Tag: Lou Morgan
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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: Two is a Pattern, by Emily Waters
“What starts off feeling like a wholesome slow-burn quickly shifts into fierce, can’t-keep-their-hands-off-each-other passion. And all the while that initial tenderness remains, flowering into something beautiful.”
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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.”
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Lou’s Review: Neon Roses, by Rachel Dawson
“Rachel Dawson’s debut shines with sincerity from start to finish. Whether she’s writing about lesbian or Welsh working-class community, or what it means to be caught between the cultural norms of both, every word rings true.”
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Lou’s Review: A Million to One, by Adiba Jaigirdar
“A Million to One contains a delicious sapphic romance, the sweet slow-burn fitting for both historical period and YA. Josefa and Emilie’s relationship has a deep-rooted tenderness.”
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Lou’s Review: Checked Out, by Karin Kallmaker
Libraries are very special to me. As a child raised by a single mother who didn’t have much in the way of disposable income when I was young, they have been crucial to my development as a reader, writer, and all-round human being. And so I love reading books which reflect the vital role libraries…
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My Top 10 Sapphic Romances Read in 2023
I hope that you’ll read these extraordinary novels – and that you’ll find the same boundless joy in them that I did.