstore and read the blurb, I had to buy it immediately. I didn’t regret it. Short info: Bisexual protagonist, Lesbian protagonist
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Book review: F.T. Lukens – Spell Bound
If I haven’t done so before, I hereby declare F.T. Lukens my favourite author of all times. I mean it. They deserve it. I’ve read three out of their four books (and the fourth one is resting in my bookshelf, waiting for its time to shine) and all of them were absolutely stunning and exactly the type of fiction I looooove. If you’re looking for some cozy queer fantasy, F.T. Lukens is your author. And Spell Bound is worth a consideration. Short info: Queer romance, nonbinary protagonist, nonbinary (I think) author
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Book review: Travis Baldree – Legends and Lattes
Sometimes I aimlessly scroll through Amazon’s section of queer romance books to see if there’s anything noteworthy that I haven’t discovered in the book shop yet and that doesn’t scream „SPICE“ loudly and clearly. During one such scrolling sessions, I stumbled across Travis Baldree’s Legends and Lattes and I was intrigued immediately. When I found it in the local bookshop, I bought it – and then it rested for a while in my bookshelf before I finally made a move to read it. Short info: WLW romance, queer fantasy, very cozy
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Book review: Gry Kappel Jensen – Nightshade (Rosenholm Trilogy part 3)
I can’t put into words how much I was waiting for this book to come out after reading the second part of the Rosenholm trilogy. You can find my review here. The series built up a lot of tension and the ending of part two was so damn promising that I was burning to read part 3. Yet, I had to wait for a bit before I could finally dive into the book, because my bookstore got two (!) faulty copies for my order and I was seriously bummed. Every day I had to wait for the book was a day too much. As soon as I finally got an…
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Book review: Thomas Herzsprung – Der Behandler
Thomas Herzsprung is an author I came across on TikTok. I started following him without having read any of his books mostly because of his personality, but I kept looking for his books in the bookstores. I knew he wrote psycho thrillers and since I’m a huge fan of Sebastian Fitzek and the like, I wanted to give him a chance. Yet, I never found a single book of his in the bookstore and since I usually found something else to take home with me instead, I never thought of ordering a book. Now I recently discovered that as an Amazon Prime member I have access to a selection of…
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Book review: Dominik Gaida – Brynmor University 1: Geheimnisse („Secrets“)
My first book choice in 2024 was taken following an entirely practical approach: the first part of the Brynmor University trilogy by Dominic Gaida had been waiting and smiling at me from my shelf for several weeks and I always postponed it. Until I read that part 2 will come out in February 2024 and so I decided to give it a read to see if it would be worth to wait for the second part – or to even pre-order it. Spoiler: For me personally, it is. Short info: MLM romance, gay author
