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Beáta’s Reviews

Review: Bisection – Sheila Jenné

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Bisection - Sheila Jenné

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Poly, most of the characters are queer but it’s not really a focus Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book Tria and Resa have shared the same body since they were born. Like everyone on their home planet of Kinaru, their mind and body are divided down the middle: the logical right and the emotional left. Tria, the right, has a budding career as a biologist, while Resa dreams of more freedom than their home planet grants her. When aliens land on Kinaru, Tria and Resa seize the opportunity to be the … Read more

Review: Terror at Tierra de Cobre – Michael Merriam

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Terror at Tierra de Cobre - Michael Merriam

Genre: Horror, Western, Weird West LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Lesbian Reviewer: Beáta Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book An ancient evil has awakened… Strong women, ancient magic and the walking dead make for a heady mix. In Michael Merriam’s tale, seven women are called to protect a small mining town in the New Mexico Territory, Tierra De Cobre, against an evil that has killed or stolen the town’s men and is twisting the souls of the townswomen. The Sihuanaba is part siren, part shapeshifter, possessed of the body of a beautiful woman, her face a horse’s skull … Read more

Review: Black Sails to Sunward – Sheila Jenné

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Black Sails to Sunward - Sheila Jenne

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Romance Subplot LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Lesbian Reviewer: Beáta Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Kobo | Universal Buy Link About The Book In a world of frock coats, solar sails, and rigid class boundaries, Lucy joins the Martian Imperial Navy as a midshipman. Mars and Earth are at war, and Lucy hopes for quick promotion. But when she arrives aboard ship, she finds harsh officers and a crew on the verge of mutiny. And worse: her former friend, Moira—a commoner and a radical—is a member of the crew. It’s clear where Lucy’s duty lies. As an officer and a gentlewoman, she … Read more

Review: Transform the World Anthology

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Transform the World

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Beáta, Ulysses Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book “Today I swam through MOMA. Leon says it was a waste, encasing the art, then flooding the museum—frivolous and elitist. I say it was a gesture of optimism, a triumph of technology and political will.” Want to thrill to the possibilities of a hopeful future? We asked a bunch of sci-fi writers to spin tales of a better future, imagining ways in which the world might become a better place. From a swim through an underwater museum to a joyous … Read more

Review: Endurance – Elaine Burnes

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New Release: Endurance - Elaine Burnes

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book Winner—2023 GCLS Award for Science Fiction/FantasyFinalist—2023 GCLS Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award “Imagine Star Trek Voyager, but done right” — nerds of a feather, flock together What if you were stranded. On a spaceship. Four light years from Earth. With a hundred tourists. And you are the captain. Then things start to go wrong. Welcome aboard the Endurance. It’ll be the trip of a lifetime. For five years, Captain Lyn Randall of the Endurance has ferried tourists around the solar system for Omara Tours. Now, as … Read more

Review: Awry with Dandelions – J.S. Fields

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Awry With Dandelions - J.S Fields

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Intersex, Lesbian, Non-Binary Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book When do dreams become reality? Orin sells dandelion latex at a no-name market, barely scraping by. Mette is a princess. Maybe. What Orin does know is that for thirty seconds every night, Mette visits Orin in xir dreams. Orin has long since written the fancy ghost woman off as a recurring nightmare, but when Mette insists upon meeting in real life, Orin’s inner world turns out to be more substantive than imaginary. Along with best friend Blathnaid, Orin embarks on a journey to discover … Read more

Review: Consecrated Ground – Virginia Black

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Consecrated Ground - Virginia Black

Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book Consecrated Ground is a multiracial lesbian paranormal tour de force that will leave you wary of the shadows and absolutely breathless. Like her father before her, Joan Matthews is a witch. For generations, their family of binder witches has protected Calvert, Oregon from vampires by strengthening the land with spellcraft. Pushing back against tradition, Joan defied her father and left town to become a war witch, one who fights the monsters hand-to-hand. But when her father dies, Joan returns to find her hometown assailed by a … Read more

Review: Transistor – Molly J. Bragg

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Transistor - Molly J. Bragg

Genre: Sci-Fi, Superhero, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Trans MTF Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book When Naomi Woodward’s doctor recommended her for a clinical trial, it seemed like the answer to her prayers. She was finally able to get her gender confirmation surgery and the surgery was a resounding success. She finally looked and felt like the woman she always knew she was. Her new face and new body finally helped her work up the nerve to ask out Anika, the beautiful nurse that lived across the hall. To her delight Anika said yes, but when they … Read more

Review: KYN – Laurence Ramsay

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KYN - Laurence Ramsay

Genre: Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, Hopepunk, Solarpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon About The Book In a near post-dystopian future, an immortal assassin fights to defend civilization’s last city from the encroaching threat of mysterious invaders – all while struggling to protect those he loves from the twisted machinations of those he was bred to serve. Action-packed and dripping with slick style, KYN is a queer, hopepunk anthem set in a post-dystopian world of blazing colour and neon grit. Hyperkinetic and irreverent, it’s a f*ck you to the ‘Bury your Gays’ trope, … Read more