Sep 6th Happy Pub Day!



 The Sunbearer Trials

Aiden Thomas

YA fantasy 

queer, trans & Deaf rep!

THG meets PJO

5/5 stars


I've read this author's other books Cemetery boys and Into The Neverwoods, but this is my favorite of theirs so far. It’s extremely rare for me to see a book that lives up to what is it compared to. This actually did so and more. I just read light lark which was also supposed to hold up to the hunger games with more diversity and massively failed in comparison to this. This also succeeded at the Percy Jackson vibes flawlessly. This is a Mexican-inspired fantasy with queer representation, transgender representation and Deaf representation. There are several moments of queer joy and queer pining that had me squealing and also jokes that had me laughing. This book is an entire masterpiece from start to finish. I love Teo, Niya, Aurelio and still Xio(reminded me so much of Nico di Angelo). Queer friends, you’re going to want to read this one!


Coven

Jennifer Dugan Kit Seaton

YA graphic novel

sapphic rep!

4/5 stars



Coven is a new young adult graphic novel from author of Some Girls Do, Jennifer Dugan, and Kit season, the illustrated of Wonder Women Warbringer. I’d read both, so I was really excited for this one and it did not disappoint me! Besides for being fantasy, this also had bits of queer romance and mysteries! It starts off with a bang and our main character Emsy and her family moves back home to help their coven when they are in danger. Emsy has to leave her girlfriend and friends behind, but she finds her family and new pieces of herself she didn’t know were missing. She finally learns how to master her own ability. This story works really well as a graphic novel and it’s beautifully drawn. I think I was hoping for a bit more sapphic rep as for most of the book Emsy and her girlfriend was apart, but I still appreciated it. Katia was the most intriguing character but felt like there were some stereotypes there.


The Godmothers 

3/5 stars

by Monica McInerney 

Contemporary/Women's fiction




Monica McInerney is an author I’ve heard good things about. She has a lot of other books but this is my first time reading a book by her. After reading I would try some of the others. This is a women’s fiction contemporary book with some romance and mystery. Truthfully it’s just not my favorite genre and there’s genres I enjoy more, but I really did like this author’s pleasant writing style. This book starts off showing us what Eliza’s life was like with her mother when she was younger. They have a good relationship but when she gets back from a flight she finds her mom lifeless in the bath. Her mom always told her that when she turns eighteen she will finally tell her who her father is. We jump thirteen years into the future. Eliza turns a lot to her godmothers, Olivia and Maxie who as always there for her. I like how this book shows important friendships and family ties even if not by blood, especially important female relationships. I liked the different settings and places in this book but the timeline was really confusing at first. I didn’t really like where the book went in terms of who the mysterious father was either.





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