Queen B’s Decree: I am a firm lover of fan fiction (I still reread an Ouran High School Host Club fic on the reg), so I’ve been intending to read Manacled (later published as Alchemised) for a while but I was scurred. I like a dark—although it’s more gray if I’m honest—romance but this seemed […]
Queen B’s Decree: Rules for Aging and Larceny is basically what if a group of thieves break up, go their separate ways for 40 years, then reunite and bicker like the Golden Girls for one last heist. It’s a mix of hilarious chaos and deep (and sometimes uncomfortable) truths. In facing their own mortality, Frances, […]
Queen B’s Decree: By now you’ve probably figured out that I am a Pride and Prejudice-stan. I read it in high school and I was forever changed, so of course I wanted a sapphic romance between Georgiana Darcy and Kitty Bennett. I loved Georgiana as a character. She was as I expected, demure and shy […]
Queen B’s Decree: I do sometimes read something that is not a romance or fantasy, even though it is rare. The Teacher of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Fredy Hirsch, a 20-something young gay Jewish man who ends up being transported to Auschwitz. He was a teacher before being detained, and it’s […]
Queen B’s Decree: This is a bit of a two for one review, so I’ll differentiate. Caught Up: This was a DNF for me, mostly because I just wasn’t super interested in the characters. And not sure what this says about me, but having the FMC be a sex worker just wasn’t for me. There […]
Queen B’s Decree: Queerleaders is a bit like gay Bring it On…and despite my anti-athleticism, I was super into that movie. Side note, there is one song on the soundtrack that rolls through my head regularly. Davie was an interesting character. I fully resonate with her need to take it all on herself, how hard […]
Queen B’s Decree: Married to the Mafia did not take itself too seriously and that’s what made it such a fun time. Daisy stumbles upon a dead bride while working at a wedding, and the groom needs to be married for mafia reasons (just go with it) so he picks her to be his new […]
Queen B’s Decree: I love a fake dating trope, and when the FMC is in the medical field (and the information is accurate????), I’m all in. I think what I enjoyed the most in this book was the accuracy in Isa’s parents’ expectations. As the eldest daughter, I resonated with Isa’s struggles to be the […]
Queen B’s Decree: I devoured this one, everything just worked so well. There’s mental health representation, discussions of childhood trauma, the adjustment of aging parents. And yet, it still felt like such a light and cozy read? The characters fit together so well. Summer really felt like their glue, providing Jae, Mercer, and Lucien with […]
Queen B’s Decree: Fated mates between a witch and a nonbinary cursed werewolf who “hate” each other? Sign me up. I also listened to the prequel, Of Melodies and Maledictions. It explains more why Scythe and Talon have such animosity between them. Even after years, the chemistry between them still runs hot and they are […]