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Unfit to Print by KJ Charles

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(m/m, historical). This one was quick! Childhood friends to lovers. I liked both MCs having the same general moral compass but disagreeing on so many details/implementations. I also loved the cat named Satan. The resolution was so fast!

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Wolfsong by TJ Klune

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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

(m/m, werewolves, romance). I don't understand the hold these books have on me, but I cannot escape it. 399 pages in 28 hours in which I also like..worked. But these books seriously LIVE in my brain. IDK if it's good, but I know I like it. I think part of it is that I like immersive books and this world feels very lived in to me. Part of it is definitely being, mostly, a bubble of one during a global pandemic and the intense, extended platonic chosen family physicality that these books have. I read Wolfsong this time with my eyes, but last time I listened to Kirt Graves read it to me, and hearing the voice he gave to the books in my head this time definitely also contributed. The book isn't perfect- Klune uses "glassy" for pain and Ox's dad's "get shit" speech a bit too repetitively, and I still can't decide how I feel about the age gap. & the white Bennetts having "territory" that "belongs" to them for so many generations feels icky. But the found family, the pack (especially Rico and Jessie and Elizabeth), the cuddle piles, the nature, the lack of "all I want is to be a werewolf", and the setup for what I know is coming.... I really like this book.

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Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

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Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian

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A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian

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(m/m, regency). This may be my fav Sedgwick book. Found/chosen family, not pretending everyone in historical Britain was white, finding agency and healing from trauma, and very hot, consent-centric sex scenes. I love the meditation on visible vs invisible queerness. I love more Sedgwick boys being taken with animals. I love to see the clear “down with the rich” and ACAB energy. I love sharing my name with a midwife. I do find myself grasping to think if Sam Fox has any flaws?

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Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez

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challenging dark tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

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Far From You by Tess Sharpe

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