I don’t usually find myself reaching for romance or slice-of-life books, but I gave Delilah Green Doesn’t Care a shot (and for what it is, it’s solid). The sapphic book club I’m in voted this for our May read, and I appreciated the sapphic forward part of it most. Blake’s writing is accessible and breezy,…
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“Hungerstone” Kat Dunn
This book had such a strong foundation of gothic atmosphere, eerie pacing, and an emotionally layered approach to horror, but it ultimately didn’t land for me in the way I hoped. I loved the moodiness, the slow burn, and the ghost-drenched tone of it all. Kat Dunn is clearly talented when it comes to building…
“Carmilla” J. Sheridan Le Fanu
It’s fascinating how Carmilla predates Dracula yet remains criminally underrated, given its lush prose, atmospheric tension, and groundbreaking portrayal of intimacy between women. As a lesbian reader, this book struck a deeply personal chord with me. It’s one thing to find queer subtext in old literature; it’s another to see it unapologetically woven into the…
A Tempest Storm 