#Sapphic reads

[apolline-lucy]

✨THE HOLLOWS is officially out now in paperback, ebook, and hardcover!✨

If you’re into sword-wielding witches, haunting ghosts (including 27 ghost cats 🐈‍⬛), and tempting demons—all wrapped up in a sapphic love story—this one’s for you!

With its eerie, unfading fog, enchanting shops selling cures in the forms of pastries and flowers, and its crystal market, Misttown is the perfect witchy haven. But when the fog vanishes, replaced by a strange green smoke, and ghosts begin to roam the streets, everything changes.

For Brume, a witch whose modest talents include being haunted by ghost cats, baking heartbreak-soothing treats, and uprooting moss and weeds, her uneventful life takes a dramatic turn. Not only is she the only one able to see the ghosts, but when she loses someone to the smoke, she has no choice but to investigate.

Accompanied by a half-demon, a bone witch, a seer, a necromancer, and a herd of ghosts, Brume embarks on a journey that might do more than solve the curse; she might find herself and the magic she has always been too afraid to embrace.

grab yourself a copy here

happy reading!

[akithewriter]

Overview: Estranged from her mother and with only virtual friends to keep her company, Sandy Meyers has always felt alone. That changes when she meets Joyce, a mysterious and quiet woman who makes one solemn promise: To keep Sandy safe. Though puzzled by Joyce’s words, Sandy treasures their brief connection—until Joyce vanishes without a trace. Fearing the return of her loneliness, Sandy quickly bonds with Carter, a charismatic and renowned artist she meets at a club. But as their relationship intensifies, Sandy’s behavior takes a dark and violent turn, inexplicably tied to the haunting allure of Carter’s art.

Get your copy of Sandy' Portrait here or check out my author website here

[midnightmeadowpublishing]

DO YOU WANT LESBIAN PIRATES IN SPACE?

Obviously

Black Sails to Sunward is out now. And its sequel, The Sea of Clouds releases in August!

[gay-art-vibes]

When people ask what TikTok’s I make I’m like…

‘Um… I cover books and films’

[burlap-bows]

I discovered this wonderful sapphic novel called Mrs. S,” written by K Patrick. I love the writing style; there are no quotation marks, and it's very stream-of-consciousness, which I find makes the story more immersive. There's not much in the way of plot, mainly just vibes. It's set in a boarding school, and it follows the relationship between the butch matron and femme headmistress. This book is so good that it's actually homophobic that I didn't find it during Pride Month! Anyway, if you haven't read it already, go give it a read!

[scifrey]

Ahhh! The GoodreadsGiveaway for TIME AND TIDE is live!❤️💜💙

You can enter to win a free copy here.

[thelastofthebookworms]

Feel free to make suggestions. I may make another poll if there are enough candidates.

More polls.

[lunaoblonsky]

Aesthetic Inspiration - Animation

Her Spell That Binds Me: A Dark Sapphic Fantasy Romance

A spellbinding rivalry unraveled by fate... A sapphic romance born from the ashes of prejudice… A Regency Era tale of lust and magic.

Release Date: January 8th, 2024.

Free with Kindle Unlimited! Now available for pre-order here!

[wasteland-lover]

anyone got any recs for sapphic books?

[lou-wilham]

I don't remember if I've posted these pretty babies here yet or not. But @oblivionsdream created this absolute masterpiece of Az and Rus for Home is Where the Hex is and I'm still drooling over it!

Sometimes it’s not your own past that comes back to haunt you. Icarus “Rus” Ashthorne has been covenless her entire life, but after returning to Moondale she’s forced to face the fact that maybe starting her own coven is the best way to protect her family. Shame the Board of Magic isn’t going to make that easy on them. The task? Find two new coven members by the Centennial or lose their potential foothold in Moondale. Easy, right? Azure Elwood has always known her family’s Moondale roots run deep, but with the Centennial on its way, she learns maybe there is a little more to the Elwood connection to Moondale than she originally thought. Her plate is full with Centennial plans, classes, rekindling her relationship with Rus, and of course finding them two more witches to join their coven, there isn’t time for anything else. Not that fate has ever really cared. With new dreams taking shape, new connections being made, and a prophecy hanging over their heads, Rus and Az have no choice but to lean on each other and their friends to unearth the secrets Moondale thought long buried, and solve the mystery of who is trying to turn the Board of Magic against them. Home Is Where The Hex Is is the third book in the Witches of Moondale series, and fits neatly into The Bay of the Dead 'verse as a cozy LGBT+ urban fantasy set in a world of witches, vampire hunters, ghosts, and fae.

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[aimee-maroux]

New story up for patrons with a fun and sexy illustration by @mcsiggy 🔥

While at the Festival of Drunkenness in Dendera in Egypt, Ariadne catches the eye of the powerful goddess Hathor...

Illustrated version for $10+ patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/illustrated-of-x-88387809

Plain text version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fiction-queen-of-88387046

[apolline-lucy]

✨ KINDLE DEAL ✨

to celebrate its 8-month release anniversary, THE SILVER BIRDS is FREE for 48 hours! May 27-28 only—grab the ebook on Amazon now!

🖤 On a cursed island where birds steal hearts and blades of grass cut sharper than knives, two young women driven by revenge take on solving a series of mysterious deaths. 🖤

‪if you love witches, plant magic, sapphic enemies to lovers (where they do actual hate each other), gothic woods, and terrifying birds with a penchant for stealing hearts, this dark fantasy novel is for you!

[isthequeerbookgood]

Storygraph Goodreads

Short answer: yes… Slightly longer answer: … but I didn't enjoy it

It's taken me a long time to get around to reading any Sarah Waters, mostly because I just didn't feel like I'd vibe with her books all that much. And I was right! I didn't!

Don't get me wrong, this is a well-written book. It's distinctly not a romance novel, though it does have romance in it. Romance, and quite a lot of fucking. Our story follows Nan, a simple oyster-seller's daughter, as she becomes enchanted by cross-dressing singer Kitty and follows her to the glamorous underbelly of Victorian London.

The story is vivid, the characters are complicated, interesting and alive, and the sex is impressively nasty at times. Waters does a great job of showing just how kinky the Victorians could be behind all the repression. It's a great book - so why didn't I enjoy it?

Honestly, I think it was just genre. It's a book set in the real world with realistic (albeit historical) problems. Nan makes a lot of bad choices and faces the consequences. Although I wouldn't say the story wallows, it definitely dwells in her misery, and it's a quite mundane misery. I was compelled enough to finish the book (and I genuinely really liked the ending) but the overall vibe was not for me.

Conclusion: Tipping the Velvet is Good (if you like that sort of thing)

[midnightmeadowpublishing]

The Princess and the Thief (our sapphic Tangled retelling) comes out in just one month.

Can we get some hype for this adorable, hilarious, fluffy, fantastic book???

[gay-art-vibes]

Book suggestions for sapphic shows that have been cancelled / ended because sapphics deserve endings & more seasons👏🏻

[jetwhenitsmidnight]

Sargassa by Sophie Burnham

Release date: 8 October 2024

Genre: adult speculative fiction

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Synopsis

In a world where Rome never fell, an unlikely group of protagonists are ready to burn down the empire in the first of this new speculative trilogy.

Selah Kleios is twenty-two years old and suddenly one of the most important women in the empires. The role of Imperial Historian is her birthright, something she’s been preparing for since birth--but she was supposed to have more time to learn the role from her father, the previous Historian. In the wake of her father’s sudden and shocking assassination, Selah finds herself custodian of more than just the Imperial Archives. There’s also the question of the two puzzling classified items her father left in her care—an ancient atlas filled with landscapes that don’t exist, and a carved piece of stone that seems to do nothing at all.

Soon, though, it becomes clear that the Iveroa Stone is more than just a slab of rock. With the reappearance of an old lost love who’s been blackmailed into stealing it for an unknown entity, Selah finds herself in a race to uncover the mysteries the Stone holds. But she isn’t the only one with an interest in it—she’ll have to contend with the deputy chief of police, an undercover spy, and her own beloved half brother along the way. What begins as an act of atonement and devotion ultimately pulls her into the crosshairs of deep state conspiracy, the stirrings of an underground independence movement, and questions that threaten to shake the foundational legitimacy of Roma Sargassa’s past, present, and future.

Content warnings

Death, murder, violence

Sexual assault, sexual harassment, mentions of rape

Slavery

Classism

Misogyny, patriarchy

Unintentional misgendering

Enbyphobia, slight homophobia

Review

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC!

Not gonna lie, the beginning is pretty rough. The first 20% introduces brand new PoV chapters one after the other, with each PoV character being in a different place doing different things, plus time jumps, which made it hard to understand who's who and what's going on. I seriously considered DNFing, but I am so glad I decided to push through.

Once all the main characters have been established, the book kicks into gear. The plot is fast-paced and engaging, the story beats are on point and the build-up leading to the reveal at the end was so well-executed, I couldn't put it down. Speaking of the big reveal, looking back, there are elements that make so much more sense in hindsight, which shows how the author really thought everything through.

One part that was kind of lackluster for me was the characters. There isn't anything wrong with them, and objectively, the character work is great! But I just couldn't connect with any of them. The romance sub-plots are also kind of meh. I didn't dislike them, but I also didn't root for them.

At its heart, though, this book is about classism and injustice. The author does an excellent job of tackling these themes with the portrayal how the caste system works, as well as how the system is built to discriminate against the lower class while protecting the upper class. I find this especially timely, with everything going on in the world right now. This book is brimming with visceral rage, from rage against the system of oppression, to rage against personal injustices.

Besides the rough beginning, this book is fantastic, with a brilliant plot and well-developed world-building and themes. I cannot wait to read the sequel!