Tag: Lesbian Representation
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Lou’s Review: The Deathless Girls, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
“For all Dracula casts a long shadow over the story, these women find light and meaning in each other. And that is the power of a retelling – giving voice, agency, and significance to female characters previously defined in relation to men.”
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Lou’s Review: Hotel Queens, by Lee Winter
“Hotel Queens is one of the most electric Opposites Attract romances I’ve ever read, with our leading ladies’ contrast in temperaments creating a steamy hot sexual tension between them.”
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10 Sapphic YA Books Feat. Women of Colour for #Pride
“Pride should mean celebrating stories about all lesbian and bisexual women; not simply the skinny, white, feminine, young, and able-bodied.”
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Lou’s Review: My Own Worst Enemy, by Lily Lindon
“Given the rarity of Butch4Butch romances, I was ready to root for this couple. But as love interests go, to quote Jean-Ralphio Saperstein, Mae ‘is the wooooooorst.’ Her cruelty and entitlement do real damage to Emmy’s life.”
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Lou’s Review: The Mercies, by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
“While they’re centuries away from terms like ‘lesbian’ or ‘bisexual’ becoming mainstream, the nature of Maren and Ursa’s connection is clear from the intensity with which they crave one another. But love and desire between women are both seen as threatening by men…”
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Lou’s Review: The Jasmine Throne, by Tasha Suri
“Priya and Malini’s romance is one of the best I’ve yet encountered. I’m not usually one for Slow Burns, but this pacing fit perfectly with the novel’s scope, and two women who are mistrustful owing to the betrayals they’ve known.”
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Lou’s Review: House of Crimson Hearts, by Ruby Roe
“Reading this book made me understand why people claim that indifference, rather than hatred, is the opposite of love… The passion between them transcends Red’s strict moral code, heightened by rivalry and tipping into something deeper.”
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Invisible Lesbians: Race and Sapphic Romance
“Lesbian visibility should mean visibility for all lesbians; not just those deemed least offensive by mainstream society. I want books with Black and Brown lesbians. Dark-skinned lesbians. Butches, studs, and gender non-conforming lesbians.”
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Lou’s Review: One Last Stop, by Casey McQuiston
“One Last Stop is glorious, uplifting sapphic romance novel unlike anything I’ve ever read. The speculative elements as much as the sweeping love story make it a truly unforgettable book…”
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Lou’s Review: Bad Beat, by L.M. Bennett
“…the gradual shift from aggression to tenderness is absolutely mesmerising. Bennett created a beautiful relationship arc.”
Lou Morgan 