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Review: Deficient – Michael Solis

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Deficient - Michael Solis

Genre: Sci-Fi, YA LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Waterstones About The Book The near future is progressively free from discrimination based on race, class, and sexual orientation. But in a world populated by the gifted, fifteen-year-old Alejandro Aragon (Alé) is part of the only remaining minority—he’s a Deficient. Powerless. The one that accelerated genetics left behind. Alé knows that he’ll need a miracle to graduate and pursue his dream of a legal career in the capital. His only ally is his best friend Yalamba, an outspoken and exceptionally gifted artist renowned for her unique … Read more

Review: Balancing the Weave – M.W. Lee

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Balancing the Weave - M.W. Lee

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It At Amazon | Universal By Link About The Book For Mark, Pride weekend in Yamasee County, South Carolina, means spending the day with friends, flirting with the out-of-town men, finding a romance, drinking too much, and enjoying all of Pride. However, the Fates have arrived to address a hole which appeared in the tapestry representing Mark, his past, and his present, which will direct him to the future. Throughout the day, the Fates confront Mark with memories both pleasant and painful about his former lover Sammy. Parcae uses her … Read more

Review: Luck of the Draw – Addison Albright

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Luck of the Draw - Addison Albright

Genre: Romance, Light Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Drawing the short straw is bad luck … isn’t it? A treaty between three warring realms calls for a mass wedding ceremony amongst their eligible princes and princesses to solidify the peace. But since the number of males and females differ, one of the marriages must be between two of the princes. Prince Obren of Canna draws the short straw, sealing his fate, and Prince Dukan of Butari volunteers to be the other half of the nontraditional marriage. The two princes fought nobly in … Read more

Review: Bite Club – Eule Grey

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Bite Club - Eule Grey

Genre: GENRE LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Fantasy Reviewers: Gordon & Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Lenni lives on the civilised side of the wall, a hard worker who follows the rules. Super-fit and healthy, with everything he could wish for — an office, app-friends, and enough medications to suppress the extraneous. Like everyone in his country, Lenni’s safe. So why does the big, handsome guy cry each night? What of his aching heart and empty arms? When supervisor Lion offers a place in Bite Club, why would Lenni jump at the chance to cross the … Read more

Review: Apprentice’s Luck – K.L. Noone

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Apprentice's Luck - K.L. Noone

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It At Amazon | Publisher About The Book Apprentice magician Talisman Morning has always been lucky. It’s a problem. Talis knows his luck is a magical talent — but he can’t control it. And good luck for him can mean bad luck for other people, and a lot of trouble. He’s beginning to wonder whether he belongs with the magicians at all, or whether he should give up and run away … until he meets a royal guard who asks for his help. King’s guard Jeryn de Machaut could use … Read more

Review: Findley Black and the Reaper of Shivelly Park – Amy Spector

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Findley Black and the Reaper of Shivelly Park - Amy Spector

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Sequel to Findley Black and the Ghosts of Printer’s Devil Findley Black knows a little something about serial killers. What he doesn’t know is why anyone would want to reenact a series of murders that took place more than ninety years ago, which he’s read a great deal about as part of his annual Halloween ghosts tours. Unless, of course, it’s not a copycat at all and the Reaper of Shivelly Park is back for vengeance. Owen Key never considered himself much for domesticity, but the … Read more

Review: Now. Then. To Come – Fenn Thornbot

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Now. Then. To Come - Fenn Thornbot

Genre: Sci-Fi, Transfuturism LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book Several hundred years after the Great Dying, a whole new way of organizing society has come about. There are no cages. What long ago were considered gender relations no longer are done in the same way. A gender binary doesn’t exist. People are free. Then, comes a hunger for power. And freedom is lost. Again. Four major struggles set the scene as we meet Makk, a sixteen-year-old about to transition into adulthood. Now that Alvás is coming to an end, Makk … Read more

Review: The Vitruvian Mask – BJ Sikes

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The Vitruvian Mask

Genre: Sci-Fi, Steampunk, Alt History LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Non-Binary Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book 1881: The electric lights of Paris have been extinguished. The Naturalist revolution is over. Adelaide was on the losing side. Once the Royal Scientist Doctor for the now-dead cyborg monarchs of France, she’s now a fugitive, hiding from the new king’s Police Sécrète. Pregnant and alone, she seeks refuge in a Parisian hospital but things have changed there too. What was once a cathedral of Science is now a bastion of ignorance and superstition. The battlefield veterans whose Augmented prosthetics she … Read more

Double Review: The Midnight Detective – Edward Kendrick

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The Midnight Detective - Edward Kendrick

Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Vampires LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann; Gordon, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book What is Wyn to do when he can’t find his five-year-old daughter Celyn because she and her mother Marianne have disappeared with Marianne’s new boyfriend? He hires a detective. The detective is Christoph Andreu, owner of Andreu Detection Agency. What few people know is that Christoph is a vampire, thus his definitely strange working hours. Wyn knows, however, but his need to find Celyn overrides the few concerns he might have that Christoph is more than human. Christoph was willing … Read more

Review: The Tendire Gate – Ashavan Doyon

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The Tendire Gate - Ashavan Doyon

Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book After Doomsday, there wasn’t much left—a world that had fallen apart. It hadn’t been enough to boil the oceans and raze the surface with fire. With that scorched earth had come a final solution, the contagion. In a world where every breath was ash and disease, few survived. The Imperium hunted them, extracting healthy flesh to extend the life of the powerful. All the while, soaring unseen, the tools of an old order search. Hidden far from the sight of the ruthless Imperium, deep beneath … Read more