“Lock up your kids, Sebastian Walsh might come along and tempt them to fall upon the sacrificial altar of student debt.” Sebastian Walsh: twenty-four. Grad student at Lesiara University in the Mageus of Evocation program. Human. The first of his family to go to college rather than the military (and it goes over at family…
Tag: Queer
Vampires at Sea by Lindsay Merbaum
“A boring orgy is a painful affair.” Immortal beloveds Rebekah and Hugh are on vacation! Against a backdrop of ongoing war, this pair of chic emotional vampires from San Francisco sets off on a queer Black Sea Cruise, eager to relax, join an orgy, and feast upon their fellow passengers’ desires and sorrows. When Hugh…
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa
“But a change of plans on the journey doesn’t keep you from the destination.” In a twenty-four-hour span, Rafael Alvarez led North Amistad High School’s Mariachi Alma de la Frontera to their eleventh consecutive first-place win in the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional; and met, made out with, and almost hooked up with one of the…
Out There edited by Saundra Mitchell
“I mean, that this is the meaning of humanity. Beyond everything else. At the core, this is what we are. Creatures that need a friend, who need to touch, who can’t stand the dark and the cold alone… We don’t really have anything in common beyond that, and we really don’t need to. That’s the…
The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang
“My greatest fear is not that I will find some sort of half-animal creature, wild-eyed and untamed. It is that I will find a genuine monster: someone perfectly human but with a heart of stone, turned cruel from enduring years of cruelty. What if they are not a tool enslaved by the Protectorate but a…
Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens
“Then why do we try? You want to be worshiped but not held accountable. You want our offerings and our love and devotion but don’t offer anything in return except a flimsy shield of faith. So no, I don’t believe in you. I don’t have faith in you.” From Goodreads (as I suck at summaries):…
Court of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco
“You’re actually agreeing with Zidan? Am I dreaming?” It was Remy’s turn to grump. “We don’t fight all the time.”“It’s foreplay for you two. I find it both heartwarming and alluring.” Remy Pendergast, the vampire hunter, and his unexpected companions, Lord Zidan Malekh and Lady Xiaodan Song, are on the road through the kingdom of…
Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig
“When someone has decided who you are, and they won’t let you change their mind, what are you meant to do? Where is left to go?” Seventeen-year-old aspiring artist Romeo dreams of a quiet life with someone who loves him just as he is. However, as the heir to the Montague family, he is expected…
Network Effect by Martha Wells
“Normal = neutral expression concealing existential despair and brain-crushing boredom.” Murderbot returns in its highly anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel. When Murderbot’s human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then. I love Murderbot….
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
“You must prove yourself equal to the other students of this establishment if you wish to be regarded by them as an equal. In fact, you will have to prove yourself superior in all the ways they expect you to be inferior, just to be regarded as equal. To some, you will always be found…
The Great Book Wyrm 