Newly released this month, Alexis Henderson’s young adult debut, When I Was Death, brings the author’s signature fantastical horror to a meditation on grief and coming of age. In the year since protagonist Roslyn lost her sister, Adeline, she’s almost completely disconnected from her life. The mysterious circumstances surrounding Adeline’s loss have cast an even longerRead More
On Bittersweet Second Chances: Get Over It, April Evans by Ashley Herring Blake
Well, the day has finally come. I had never expected to review a romance novel for The Lesbrary, much less one written by Ashley Herring Blake. Yes, I am aware that Blake might be one of the most popular names leading the current tradpub sapphic publishing market, and that her Bright Falls series—featuring a close-knit circle ofRead More
Fake Dating On a Couples Weekend: The Retreat by Natasha West Review
If you love non-angsty enemies to lovers, you’ll want to pick up The Retreat by Natasha West. West combines the enemies to lovers trope with fake dating, forced proximity, and only one bed. It’s chaotic and funny, yet unabashedly real. The pace is quick (the majority of the book takes place over a single weekend), and IRead More
An F/F Office Romcom Manga: Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! by Sal Jiang Review
Sal Jiang is one of the most consistently captivating yuri manga artists creating today, and the recent English translation of her delightful workplace comedy Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! sees her continuing her streak of lez-gazey* character designs and plots rooted in cosmopolitan Japan’s lesbian culture. The story starts with high-femme Ayaka eyeballing the older HirokoRead More
A Caravan of Teenage Grim Reapers: When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson Review
A year after her sister, Adeline, dies under mysterious circumstances, a ragtag group of teenage girls descend upon Roslyn Volk’s small Midwestern town and make her an offer that she can’t refuse in Alexis Henderson’s When I Was Death. The girls (Naomi, Skye, Riley, Iona, Chloe, and the enigmatic Shiloh, who catches Roslyn’s eye from theRead More
Steamy Romance With a Side of Small-Town Conflict: Can’t Resist Her by Kianna Alexander
Summer has moved back to Austin, Texas, after years away in college and teaching in California, and she finds out that the school her grandmother founded is imminently being gentrified. She goes to the site to walk down memory lane—and maybe take some souvenirs—and runs into an old high school crush she’d had a missedRead More
Love of the Game: Running Home to You by Samantha Saldivar
The Olympics are wrapping up as I write this review, which means I have sports on the brain—so even though it’s an entirely different season, this softball romance found me at the perfect time. Framed in flashback, Running Home to You (May 19, 2026) introduces us to Kate and Abby, third year undergraduates on theRead More
Life in a Walled Garden: Where Lost Girls Go by Kody Keplinger Review
Last month, I read a sapphic YA book involving a cult and reflected that I was disappointed it didn’t explore realistic matters, like why people are drawn to and stay in high-control situations. This month, I chanced upon a sapphic YA book that explored exactly those questions. Where Lost Girls Go by Kody Keplinger (out JulyRead More
Vampires Living in Symbiosis: Loving Safoa by Liza Wemakor Review
Loving Safoa by Liza Wemakor begins in 1999 in New York, takes the reader back to Ghana in 1799, and finally presents a vision for the future, all in the space of a novella. Cynthia, a human, is in a committed relationship with the vampire Safoa. After eight years together, she still hasn’t learned about howRead More
Sapphic Dating Mentoring for the Newly Out Bisexual: Those Who Wait by Haley Cass Review
Sutton Spencer is newly out as bisexual to her closest friend, Regan, and wants to explore dating women, but doesn’t know where to begin. So, Regan signs her up for the dating app Sapphic Spark and sends a message to the first woman Sutton showed an interest in, Charlotte Thompson. Charlotte is an aspiring politicianRead More
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