Lyssa ChiavariIt's Queer Your Bookshelf day! Today only (March 14), check out over 300 LGBTQIA+ ebooks, all priced at $0.99 each! You can find my own Fourth World (asexual) and Cheerleaders from Planet X (sapphic) among many others: http://queeryourbookshelf.com/
Shouty personI’m serious about my wishlist. Even in non-romance genres, regardless of context, the lying and pretending stress me out. I may be learning more about what I do like, but I already know what I don’t like.
Maybe this type of romance novel doesn’t exist. What do I know?
*Audiobooks only (no AI narration)
*No straights (queer love only)
*No insta-love (insta-lust maybe)
*No miscommunication trope (fine if they need to work through their own issues, but they need to be honest with one another)
*Minimal will-they/won’t-they
*No possessive alpha types (of any gender)
*No YA
*No dubcon (seriously, just no)
I’ve always said I don’t read romance. But the Skip storyline in Heated Rivalry has me curious. I’m looking for recommendations. But I’m going to be VERY specific about what I do/don’t want.
Please don’t recommend anything without reading below. Self-recs are fine if they meet all the below.
Book 33 (and my final for the month) was A Frightfully Fatal Affair by Hannah Hendy (narrated by Jenny Funnell).
There’s another murder in Dewstow. Margery and her wife, Clementine, otherwise known as the Dinner Lady Detectives, are on the case.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c0013454-82a4-4162-b07c-513a27db8f4c
Book 27 was Surviving Sentience 2040 by Sharon A. McDonell.
Comma is a sentient AI … the first one, in fact. But someone out there REALLY doesn’t want her to exist.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9adce02e-651e-4877-9f5d-76b53c08c21d?redirect=true
Book 15 was Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic by Richard A. McKay (narrated by Paul Woodson).
A must read for anyone interested in the history of the AIDS crisis.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5d296e32-6df8-4ed6-ba3a-4ecae3fadfd2
Book 14 was The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (narrated by Lisa Flanagan).
In the library of unwritten books, a hero escapes from his book. Librarian Claire has to track him down with the help of a former muse and an anxious demon.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/923c9d8b-eb96-4285-b686-dddb23d13c33
A reader who gets it calls the Vigilauntie Justice series ‘darkly delightful’.
If you think you might get it too, why not give it a try? Right now, you’ll get 26% off with code 2026!
https://whitehartfiction.co.uk/products/complete-vigilauntie
Book 8 was Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold (narrated by Grover Gardner).
Classic sci-fi often forgets that women exists; this takes that trope and cranks the dial to 11.
As well as being a fascinating look at gender constructs, this is just a really a fun story with fantastic characters.
Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0ec19705-a348-41bb-9512-2cd72197bbfd?redirect=true
