One weekend, three queer book recs
Feb. 27th, 2022 07:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daemonlunaI made some progress on the ever-evolving stack of library books this weekend.
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow. Sleeping Beauty riff, a queer romance with the main character's best friend and another major character is a significant part of the plot. I love how the author played with fairy tale themes and structure, and the book itself has some black and white silhouette art that's very striking. I wish it had been longer--but it looks like there's a sequel!
Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall. Queer regency romance, best described as a romp. Duke is engaged to a childhood friend, but really more interested in her brother. Fun, fluffy, and demisexual main character. The lead was a bit clueless for a bit too long, and it took a bit to get moving but I appreciated the number and variety of queer characters and there were a few laugh out loud moments.
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. A blend of fantasy and SF with a trans lead as one of several point of view characters. Musician has made a deal with the devil to provide the souls of seven prodigies and a trans runaway girl is set to be her last one, but things get complicated when an interstellar refugee and retired starship captain who's running a donut shop with her family meets the musician. Absolutely lovely book about found family, music and art, belonging, and creation. Publisher-blurbed as a mash up of Good Omens and Becky Chambers, and they're not wrong.
Next up is probably A Marvellous Light, Edwardian-era fantasy-romance with all the fanfic tropes. (I am there for it.) But I've got some award-committee reading to tackle, too. Bring on the Canadian middle-grade books!
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow. Sleeping Beauty riff, a queer romance with the main character's best friend and another major character is a significant part of the plot. I love how the author played with fairy tale themes and structure, and the book itself has some black and white silhouette art that's very striking. I wish it had been longer--but it looks like there's a sequel!
Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall. Queer regency romance, best described as a romp. Duke is engaged to a childhood friend, but really more interested in her brother. Fun, fluffy, and demisexual main character. The lead was a bit clueless for a bit too long, and it took a bit to get moving but I appreciated the number and variety of queer characters and there were a few laugh out loud moments.
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. A blend of fantasy and SF with a trans lead as one of several point of view characters. Musician has made a deal with the devil to provide the souls of seven prodigies and a trans runaway girl is set to be her last one, but things get complicated when an interstellar refugee and retired starship captain who's running a donut shop with her family meets the musician. Absolutely lovely book about found family, music and art, belonging, and creation. Publisher-blurbed as a mash up of Good Omens and Becky Chambers, and they're not wrong.
Next up is probably A Marvellous Light, Edwardian-era fantasy-romance with all the fanfic tropes. (I am there for it.) But I've got some award-committee reading to tackle, too. Bring on the Canadian middle-grade books!
