Vegas wedding spawned shenanigans between NHL-signed hockey player whose car crash took both his legs and his dream and a cinnamon roll IT nerd needing the support to leave an abusive boyfriend. Great communication and lot of disability rep with the paralympian and sled hockey/blind hockey friend groups.

**I received an electronic ARC via the publisher through NetGalley.** Actual rating: 3.5 Ravi Teixeira presents their newest graphic novel with Heaven, West Virginia. Readers follow Lamont as he moves to the titular Appalachian town following the death of his father. Lamont struggles with grief and anxiety as he comes to terms with being queer and leans into the healing associated with nature. I will first say that this is an adult graphic novel with adult themes, including but not limited to the following: death of family members, grief, homophobia, queer sexuality, and mental health. Please read with care. Teixeira's art style is deliberately a bit rough around the edges with a saturated color palette that lends itself readily toward horror in tone and vibe. I definitely like the art style and felt it contributed to my enjoyment of the work as a whole. That being said, I would describe this work as more contemporary in genre with some horror elements associated with mental health and grief rather than calling it a straight horror. A lot of the concepts are presented metaphorically, but there is not a ton of interpretation needed on the part of the reader. My biggest complaint is in the area of pacing as, to me, the story felt a bit disjointed and unevenly paced. If we lean into the grief narrative, I will acknowledge that it is highly likely this could be deliberate on the part of the author despite it not suiting my personal taste. I would still recommend this story as the art and message are both solidly delivered for those who don't have issue with the subject matter.

A historical fantasy MM romance. This one was a tad disjointed as far as plot was concerned, but I didn't mind because the characters were ones to root for. Blind MC (magical sight) love interest and a whole mess of a perspective MC with small transformation magic.

I am not the intended audience for this. I only read it because I subscribe to Owlcrate Adult. I wish I had skipped this one. The sense of humor came across very bawdy/juvenile. I love a dirty joke. That is not what this was. This is anatomy jokes level of humor. The MCs are intolerable for me. Just a hard nope.

This book is a reworked and rewritten edition of Love Him Free with significant changes. I enjoyed it just as much if not more. Now I'm mostly just confused as the ebooks for the next three in the series seem to be no where...

A fun second installment in the series with great wordplay. Equally appealing to middle grade and older due to the clever use of language.

I picked this up for my alma master's alumni summer reading challenge since the author is also an alumna of my university. I was very pleased to see that the Egyptology was well-researched and that this is a passion project with found family and a promising series start. Will definitely continue.