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KindaReliableReader

He/Him 🏳️‍⚧️ Teacher. Dad. Fantasy 🐉 and horror 🧟‍♂️ fan. I enjoy an unreliable narrator and characters that make questionable choices. I strive to read diversely! (Used to be ElrichReads)

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LGBTQ+ Middle Grade
Pride 2026
The Werewolf Within
My Taste
The Transition
You Weren't Meant to Be Human
The Sunbearer Trials
Bitter
Furysong
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Slasher Summer: A Novel
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A House with Good Bones
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  • Lacey Lassiter Is Not a Lesbian: A short, sweet and steamy new sapphic romance for summer!
    Aug 12, 2026
    Lacey Lassiter Is Not a Lesbian: A short, sweet and steamy new sapphic romance for summer!
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    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.5Audiobook: 3.0
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    This is a cute book. It's a pretty basic famous people trope. The beginning was engaging, some middle bits were a little rough/slow, then the ended rounded it out well. It's a quick, fun read if you like cheesy rom-coms. It reminded me a lot of an adult, gay version of the kids' movie Starstruck so there was a little nostalgia factor! The narrators of the audiobook had some odd inflection with certain parts and were less emotive than I hope for in an audiobook. So, that might have impacted my overall enjoyment.

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    Lacey Lassiter Is Not a Lesbian: A short, sweet and steamy new sapphic romance for summer!

    Lacey Lassiter Is Not a Lesbian: A short, sweet and steamy new sapphic romance for summer!

    Mabel Ballard

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    Love at Second Sight

    Love at Second Sight

    F.T. Lukens

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  • Shiver
    Aug 11, 2026
    Shiver
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 3.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5Audiobook: 3.0
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    This has so many unique elements for a werewolf book. I just wish less of the focus was on the romance. I know the point is the romance, but if it's supposed to be about werewolves I'd like a little more about the werewolves. We got the basics, but I want more from them. The romance also feels... Odd. When they're actually both human it's rushed and there doesn't actually feel like a ton of chemistry. I really wanted to like this book and get into a werewolf series, but I'm really on the fence about giving the sequel a chance. If anyone is wondering, this one can definitely be a standalone. The ending wraps it all up well so it doesn't feel like an incomplete story if you don't want to commit to a series.

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    A House with Good Bones

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    T. Kingfisher

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    Within These County Lines

    Within These County Lines

    Brian Zepka

    Eighteen-year-old Stetson Delancey never thought breaking up with his boyfriend would turn him invisible. In Penango County, Pennsylvania, high school couples carve their names into the legendary Ardor Tree, a rite of passage said to grant love that lasts. Stetson and his boyfriend were no exception. But a bitter breakup just before college splinters their future, and in a moment of anger, Stetson does the unthinkable: he hacks their names from the tree. That’s when everything in his rural hometown goes from boring to bizarre. Shadows flicker where they shouldn’t. Strangers pass by like he’s not even there. And some people stop seeing him altogether. With just two months left in Penango and his college dream slipping away, Stetson races to uncover the tree’s secrets before he vanishes for good. But when he meets a boy only he can see—a boy who may have secrets of his own—Stetson begins to wonder if breaking free from his hometown means letting go of everything or learning to hold on to what matters. WITHIN THESE COUNTY LINES is a queer coming-of-age novel about the unraveling of first love, hometown magic, and how sometimes we can’t uncover the truth about others without confronting the truth about ourselves.

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  • Bitten
    Aug 03, 2026
    Bitten
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0Audiobook: 4.5
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    This was a reread for me. Some of it is a lot more problematic than I realized as a kid. Still an overall interesting and entertaining story for the rest of it.

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