Genres:Novella, Science Fiction, SFR, Holiday, AliensPages:84Published:September 16, 2025 ✧ Overall Score✧ 7/10 I thought this one was really fun and cute! It had good pacing and introduced some fun cultural practices without trying to shove far too much into too few pages. I’m not really a fan of instalove but I do think it kind…
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Echo of the Larkspur
Genres:Romance, Science Fiction, Robots, LGBTQ+Pages:295Published:July 23, 2025 ✧ Overall Score✧ 7/10 A fun read with a lot of interpersonal drama, worldbuilding, and scifi tastiness! Suffered a bit from an overly flippant tone in places and a romance that bloomed in ways I didn’t fully buy into. ✧ Enjoyment Score✧ 8/10 Light hearted and easy to…
Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang
Genres:Thriller, Mystery, HorrorPages:320Published:April 29, 2025 ✧ Overall Score✧ 4/10 Man. I really did want to like this novel, and if I hadn’t read the last 2-4 chapters… I think I would have rated it a lot higher. There was an interesting sort of mystery building up through the whole novel and though the characters are…
Jesusland by Noelle Kidd
Genres:Memoir, Nonfiction, Cultural HistoryPages:344Published:August 12, 2025 ✧ Overall Score✧ 6/10 I listened to this as an audiobook, and while the narration was great, the content itself was “just interesting enough to keep me company” material. I can’t say I actually learned anything… but its always interesting to see a view of your own culture from…
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Genres:Cozy Fantasy, Queer, RomancePages:296Published:February 22, 2022 ✧ Overall Score✧ 7.5/10 I don’t normally have much patience for overly cozy or sappy stories, but it was something I needed at the moment. The characters are very lovable and there is a plot to speak of, at least enough of one to break things up between the…
The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
Genres:Science Fiction, Queer, Space Opera, LGBT, NovellaPages:288Published:April 5, 2022 ✧ Overall Score✧ 9/10 I might be currently blinded by emotions, but the fact that such a little book has me feeling so very much means a lot, I think. The plot was a little thin but the emotions were here in a big way. ✧…
Strange Love by Ann Aguirre
Genres:Science Fiction, Romance, Monsterlover, AliensPages:306Published:January 15, 2020 ✧ Overall Score✧ 6/10 The writing was a bit dreadful and it suffers from the common modern romance malady of using memes within the text but… I was entertained all the way through and found it a quick read. It featured a romance with an alien ass alien,…
Linesman by S.K. Dunstall
Genres:Science Fiction, Space Opera, Fiction, Fantasy, Aliens, Military FictionPages:384Published:June 30, 2015 ✧ Overall Score✧ 8/10 Super enjoyable and comfy nostalgic in a way that I’m not fully able to articulate. I loved this story! I’m already looking forward to reading the sequels. I found the political intrigue a bit hard to follow, but I’m 90%…
Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm
Genres:Romance, Science Fiction, Mer, Monsters, Romantasy, MonsterloverPages:381Published:January 7, 2024 ✧ Overall Score✧ 3/10 Atrocious prose and nonsensical plot, the narrative constantly jumping from place to place with illogical leaps and all the emotional stability of a PMSing teenager with bipolar disorder. But… It does have sexy mermen. Ugh. The slag I read to satiate the…
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Genres:Fantasy, Horror, Queer, Romance, MonsterloverPages:320Published:April 2, 2024 ✧ Overall Score✧ 7/10 A well written book, written from a truly monstrous perspective! I love stories that let me inside the head of something truly other, even though I think Shesheshan had a bit too much insight into human nature at points. A good read that I’m…