Diversity- BIPOC Pcs. SCs and BCs Queerness: Queer MCs Associated Song : Change is on the rise by Avi Kaplan Okay so this book has been on my tbr since dec 2023 and im going to be honest im so glad I waited till now to get the vibes to read this book becuase waiting 2 years got the next book would have killed me ! The writing was amazing and oddly... cinematic? Which is a unique thing to be able to say A lot of this book is relationship building and world building- with how the ending happened in can imagine the next book that comes out on the 6th June is going to get kicked up a notch and im here for it ! The author is a delight to corrispond with as well ! I've already pre ordered when we rise via waterstones ! If you are a fan of the vibes of captive prince , give as we fall a Read !

Diversity- Mental Health, mentions of nurodiversity , BIPOC bcs and scs Queerness: BI Mc , Queer MC Associated Song : Your in my veins by Andrew Belle Content Warnings: SA of MC , mentions of SA , mentions of underage SA of a bc ( breifly) , murder , blood , self harm, torture, consent non consent and limited use of a homophobic slur After reading God Of Fury ive been pulled into the rinaverse- this book was a litrle more spicy then God of fury which was okay but I feel like there could have been more plot points - it was a little more ...rapey in a consent non consent aspect but full on that first scene is SA just as a warning Okay so a few things First of all , cat dads and murder husbands? Love it Kaydens mums just made me want a dark mafia romance but sapphic and I didng know that was something i needed as someone who's very new to these types of books Also I do hope we get a jethro mm book becuase boy what are you doing creeping around! I do look forward to vs book. One thing that put me off was the actors voice for killian- all I heard was llamas with hats

Diversity- Bipoc and mentions of native American culture , dyslexia rep Queerness: Sapphic MC , Bi MC Feeling very neutral about this novel but willing to give the authors other books a whirl at some point

Diversity- If you count robots and garden people and diverse then yes 💅 Queerness: Sapphic MCs Associated Song : You are not alone in this by Vian Izak Recommended to me by my best friend who had very VERY diffrent book taste then me and now I have a bone to pick with them While im not sure i understand this world mechanics completely. The letters between red and blue are very profound and i enjoyed that very much At just shy of 200 pages i consumed this in one evening Also i didn't them to be Sapphic which is a bonus

Diversity- Indian POVs Queerness: Mentions of Trans expirances , asexuality and a range of other queer expirances Just a very quick and short audiobook while doing some house work- a collective of lgbtqia+ experiences from people of Indian ethnicity It was very refreshing to hear the expirances of not only other sexualitys and gender identitys but the expirance of those within diffrent communities.

Diversity- BIPOC MCs Queerness: Gay MCs , Trans Mcs , Leabian SCs , Queer BCs and SCs Associated Song : Mr Rose by Spence Hood So this was a real cute book- as someone who's never read the great gatsby i went in blind , didn't know that the mcs and scs were actually people from the book ( which i may now read ) I dont have an overly alot to day only that I did enjoy it. The relationships and how it had a lovely ending for all MCs

Diversity- BIPOC MCs , Male mental health, and mental health conditions Queerness: Bi MC , Demi/Ace/Gay MC Associated Song : Call Your Mom by Noah khan Content Warnings: Narcissistic Sc , OCD MC. Drug use , self harm in MC along with suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, and body dysmorphia stemming from grooming and rage ( mentions towards the end of the book as well as description) Extra warning to audio listeners : The narrators did an amazing job, but this also means the scenes are intense Wow, okay, a lot to unpack from this book - firstly, i didn't know what this was about , it was blindly recommended, and Google told me it was YA NEWS FLASH GOOGLE - NO ITS NOT this is my second dark romance (I think , unsure if garron Park and Captive Prince counts ), and I was a bit concerned for a while - it started out ... hard to grasp, unsure if it was reluctance or denial ( it was very much denial ) It was a lot more emotional and heavy than expected, and the ending was so cute ! They both did so much personal growth - this is what should happen in a dark romance GROWTH ! ALREADY have kissed the villain on standby Also, to add the Narrators? Jesus christ , the narrator for Brandon was ...very good. I didn't expect him to start moaning and had to pause the book 😳

Diversity- BIPOC MCs I struggled with this book - nothing happened , it was hard to read ( though that's becuase my dyslexia) Almost dnfed

Diversity- Wheelchair user SC/BC and mentions of lack of accessibility , mentions of struggles with mental health Queerness- Trans Masc Mc , Queer mc , Bi MC Despite being a quick audio book the another manages to fit so much into such a little time This was an adorable little book , both characters are easily lovable and ans go through a lot of development . Ben is adorable, and I would go to war for him. The way he's so clueless when the MC is trying to come out as trans to him has my heart The book ended super cutesy

I waited so long for this book and it's really lived up to the expectations - after wiating two and a half months and dealing with a mispring debacle, I can officely say this is a 5 star review- the relationship between kris and his mum was very relatable for me and I'm glad he decided to put himself fiest ! I love that everyone is finally taking the time to look after kris - he spent so long not knowing himself 🥺 One thing I didn't like about this story was a use of a UK slur which I don't think many people are aware that's a ableist slur ( which was spastic/spastically) - i did some research and it seems that most places it's harmless but unfortunately not in the UK/England I do not hold this against the author at all but that was the only thing about the book I didn't like Its a well written story about finding yourself and I finally letting yourself be happy

Diversity: POC MC , Autistic SC Queerness- Trans MC , Gay MC , Bi SC queer Scs and Bcs Associated Song: You can't tell me ( I'm not a man ) Content warnings : Exploration of religious themes and bigotry , homophobia , transphobia, loss of a child ( mild mention) , addiction resulting in death ( mild mention) I love how this book is cute and very informative- they explore the topics of purity blockers , Hrt in the form of testosterone gel. There's is quite few sensitive topics for example one of the Mcs family while religious are very conservative- the book explores what it's like for justice and Spencers worry of their criticism. It also explores themes of Spencer being a glass child ( very mildly though) due to theos autism . I love that towards the end of the book everyone on the team was supportive of Spencer and the end had me watery eyes, the whole past where Spencer refused to have trans people silenced in death? Chefs kiss ? " we will amplify your voice" was such a powerful line

Listening to this audio was fun , it was relatively low stakes but I don't have much to say as something happened in my personal life which kind of made it hard to focas towards the end I liked that it was very wholesome and everyone was accepting ( we ignore the boyfriend) I look forward to the autors future books